World-renowned football fitness coach Raymond Verheijen to host a two-day workshop in Mumbai from September 23-24.

Raymond Verheijen

The football periodization workshop taken by Raymond Verheijen will be held for top 30 football coaches from across the nation and the sub-continent in Mumbai.

Raymond Verheijen

This is the second visit for the former FC Barcelona consultant as he had visited the country back in 2013. The All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) had called for his services four years ago when he conducted a similar workshop only for I-League coaches in New Delhi. The workshop would see coaches such as Derryl D’souza, Mangesh Desai, Firmin D’souza and Caeteno Pinho as participants.

The event is being organized by Ultra Sports India, one of the upcoming sports management companies in the city. Curator of the event, Prashant Singh said, “Raymond is one of the world’s best coaches and we are lucky to have him conduct a workshop in our country. Coach Education in our country has seen a lot of growth in the past few years, and we at Ultra Sports India would want to add to it, with nothing but the best.”

Shaji Prabhakaran, Indian Football Expert, and Author, said about the event, “I am glad that Raymond is coming to Mumbai to conduct his fitness workshop. His experience will be of great value to participants attending the workshop. I will be there for the closing session on 24th September and wish Prashant and his team all the very best.”The details of the event are as follows:

Date: 23rd – 24th September 2017

Venue: American School of Bombay, Mumbai.

Raymond Verheijen’s Football Journey

As a youth player Raymond Verheijen was part of the famous Dutch Academy structure. Unfortunately, the dream of a professional career ended as a chronic injury forced him to retire at the young age of 18. This disadvantage became an advantage as Verheijen got the opportunity to start his coaching career at the age of 19. As a young football coach and from a football-specific perspective Verheijen studied Exercise Physiology and Sports Psychology at the Vrije University Twitter iconAmsterdam. He completed his Master’s Degrees in 1995. He also studied at the Liverpool John Moores University in 1993-1995.

In 1998 Dutch National Team manager Frank Rijkaard appointed Verheijen as one of his assistants; preparation for the EURO 2000 in which Holland reached the semi-final. In 2002 Guus Hiddink appointed Verheijen as his assistant to prepare South Korea for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Verheijen has been involved in every World Cup or EURO ever since most recently with the Argentine squad for World Cup 2014 as a conditioning coach.

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