Mumbai lad Shane to train at BOCA Juniors FA, Argentina

by FC Admin March 22, 2016

Mumbai: Shane Aranha, a young talented footballer has earned the distinction of becoming the first lad from the city of Mumbai, to get an opportunity to be trained at BOCA Football Academy in Argentina later this year. The youngsters will travel to Argentina to attend a two week training camp at CABJ (Club Athletico Boca Juniors), which produced great players, like the legendary Diego Maradona.

The 12-year-old Shane, a student of St. Mary’s High School, Mazagon, was the most promising and outstanding from among the 29 kids that were shortlisted after the inaugural edition of The Sports Gurukul organized Football Championship League (FCL) in association with Argentine club, Boca Juniors Football School, in December 2015.

He was selected by scouts from the Boca Juniors Football School India (BJFSI), which is associated with one of the premier football clubs in the world, Club Atletico Boca Junior, Argentina.

Obviously Shane was over the moon and delighted that he was picked for the training stint in Argentina. “I am very excited and looking forward to going to Argentina. It is going to be one of the best experiences in my life and I am very happy. I thank, The Sports Gurukul and BOCA Football School, for giving me this opportunity to train with them and I am certain that it would greatly help me to improve my skills and game.”

On the occasion Jay Shah, Co Founder and Director of The Sports Gurukul said, “This is the most exciting times for us. We are very proud that our mission for football has started on a good note and Shane being the first talent from Mumbai and we will be scouting for many more.”

Antonio Lopez Cortes, Head coach Boca football Schools Mumbai said: “It was a really tough decision. There are so many young talented children that I have seen and I am really excited to groom these children during my stay in India. I congratulate Shane on this achievement and wish him all the best.”

About The Sports Gurukul

The Sports Gurukul is Mumbai’s first of its kind professional physical education specialists, sports & fitness development and training organization. We provide total sports management services for schools and colleges to help them take their sports to the next level, and conduct Training Programs for all outdoor and indoor sports. Our coaches have trained more than 15000 students at grass root level over the last 10 years.

TSG was voted as India’s Best Sporting Coaching Institute at the the India Education Award 2015.

Our commitment to a better future can be measured with our continuous effort to bring in the world’s best practices in fitness  & various sports like L2F in fitness, Micheal phelps swimmimng programme, AATC in tennis, Boca Juniors Football schools &  many more.

For details contact

Jay Shah (TSG) – 9821886447, [email protected]

Mr. Aranha (Shane’s Dad) –  9821110766.