Praful Patel Biography

The youth development plan in Indian football is quite a necessity. Over the years, Indian football has marched ahead with a number of cohesive plans and the U-19 colts team has proceeded to the finals of the SAFF championship. The All India Football Federation has always emphasized upon youth development at various stages and the performance of the U-19 squad establishes this fact. As one of the strong contenders for the championship this year, India took on Bangladesh in the semi finals and defeated them on penalties. 

After defeating Bangladesh in the semi finals of the SAFF championship, the Indian colts is all set to take on Nepal in the semi finals.  As the game started off in a blistering pace against Bangladesh, the Indian colts just kept on attacking and the came very close to scoring in the 23rd minute.  The Indian colts persevered with their attempts and lodged a few attacks on the opposition goalpost only to find that all the efforts went in vain. But the boys kept their cool during the penalty  shoot out and came up with a sterling performance to win the match. 

As the President of the All India Football Federation minister Praful Patel has taken a variety of concrete steps for the development of the sport in the country. The development of youth football stands out as one of the prerogatives and he has worked on its success over the years. Under the Praful Patel biography, Indian football has reached new heights and the success of the team at the U-19 level establishes it. The All India Football Federation is pursuing all its efforts to develop the game at all levels by bringing in foreign coaches and modern technical aspects to make the sport popular.