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About Goa Football Development Council
Officer Bearers

Shri P.S.Sreedharan Pillai
Honourable Governor

Dr. Pramod Sawant
Honourable Chief Minister

Dr. Puneet Kumar Goel
Honourable Chief Secretary
Message from Sports Minister

Shri. Govind Gaude
Hon’ble Sports Minister
GFDC since its inception in 2012 has progressed tremendously in providing football coaching to young boys and girls in our football passionate State of Goa. Over the years, GFDC has provided football training to over 4000 boys and girls which is historic achievement and it is a State pride to see 4 GFDC academy trainees representing our country India in the age group categories and 2 girl trainees being selected for the India U-17 Women’s World Cup team which could not be held due to Covid -19.
Goa has abundant talent which needs nurturing and honing; to achieve this feat, Shri. Brahmanand Shankwalkar, Goa’s first Arjuna Awardee in football has been given the bastion as the new Chairman of GFDC, his guidance and direction will bring back the glory days of football in the State of Goa.
I envisage GFDC to have one of the best football academies to develop the best talent in Goa and raise them to international standards and play for India and also in International Football Leagues.




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