🤩 Francisco Bruto Da Costa has been named as the Head Coach of #EastBengalFC for the upcoming season of the 🇮🇳 I-League 🙌🏼
The Goan, has previously held the assistant-coach positions at North East United FC as well as the 🇲🇾 Malaysian National Team under Nelo Vingada.
International travel is currently banned due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and if the situation improves, India might exercise the option of conducting the training camp abroad.
The decision was taken during a Football Sports Development Ltd meeting attended by its chairperson Nita Ambani and is being communicated with the stakeholders including clubs and the All India Football Federation.
Led by chairman Sanjiv Goneka, who has acquired a majority 80 per cent stake in the century-old Mohun Bagan club, the Board will meet on July 10 to finalise the club’s name, jersey and logo.
He won the Best Young Player at the Football Players Association of India’s (FPAI) Indian Football Awards in 2011 and in 2016, he was honoured with the Indian Player of the Year title.