Kolkata July 14 (IANS) FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) match commissioner Prince Rufus has been appointed the global body s developmental manager for South Asia sources confirmed on Friday.
Kolkata-based Rufus who has worked with city soccer giants Mohun Bagan before and was also with I-League champions Aizawl FC will take over as FIFA s as representative in India and other South Asian countries from Shaji Prabhakaran who vacated office earlier this year.
"He will be tasked with conducting FIFA s developmental programmes here and countries like Sri Lanka Bangladesh Maldives Nepal and Bhutan " a source told IANS on condition of anonymity.
After taking over Rufus will have to leave his match commissioner s post.
Prabhakaran who is now with I-League second division club Delhi United was the FIFA regional development officer for South and Central Asia for almost half a decade.
A development manager s job is to liaise with FIFA on the developmental activities in the region from time to time.
--IANS
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