India Under-22 selection camp kicks-off in Bangalore

Today the India Under-22 National Team selection camp to select the players for the U-22 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers kicked-off at the Bangalore Football Stadium. A total of 44 players would take part in the second selection camp after 68 players had been called to an initial camp in February 2012 though some new boys have been also called for these trials. From these 44 trialists 30 players would be selected for the Preparatory Camp which will be held from May 23 to June 20 for the qualifiers.

India have been drawn in a Group A along with the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan and Lebanon in the U-22 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. The Group A matches will be played at the Royal Oman Police Stadium and the Al Seeb Sports Stadium in Muscat, Oman.

The shortlisted 30 candidates would undergo various kinds of test like (Biometrics Test, Medical Test, ECG, Echo, Cardiology Test etc.) from May 19 to 22 at the SAI Center Kengeri in Bangalore.

A national coach for the India Under-22 team has not been appointed so far. Therefore AIFF Technical Director Rob Baan would personally scrutinize the players on various physical and medical aspects.


INDIA U-22 Selection Trialists

Goalkeepers
Soram Poirei Angamba (Shillong Lajong FC), Ricardo Cardozo (Tata Football Academy), Ravi Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Jayanta Paul (East Bengal Club), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club)

Defenders
Usman Ashik (Chirag United Kerala), Abhishek Das (East Bengal Club), Narayan Das (Tata Football Academy), Deepak Devrani (Pailan Arrows), Lalrozama Fanai (Pailan Arrows), Souvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Mohammed Irfan Khan (Tata Football Academy), Pritam Kotal (Pailan Arrows), Vishal Kumar (Pailan Arrows), David Lalbiakzara (Pune FC), Prathmesh Maulingkar (Pailan Arrows), Bikramjit Singh (Pailan Arrows), Ramandeep Singh (Air India), Ravinder Singh (Tata Football Academy), Chingkhei Meetei Yumnam (Tata Football Academy)

Midfielders
Stephen Barreto (Sporting Clube de Goa), Manish Bhargav (Mohun Bagan AC), Rowllin Borges (Sporting Clube de Goa), Clifton Dias (Salgaocar SC), Romeo Fernandes (Dempo SC), Ganeshan (Pune FC), Pronoy Haldar (Pailan Arrows), Akshay Kumar Mall (Pailan Arrows), P. Niroshan Mani (Sporting Clube de Goa), Brian Mascarenhas (Dempo SC), Shyjumon (Chirag United Kerala), Deepak Prakash (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers SC), Tirthankar Sarkar (Pailan Arrows), Bikramjit Singh (Sr) (Pailan Arrows), Ongnam Milan Singh (Pailan Arrows), Simranjit Singh (Tata Football Academy)

Forwards
Alwin George (Pailan Arrows), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Rajinder Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Malswamfela (Pailan Arrows), Holicharan Narzary (Pailan Arrows), Manandeep Singh (Air India), Pankaj Sona (Tata Football Academy)