Shakti Chauhan

Shakti Chauhan
Personal information
Full nameShakti Chauhan
Date of birth11 March 1980
Place of birthGujarat, India
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Delhi Dynamos
(Assistant Coach)
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2013-2014Tata Football Academy (Head coach)
2014-presentDelhi Dynamos (Assistant coach)[1]

Shakti Chauhan (born 11 March 1980) is an Indian football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Delhi Dynamos.[2] He had previously managed and been the head of academy coaching and development at Tata Football Academy.[3]

Managerial career

Early years

Shakti started as a football coach at the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) and is posted at the Regional Coaching Centre in Ahmedabad. Shakti also runs the Youth Club Soccer Academy (YCSA) and training centre at Shreyas School in Nehrunagar. As a footballer,Shakti has represented Gujarat in five school nationals, three open nationals,two university championships and one Santosh Trophy for senior nationals. He was a member of the bronze medal winning team in U-19 school nationals in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Shakti also featured twice in the west zone team which played in the 2nd Division National Football League [4] The Sports Authority of Gujarat coach has been named assistant coach of India U16 women's team for the AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Sri Lanka [5]

TATA Football Academy

In 2013, Chauhan appointed as head coach of India's prestigious Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur.[6] Not even a year in TFA, Chauhan led the junior team to their maiden U19 I-League title.[7]

Delhi Dynamos

Shakti Chauhan has been appointed assistant coach of Delhi Dynamos Football Club, a franchise in the newly launched Indian Super League.[8] Chauhan was the assistant coach under the Dutch-Belgian coach Harm van Veldhoven in 2014 ISL season.

Honours

Managerial

TATA Football Academy

References

  1. ↑ "Delhi Dynamos squad". ISL official website. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Shakti Chauhan to be Delhi Dynamos assistant coach". Goal.com. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Shakti Chauhan". All India Football Federation. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "I am feeling like Shah Rukh of Chak De India". The Times of India. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ahmedabad soccer coach for Indian U-16 girls team". The Times of India. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Shakti Chauhan appointed as TFA head coach". dnasyndication. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "TATA Football Academy Champions". Indian Football Online. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "ISL Delhi franchise pick Chauhan as asst coach". The Times of India. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.