Namaste to all the football lovers!
Having served as a team member of national football team of Nepal for over a decade followed by coaching career including AFC certification, National Award Gorkha Dakshin Baahu from the late King of Nepal, Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, I, Basanta Gauchan, am currently working as a professional coach for “Fun Roots Academy, Japan”. For the last three years, I, along with Mr. Prakash Tulachan, also have had an honor to coordinate the participation of Nepalese children team in Copa Puma Toreros Cup held in Japan every year. The tournament is sponsored by Fun Roots Academy and also sponsors Nepalese Team participating in the tournament. So far 36 young Nepalese players and two coaches have participated in this tournament. We are currently running football camp in Nepal to select a team that will compete in the 2019 tournament. Two players who participated in Copa Puma Toreros Cup 2016 have made it to Under 16 Nepalese Football Team. We believe that the international exposure and experience will lead the youngsters to harness their skill, thus creating better prospects for Nepalese football.
My background as a former national player of Nepal football team and current coaching profession in Fun Roots Academy, Japan has inspired me to work for the further development of football in Nepal. With the support of my well-wishers in Japan, Nepal and worldwide, we have set ourselves a challenge to establish and operate football academy in Nepal targeting children from poor families and communities. To this end, we envision the establishment of football academies in different regions of the country. Another major pillar of this initiative will be to provide access to quality education to the children attending the academy in partnership with academic institutions. We strongly believe that this initiative will allow children of poor families and communities an avenue to succeed in the future.
We are very much committed to making this campaign a success with support and goodwill of all of you. We anticipate cooperation of all the stakeholders and our well-wishers in this regard.
Thank you,
Basanta Gauchan and Prakash Tulachan