Two officials from the FIFA development office of East and Southern Africa Mr. Patrick Onyango and Gorviden Thondoo are impressed with steps taken by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) since their last visit in November. Onyango is the Deputy FIFA Development officer while Thondoo is the FIFA Technical Development officer for Eastern and Southern Africa. They addressed the media at FUFA headquarters in Mengo today morning.
In late 2013, the FIFA team met with the FUFA executive committee in Entebbe and discussed on five key areas-Technical, management, Governance, competitions, communication and marketing.
Thondoo says that there has been progress with the technical department and he is hopeful that FIFA will give a lot of support to his department at FUFA. The technical area will cover grassroots and coaches education.
‘The grass root football is key to the development of football. But we also need to help coaches who equally play an important role’ said Thondoo who hails from Mauritius.
Thondoo revealed that a report on their findings will be made to see where support can be extended.
On the football structures, Onyango is optimistic that the fruits will be there for all to see in future with the senior football teams.
‘The next 10-15 years will see countries like Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania competing with each other to see who has the best football structures’ said Onyango.
Onyango and Thondoo have held meetings with the parties concerned in regard to the areas which they are trying to improve in Uganda football.
The FIFA team arrived in the country on Sunday and leaves tomorrow.
The above photo: L-R: Gorviden Thondoo, FUFA Spokesperson Ahmed Hussein, FUFA VP Mujib Kasule and Patrick Onyango
Photo credit: John Batanudde
