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Gift Raikhan (born 25 May 1981) is an Indian retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager.[1]
Playing career
During a playing career which spanned six seasons, Raikhan played for BMFC, Churchill Brothers, HAL, Indian Bank, Vasco, BEML, and Pune.[2] He even played in the I-League.[3]
His favorite moment of his career was during the 2000 Rovers Cup when he scored for BMFC against Churchill Brothers which helped secure his move to the club.[2]
Coaching career
After retiring in 2007, Raikhan joined the Youth System at Pune. From 2008 to 2010 Raikhan was assistant to Norbert Gonsalvez in coaching the u17 and u15 teams.[2] In 2011, he was promoted to head coach of the Pune F.C. Academy U20 side and in 2012 led the team to a championship by finishing first in the 2012 I-League U20.[2]
In September 2013, it was confirmed that Raikhan had been promoted to the first-team at Pune F.C. as the assistant to new head coach Mike Snoei.[4]
In June 2018, Aizawl F.C. announced signing of Raikhan from NEROCA F.C. as head coach for 2018–19 I-League.[5][6]
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Template:Flagicon NEROCA FC | Template:Nobreak | Template:Nobreak | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon Aizawl | Template:Nobreak | Template:Nobreak | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon NEROCA FC | Template:Nobreak | Template:Nobreak | |||||||
| Total | |||||||||
Honours
Managerial
- NEROCA
Individual
- Best Coach of 2017–18 I-League
References
- ↑ NEROCA FC sign Gourmangi Singh and Fabien Vorbe, Banerjee, Ritabrata. Goal.com(17 August 2017). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 U20 I-League: Champions Pune FC sign off on all-win note, down Prayag Utd 3-1.
- ↑ I-League.
- ↑ Pune FC add Gift and goalkeeping coach Glen to team staff. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ I-League: Aizawl FC snap up Gift Raikhan from NEROCA FC. goal.com(6 June 2018). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ↑ Gift Raikhan as Head Coach. Aizawl FC (official Facebook page)(6 June 2018). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ↑ Delightful Neroca Desperate To Break Second Division Jinx. i-league.org. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach. FirstPost(22 March 2018). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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