Mohindra selected for final trials
Mukul Mohindra
Delhi’s Mukul Mohindra was selected as the North Zone goalkeeper to take part in the final selection trials of the Airtel Rising Stars, scheduled for mid-September in Bengaluru.
The goalkeeper selections took place at the Ganga International School in Delhi and had representations from the four North Zone cities of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Lucknow.
Mukul, a student of the Mamta Modern School, Sachin Mallik from DAV Senior Secondary School in Chandigarh, Gajraj Singh from Mayoor Chopasni School in Jodhpur and Saurabh Kumar from Sacred Heart School in Lucknow participated in the zonal level trials.
A Xth standard student, Mohindra excelled in various skill tests, that included penalty kick, corner kick, facing the forward player, throwing the ball for clearance and kick the ball for clearance under the close supervision of reputed goalkeeping coaches.
The youngster has represented his school twice in the Subroto Cup inter-school tournament in 2010 (U-14) and 2011 (U-17). His school finished fourth in the School National Football Championship 2011, held in Chandigarh.
“I had tough competition from other goalkeepers and it was not easy to get past them,” Mohindra said.
For Rising Stars’ Bengaluru Tour, three players from 16 cities in addition to one goalkeeper each from the four zones — adding up to 52 footballers — are being selected to attend a final six-day camp-cum-selection trial conducted by coaches from Manchester United.
From the 52, 12 players will be chosen to travel to Manchester United for a week and train alongside the Manchester United Academy team.
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