{"id":10925,"date":"2012-02-14T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/aiff-felicitates-mahesh-climax\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:07:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:07:12","slug":"aiff-felicitates-mahesh-climax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/aiff-felicitates-mahesh-climax\/","title":{"rendered":"AIFF felicitates Mahesh, Climax"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mahesh Gawli (L) and Climax Lawrence (R) pose with their silver plaques with AIFF GS Mr. Kushal Das at their felicitation ceremony in New Delhi<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) felicitated former India Captains Mahesh Gawli and Climax Lawrence at a glittering function in New Delhi. The AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das handed over specially designed silver plaques and two National Team jerseys signed by all the National Team Players to the duo.<\/p>\n

The National Team Players who are supposed to leave for Dubai on Wednesday for a Preparatory Camp for the forthcoming AFC Challenge Cup, were also present. Mr. Das thanked both for their contribution to Indian football. \u201cThey have played 163 International Matches between themselves and have been part of so many winning squads. I thank both for their dedication and contribution to Indian football,\u201d Mr. Das said.<\/p>\n

Incidentally Mahesh has played in 82 International Matches while Climax has 81 International Matches to his credit. While Mahesh has been a part of seven winning squads \u2013 two Nehru Cups (2007 & 2009), two SAFF Championships (2005 & 2011), LG Cup (2002), Bristol Freedom Cup (1998) and the AFC Challenge Cup; Climax has been part of five triumphant squads \u2013 two Nehru Cups (2007, 2009), two SAFF Championships (2005 and 2011) and the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to be felicitated by AIFF in such a manner,\u201d Climax echoed, rubbishing thoughts about a Farewell match for him. Mahesh, nodded.<\/p>\n

AIFF Player-of-the-Year Sunil Chhetri who was also present said he has learnt a lot from the duo. \u201cWhen I first came into the National squad, both of them were established stars. But never for a moment did they throw any attitude. Rather, they were overeager to help me out,\u201d he opined. \u201cThey have been exemplary disciplinarians.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are a lot of upcoming and talented defenders in India at present,\u201d Mahesh echoed. He named Arnab Mondal, Raju Gaikwad and Anwar Ali as examples. \u201cLast time, we were part of the triumphant AFC Challenge Cup squad,\u201d Climax recollected. \u201cI have full faith in the present bunch of boys and hope to qualify again,\u201d Mahesh added.<\/p>\n

Climax praised the concept of Pailan Arrows, AIFF\u2019s Developmental Team. \u201cPailan gives an unique opportunity for talented youngsters to play regularly in the I-League. The present India U-23 team is the fruit of Arrows,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n

Referring to a question that there not enough Indian strikers in India, Climax hit back saying: \u201cThere is Sunil (Chhetri), Jeje (Lalpekhlua), Sabeeth, Sushil (Singh) amongst others. The YDP is in full flow. I compliment the AIFF for such an initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe face of Indian football is fast changing. The scenario has changed a lot from the time we first burst into the National squad. More overhauling is due in the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mahesh Gawli (L) and Climax Lawrence (R) pose with their silver plaques with AIFF GS Mr. Kushal Das at their felicitation ceremony in New Delhi The All India Football Federation (AIFF) felicitated former India Captains Mahesh Gawli and Climax Lawrence at a glittering function in New Delhi. The AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das handed over specially designed silver plaques and two National Team jerseys signed by all the National Team Players to the duo. The National Team Players who are supposed to leave for Dubai on Wednesday for a Preparatory Camp for the forthcoming AFC Challenge Cup, were also <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[571,169,166],"class_list":["post-10925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-update","tag-aiff","tag-football","tag-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43371,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925\/revisions\/43371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}