About Us

ABOUT AFA

Our organization came into existence in the year 2012. The firm is registered in Delhi under the name Ardor Football Academy LLP. AFA was set up with a single point agenda to develop football at grassroots level in India and currently runs the largest and the most intensive well researched Community soccer program in the Country impacting more than 4000+ lives.

AFA also engages in organising Football tournaments of various levels in DELHI NCR & Odisha involving Schools, Iinstitutions, Corporates etc. AFA has tie ups with prestigious I-League clubs and academies across India. Every year We invite these clubs and academies to conduct free soccer trials in the state and select the best talents for their scholarship program.

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About The Founder

Jayadev Mahapatra

AIFF Licensed Coach, Manchester United Grass Root Certified Coach.

15+ yrs of Corporate Experience (Ex VP – Barclays Finance, Ex-Sr Manager- Tata Motor Finance, Ex-Manager – GE Capital)

Our objective is to make India a soccer powerhouse on its own terms. Our training modules are well researched and regularly upgraded to ensure we are abreast with the changing challenges of world soccer.

In the last 8 years of our journey we have been able to implement this training module in extremely tight play grounds of Slums/ urban villages with limited equipment to produce national and international level players for India.

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Our Team

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RAJIT NANDA

Investor at Ardor Football Academy

Ex-Regional CFO for Engie Middle East, Asia & Africa region. 26+ years of experience in consulting, banking, emerging markets investing; energy & infrastructure sector experience.

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ROHIT NANDA

Investor at Ardor Football Academy

 15+ years of private equity, banking and consulting experience.

Responsible for Asian infrastructure-equity business at SMBC.

Active investor in young and fast-growing companies with a strong energy clean-tech, D2C and deep-tech focus.

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SUZIT MISHRA

Partner, Head of Operations

Suzit has 17 years of experience working for Large Corporates & Football Organisations. An IT Engineer by Profession who dreams to see Team INDIA play in the FIFA WorldCup. A passionate Football Fan, who believes ‘The Beautiful Game’ should be part of every Indian at a very early age. He heads the Operations of the Academy including Institutional Program & IT.

Our Coaches

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Jayadev Mahapatra

Technical Head & Head of Grassroots

AFC C Certificate

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Sarita Murmu

Coach - Patia, Salia Sahi

AIFF E Certificate

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SK Shahanawaz Alam

Head of Girls Program

AIFF D Certificate

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Rakesh Nayak

Head of Youth

AFC C Certificate

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Suraj Kumar Majhi

Coach - Pahala

AIFF D Certificate

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Mahi Singh

Coach - Jharsuguda

AIFF D Certificate

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Dularam Soren

Coach - Paradeep

AIFF D Certificate

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Babulal Hansdah

Coach - Paradeep

AIFF D Certificate

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Lata Samarath

Coach - ODM Girls Teams

AIFF D Certificate

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Keshav Pradhan

Head Coach Rourkela

AIFF D Certificate

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Ankit Yadav

Head Coach - Elite Youth Team

AFC C Certificate

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Yogesh Kumar Jangra

Technical Consultant, Head of Elite Girls Team

AFC B License

KNVB World Coaches Program 2019

Barca Innovation Hub- Certificate in Training for Team Sports

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Rajat Nag

Assistant Coach - School Program

Community Coach - Jharsuguda

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Sourav Virdi

Head Coach Goalkeeping

AFC B License

 AFC Goalkeeping A License

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Surpiya K

Asst Operations & Marketing

AIFF D Certificate

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Biswanath Hembram

Coach, Centre Head Mayurbhanj

AIFF D License

Contact Information

  • location Plot 650/3314, House No. 4, Acrux Villa, Jaydev Vihar, Near Ekamra Kanan Park, Bhubaneswar - 751012
  • phone 9937 311 119 9938 620 310
  • email jd.mahapatra@afa-fc.com admin@afa-fc.com

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