Indian football legend IM Vijayan has welcomed the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) move to appoint former India international striker Abhishek Yadav as the Deputy General Secretary.
Yadav had been involved with the Indian FA in various capacities. He was the National Team Director (NTD) and had also served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the India Under-17 team for the U-17 FIFA World Cup which was held in India in 2017.
The former India international was also the Head of Scouting and initiated the Sports Authority of India (SAI) – AIFF international scouting project which helped identify several key players for the 2017 U17 World Cup team and also played a key role in negotiating the contracts with the India Under-17 team when the AIFF opted to keep them together for the Arrows project.