PANAJI: Dempo Sports Club organised their first-ever Awards Day for Youth Development squads from age groups of 14 to U-20, here on Saturday. Dempo SC president Shrinivas Dempo and first-team head coach Samir Naik gave away the awards in the presence of Technical Director (Youth Development) Karnagaran (Katz) Naidoo. Dempo U-14 and U-18 teams won the state titles this season, and the players came in for praise from the Group chairman. Dempo inspired the boys to keep the First-team as their target. Following players across various age-groups received the awards.
U-14 Team: Best Goalkeeper: Sail Parulekar, Best Defender: Shivam Pandey, Best Midfielder: Dwayne Neto, Best Striker: Shreyash Naik; U-16 Team: Best Goalkeeper: Nikil Kariyappa, Best Defender: Maximo D’Costa, Best Midfielder: Stewart D’Mello, Best Striker: Fedrich Fernandes; U-18 Team: Best Goalkeeper: Manjunath Hirekurbar, Best Defender: Rayan Pinto, Best Midfielder: Larryl Mascarenhas, Best Striker: Aaron Alvares; U-20 and First Division Team: Best Goalkeeper: Wassim Sheikh, Best Defender: Brivon Dias, Best Midfielder: Floyd Pereira, Best Striker: Baggio Fernandes.
