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“Lack of professionalism in South Asia's national football associations and their rigid attitude are the biggest hurdles in development of the game in the region,” says Manilal Fernando, FIFA Development Officer for South and Central Asia. By Ayon Sengupta.
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With football development lagging behind in South East Asia, concentrated efforts are being planned and proposed for the region to bring up the level of the game at least to the continental level.

Sri Lankan Manilal Fernando entrusted to deliver on this herculean task knows about the challenges in his way and is looking for a pragmatic approach to deal with them. The AFC Vice-President and FIFA Development Officer for South and Central Asia recently got elected to FIFA's exclusive Executive"