Industry Sports Area served India | Founded 2010 Website BBFootballSchools.com | |
Headquarters New Delhi, Delhi, India Key people Baichung Bhutia (Founding member)
Kishor Taid (Founding member)
Anurag Khilnani (Founding member) | ||
Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (BBFS) is a football youth development initiative by Bhaichung Bhutia, the Indian football team skipper, in association with Football By Carlos Queiroz(FBCQ), the Portuguese football academy by Carlos Queiroz. BBFS aims to cater to children in the age group of 5 to 15 years and deliver coaching experience under the guidance of senior coaches from Portugal through their partnership with FBCQ. As per Bhutia, BBFS is planned to be an all-inclusive venture where 20-30% of the enrolled students at BBFS are targeted to be from underprivileged sections of the society.
The Launch
BBFS was launched on 30 October 2010, in a press conference held at the Shangrila hotel in New Delhi by Bhaichung Bhutia and Tiago Lopes (CEO, FBCQ). BBFS started regular coaching in Delhi on 29 November 2010 at Ryan International School,and now have 5 centers in the Delhi NCR region. They have currently opened a new centre in Mumbai.It is located in a suburban part of Mumbai in Gorai . The name of the current school in Mumbai is Dr Pillai Global Academy.