Tata Football Academy is a football

Football (soccer)

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 club in Jamshedpur, India

India

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, sponsored by Tata Steel

Tata Steel

Tata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...

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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, hockey and Parks... ". Tata Steel's commitment to sports, in fact, preceded the building of the township. The aforesaid letter was written in 1902 and the site for Jamshedpur selected in 1907.

J. R. D. Tata

J. R. D. Tata

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India. He was awarded India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1992 and the Legion of Honour from the French government in 1954.-Early life and education:J. R. D...

 gave fruition to J. N Tata's vision, inculcating sports as an integral part of Tata Steel's corporate philosophy. It is part of this very same commitment that made Tata Steel set up the Tata Steel Sports Foundation, to inculcate among the young men and women of India the sporting spirit, the zeal to excel, to win, and above all the discipline and dedication that brings out the winner in the individual. TFA, conceived in 1983 and inaugurated in 1987, was one intrinsic component of the Tata Ideal manifested in reality.

Today, Tata Football Academy is one of the premier football breeding grounds in India.
List of Ex-Cadets:

First Batch (1992):
Carlton Chapman
Kamaljit Singh
Swapan Kumar Dey
Arun Saha
Basudev Das
Aloke Das
Kauser Ahmed
Chandan Dey
K. Lung Phu
R.K. Yadev
A. Rabin
Raju Ganguly
F. Leitao
Godfrey Pereira
Balin Kumar Singh
Toushif Jamal
Ashfaque Ahmed
D.P. Chowdhury
Prasanta Kumar Das
Sanjay Kumar Das
Goutam Ghosh
Reajul Mustafa
Louis Nickson
K. Khentang Paite

Second Batch (1996):
Renedy Singh
Kalyan Chaubey

Kalyan Chaubey

Kalyan Chaubey is an Indian footballer who plays for Salgaocar as a Goalkeeper in I-League-External links:* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/25027/kalyan-chaubey...

Kasif Jamal
Arunava Sarkar
Louis Andrew
Anit Kumar Ghosh
Dipendu Biswas
Lolendro Singh
Jawad Khan
Susanto Majumdar
Shankarlal Chakraborty
Santosh Kumar Singh
Abhay Kumar

Abhay Kumar

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Md. Arif
Satish Kumar Minz
Rashid Mehdi

Third Batch (1998):
Sanjay Roy
Deepak Kumar Mondal

Deepak Kumar Mondal

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Kaustav Ghosh
Prabhjot Singh
Sheikh Sanjib
Farooque Hyder Mir
Mahesh Gawli

Mahesh Gawli

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Roque Barreto
Sailesh Kumar
Md. Waseem
Lukram James Singh
Alaudeen Rehman
Noel Wilson

Noel Wilson

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Vinu Jose
Naseem Akhtar
Ram Rai
Amjad Ansari Sr.
Nitin Pradhan

Nitin Pradhan

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Fourth Batch (2000):
Clifford Miranda

Clifford Miranda

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Trijit Das
Hamza Zaheer Abbas
Surojit Chatterjee
Surkumar Singh
Md. Qizar
Naresh Mann
Alex Ambrose

Alex Ambrose

Alex Ambrose is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Air India FC in the I-League in India as a Midfielder.-External links:* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/25047/alex-ambrose...

Harish Kumar

Harish Kumar

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Sajid Ansari
Mainual Haque
Amandeep Singh

Amandeep Singh

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Raghui Singh
Nepolean Singh
Satish Bharti
Samson Singh

Samson Singh

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Fifth Batch (2002):
Manas Barua
Manabendra Burman
Sheikh Sabir
Md. Shamsher Khan
Prashant Jaggi
Krishna Tudu
S. Malswamtluanga
Subhash Chakraborty
Manas Das

Manas Das

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Santosh Singh
Avinash Thapa
V.P.Satish Kumar
Dipayan Majumdar
L. Akbar Singh
Umesh Sharma
Syed Rahim Nabi

Syed Rahim Nabi

Syed Rahim Nabi popularly known as Nabi is a versatile player who can play in all of the outfield positions. He plays for Mohun Bagan A.C. in club level and represents India internationally.-Career:...

B.C. Joshi
Amjad Ali Khan

Amjad Ali Khan

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Sixth Batch (2004):
Bimanyu Bimal Birua
Bhola Prasad
Chandam Chitrasen Singh
Chaitan Mukhi
Debrata Roy

Debrata Roy

Debabrata Roy is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Dempo S.C. in the I-League in India as a Defender.-International:...

Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is an Indian footballer who plays for Salgaocar as a Defender in I-League-External links:* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/25345/gurpreet-singh...

Habibur Rehman Mondal

Habibur Rehman Mondal

Habibur Rehman Mondal is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Mohun Bagan in the I-League in India as a Defender.-Career:...

Jerry Zirsanga

Jerry Zirsanga

Jerry Zirsanga is an Indian football player who plays in Midfield position for I-League team Churchill Brothers SC.-Chirag United:Zirsanga started his footballing career during the 2010-11 I-League season with Chirag United SC of the I-League....

Laxmanan Karthigan
Gouramangi Singh

Gouramangi Singh

Moirangthem Gouramangi Singh is an Indian professional association football player who plays as a centre back for I-League team Churchill Brothers.-Club career:...

Malsawma
Parveen Rawat
Subhas Mondal
Subhashish Roy Choudhury
Subrata Paul
Sumit Thapa
Vanlal Rova
Shambhu Mistry

Seventh Batch (2006):
Lester Fernandez

Lester Fernandez

Lester Fernandez is an Indian football player who plays as a Midfielder for I-League team Pune.-2010-11:Fernandez started the 2010-11 I-League with Pune F.C. after transferring from Salgaocar.-2011-12:...

Pachau Lalam Puia

Pachau Lalam puia

Lalawmpuia Pachuau is an Indian football who is currently playing for Mumbai F.C. in the I-League as a Forward. Lalawmpuia Pachuau is a product of the famous Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur, India.-Mumbai:...

Vimal Pariyar
Gautam Debnath
Hirohito Elangbham
Gurjinder Singh

Gurjinder Singh

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Warun Deep Singh
Bimal Minz
Avdhesh Pal
Khanthang Paite
Harmanjot Singh
Arindam Bhattacharyya
Satish Kumar

Satish Kumar

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Robert Lalthlamuana
Shilton Paul

Shilton Paul

Shilton Pal is an Indian footballer who is currently playing for Mohun Bagan A.C. in the I-League as a Goalkeeper.-Mohun Bagan A.C.:After graduating from Tata Football Academy Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan A.C. He did not get any game time however till the I-League 2010-11 season,...

Naoba Singh
C Chandrashekhar
Sovan Chakraborty

Eighth Batch (2008);
Cheeradeep Chattopadhyay
Branco Vincent Cardozo
Rakesh Masih

Rakesh Masih

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S. Muralidharan
Avijit Ghosh
Rino Antao
Gautam Kujur
Naveen Kumar

Naveen Kumar

Naveen Kumar is an Indian football player who plays as a Goalkeeper for I-League team Pailan Arrows.-2011-12:Kumar started the 2011-12 football season during the 2011 Indian Federation Cup with I-League team Pailan Arrows. He played in all of Pailan's three matches in the tournament.-External...

Mumtaz Akhtar
Sushil Kisku
Henry Gangte

Henry Gangte

Henry Gangte is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Shillong Lajong F.C. in the I-League as a central midfielder. He is known to be a flamboyant player due to his tricks, flicks and stepovers on the field and his hairstyle, ear piercing off it.-Shillong Lajong:In July 2011...

Bineesh Balan

Bineesh Balan

Bineesh Balan is an Indian footballer who plays as Attacking Midfielder for Churchill Brothers S.C. in I-League.-Churchill Brothers SC:Balan started his career with Churchill Brothers S.C. during the I-League 2010-11 season...

Jibon Singh
Hiralal Chettri
Lalramluaha
Malswamkima
Karan Atwal

Karan Atwal

Karan Atwal is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for United Sikkim F.C. in the I-League 2nd Division as a defender.-Mohun Bagan:...

Ninth Batch (2010):
Jagannath Sana
Niroshan Mani
Raju Eknath Gaikwad
S.K. Mustakim
Ongnam Milan Singh
Subodh Kumar

Subodh Kumar

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Jagroop Singh

Jagroop Singh

Jagroop Singh is an Indian goalkeeper in football who currently plays for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League. In his first year in top division football in India, he led a young Indian Arrows team to a 9th place finish in the 2010-11 I-League season in just 25 out of 26 appearances.-Indian...

Robin Singh

Robin Singh

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Abhishek Das

Abhishek Das

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Daniel Valles
Jagtar Singh

Jagtar Singh

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Jagdeep Singh

Jagdeep Singh

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Hardeep Singh
Ishan Debnath

Ishan Debnath

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P. Deepak
R. Shriram
Ramandeep Singh

Ramandeep Singh

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Gurjinder Kumar

Gurjinder Kumar

Gurjinder Kumar is an Indian football player who plays as a Defender for I-League team Pune.-Pune:Gurjinder plays for Pune in I-League and has made eight starts for them during the I-League 2010-11 season.-International:...

Coaching Staff:
Head Coach: P. Vijay Kumar
Asst Coach: Kauser Ahmed
Physio: Shashi Sahay