Five young football players from Nagaland have been selected to undergo a week-long training camp at Germany’s top Bundesliga Football Clubs (FC) Augsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt during the month of May 2024, Dimapur Football Club has informed.

The boys – Nitoka Tamang, Lalminkai Thompson, Sehboigin Haokip, Kaiminlen Haokip and Asa Ayemi – will be part of 30 odd players who will take part in a week-long training camp at the two Bundesliga clubs.

The trainings will include attending football coaching, classroom theory, and also witnessing live matches, all paid expenses from the host clubs.

Yongsen Jamir, Managing Director of Dimapur Sporting Club (DSC), which had earlier hosted the first U-13 trials in the State level, stated that the five players will head to Germany in two different dates.

He informed that while Nitoka Tamang and Lalminkai Thompson will fly to FC Augsburg to attend the football camp from 8 to 15 May 2024, Sehboigin Haokip, Kaiminlen Haokip and Asa Ayemi who will head to Eintracht Frankfurt for their training from 16 to 23 May 2024.

Based on their performance during the training camp, the five young players have the opportunity to be recruited by the clubs as well, Jamir said.