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Written by julie_green   
Sunday, 12 October 2008

 

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AFS U12 Fustal Champions 2008

 

Back Row: Coach Kon Kyranakos, Harrison,  Jacinta, Franco

Front Row: Robbie, Nick A, "Miller", Dylan

Central Zone enjoyed great success at the AFS Futsal Gala weekend, but no AFS team eclipsed the performance of our U12 team on Sunday.  Just scraping into the Semi Finals with a draw and a win from 4 matches, Central Zone overcame one Monash Zone team in an exciting semi final to face another Monash Team in the Final.  Having played 5 games without a specialist goalkeeper, nobody expected Central to win the final, let alone to win 4-1 against such a strong team. 

With great leadership by "Miller", magnificent defence by Franco and Jacinta, tireless determination by Dylan and Nick A, excellent positioning and more confident play from Robbie, and a stunning goalkeeping performance by nine year old midfielder Harrison (who had never played goalkeeper before this tournament) the Central team were outstanding from the moment that the whistle blew. 

Whilst AFS does not focus on match results or winning, this Championship is particularly significant for Central Zone due to the fact that we struggled to put together an U12 team this season, despite great coaching and facilities.  Franco, Dylan and Robbie toughed it out at Central with Coaches Kon and Arpad, two U11 players and Harrison until Round 2 of the outdoor fixture when we finally had enough players to make up an U12/11 team and an U11/10/9 team.

This U12 team becomes the first team from Central Zone to win an AFS Futsal Championship. Harrison was one of two Central players to pick up the "Goalkeeper of the Tournament" award for their respective age group, despite the fact that neither is a specialist goalkeeper.

Special thanks to Coach Kon (who burned up about as much energy as the players during the day) , for wonderful positive coaching, Assistant Coach Arpad and several other U11 players who played one or more games with the U12 team during the first 3 matches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured above, our Youth Team who played AS Roma's U18 team on Sunday November 16th at St Bernards in Essendon.

Back Row: Gillie, Hugo, Lukas, Dominic (U15), Anthony (U15), Josh, Fam, Mackie, Steve

Middle Row: Tomasz, Luis, Connor, Ben, Alpi, Chris, Cameron (U15),

Front:  Fabian (U15) 

Many thanks to Issi for the photograph. 

 

 

               

Listed below are some of the players who are representing Central Zone.  If you know of player achievements that have been omitted, please contact Julie.

U12 age group includes Dylan Vlahopoulos, who recently represented AFS U11 in Sydney in AESFA's National tournament, which was won by AFS.

U14 age group includes Nick Leach (Victorian Country U13 player in 2008, selected for AFS U13 Rep team February 2008, & selected for SE Zone for Summer league 2008/2009), Darcy Conlan (V elite 2008), Tari Klisaris (AFS U13 Rep team to Disney 2008 & selected for SE Zone for Summer League 2008/2009), Luke Marinovic (GK selected for AFS Rep team February 2008), Morgan Brown (selected for AFS U13 Rep team February 2008, & selected for SE Zone for Summer league 2008/2009).

U15 age group includes Dean Georgiou (final squad of U14 Victorian Futsal team 2008, & selected for SE Zone for Summer League 2008/2009), Damien Peters (Phase 3 of U14 Victorian State Team 2008, selected for AFS Rep team February 2008, & selected for SE Zone for Summer League 2008/2009), Cameron Zamora (AFS U13 Rep Team to Disney 2008), Daniel Watson (AFS U14 Rep Team to Disney 2008), Oscar Vonk (GK selected for VIS trials 2008), Dane Hoffner (selected for AFS U14 Rep team in February 2008), Christian Lar (selected for AFS U14 Rep team in February 2008 and selected for South Zone for Summer League 2008/2009), Fabian Houbron, Athony Brown and Joe Calderone (all selected for SE Zone for Summer League 2008/2009), Harry Kaladis (selected for Central Zone Summer League 2008/2009).

Youth team players include Luis Bulboa and Josh Berrios (U15 AFS Rep team to Malaysia 2008 & currently Phase 3 of U15 Victorian Futsal trials 2008), Chris Yang (currently Phase 3 of U15 Victorian Futsal trials 2008, Lukas Pedder (AFS U17 Rep team to Disney 2008, and selected for South Zone Summer League 2008/2009), Famara Djiba (AFS U17 Rep team to Disney 2008), Connor Dougan (selected for East Zone Summer League 2008/2009).

 
Last Updated ( Monday, 08 December 2008 )
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AFS Central Zone Resumes 2008/2009 Season
Written by julie_green   
Wednesday, 20 August 2008

The 2008/20009 season promises to be bigger and better than last season with teams to be fielded in additional age groups, and new zones to compete against. We are pleased to announce that Central Zone will return to Kingston Heath Soccer Complex for training and home games. 

COACHING APPOINTMENTS

Wael Gharzeddine returns as Technical Director having, since the end of last season, completed an intensive residential coaching course in Brazil,  serving as State Coach for the Victorian U13 Country Team and being appointed as State Coach for the Victorian U15 Futsal Team. Wael successfully completed Part A of the FFA Asian Level A License (2007), and coaching courses in Germany (2001), the Czech Republic (2000) as well as two residential coaching courses in Brazil (2007 & 2008). Wael  has also successfully completed two Futsal Coaching Courses conducted by Confederaceo Brasileira De Futebol (2006 & 2007), and holds level 3 & level 4 qualifications in fitness.  Wael has just taken part in a 7 day residential Youth Coaching Course at the Australian Institute of Sport  that is being conducted by KNVP (Royal Netherlands Football association).  Wael will coach the U14 team at Central.                                                                         

AFS is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurie Ferns as Central Zone's Youth Team Coach.  Laurie is a former State League player with 9 years experience coaching elite junior players. Laurie has previously worked for the Football Federation Victoria with Academy and State Representation projects. and is a current elected member of the FFV Coaches Standing Committee. Laurie has attained the FFA Asian Level C Licence, and has previoulsy coached tours to the Gold Coast (2004 & the Champions of the U12 International Youth Cup in 2005), South Australia (2006) and the Australian Capital Territory (2006 & 2007).

Central  Zone will field two strong teams in the U15 age group.

Manni Katakis will coach the U15 Yellow Team. Manni has recently completed the FFA Asian Level C Licence. His background includes: former FFV Academy Coach, Victorian futsal team coach for national championships, Womens and Mens National Club Competitions. Manni has coached for 17 years and is currently at Monash JSC with the U14 Superleague Side.
Manni says "I am looking forward working on technical youth development over the summer, Football Skools provides a relaxed atmosphere where coaching technique and football is the main emphasis"

Vata Garcia will coach the U15 Green Team.  Vata's playing experience in Europe is exceptional, and includes playing in the 1990 European Champions League Final for Portuguese champions Benfica  Vata played for the club from 1998 until 1992 and was the league leading goalscorer in the Portuguese first division in 1989, having kicked 16 goals.                                                   Vata represented his country (Angola) 35 times and played professionally in Malta and Indonesia after leaving Benfica. Vata is currently a Player/Coach with Brighton Soccer Club, but has a substantial amount of experience in coaching juniors at academy level and in soccer camp programs.

Kon Kyranakis will coach our U11and U12 Teams (7 a side games).  Kon's qualifications include having obtained his Junior Coaching license and Coever License. Kon comes to us highly recommended for coaching younger players.

Thakshan Balendran returns as Physiotherapist, Rad Savic returns as Assistant Coach (U14) and Julie Green returns as Zone Manager.  New assistant coaches include Nick Gatzonis (U15 Yellow), John Cavalrayac (U15 Green) and Arped Cseh (U11 & U12). 

Your contact for Central Zone is Julie  on (0425)  727815 
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 September 2008 )
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