Ali Nashid(Ayya) has being appointed as JJ Sports head coach and has already began the trainings under him. Ayya holds a AFC B coaching license and has already experienced the filed as a leading coach in numbers of times. He has done his duty as an assistant coach to senior national team and also as an interim head coach for the senior national side. In club level coaching, he has worked in Victory Sports Club also.

Ali Nashid (Ayya) is also the chairman of Maldives National Football Team Committee at Football Association of Maldives. Out from the football side, he is also the president of Maldives Red Crescent.

JJ Sports has been competing in the second division since 2011 and has been improving year by year. It was seen that after years, during last year’s JJ Sports’ second division campaign, they had a strong squad but were unable to reach the target last year under the instructions of Ahmed Ahsan, who worked as the head coach. This time Ahmed Ahsan, who is also the goal keeper trainer of TC Sports, will be working as assistant coach to current head coach Ayya.

To accomplish what they haven’t, for this year’s second division tournament, JJ have signed many experienced players who have played for top clubs at the top flight in previous times and many who have experience in the second division.

Former Valencia, BG and Maziya midfielder, Ibrahim Shiyam (John) has signed for the club along with former New Radiant and Valencia striker, Mohamed Muslih (Mutti). They also signed Abdul Muhaimin (Manchini) who played for Victory SC and Abdul Rasheed Mahir (Ibu) who played for Valencia previously.

This year’s Football Association of Maldives’s second division football tournament is scheduled to kick-off on 9th April. The current champion of the second division is Club Zefrol.

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