Esmaeil Sedigh is an Iranian futsal coach and instructor based in the

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. He was a former football player in U21 1st division in

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. He has held the position of futsal department director under the

Philippine Football Federation The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines. Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in ...

. Sedigh is known for his contributions in the development of

Philippines national futsal team The Philippines national futsal team represents the Philippines in various international futsal competitions under the Philippine Football Federation and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation. History An informal form of futsal is ...

Coaching background

He started as an assistant futsal coach in 2005, and the head coach of the Philippines from 2007 until 2012. During his coaching stint in the international arena, he has led Philippines to final round of the 2007 AFC Futsal Championship in

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after qualifying round in

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. He also led the team to 4th place in the AFF Futsal Championship 2009 and 2010.

Futsal instructor

He had held several futsal coaching courses all over the

under the

( PFF) and AFC level 1 futsal coaching course under the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly i ...

( AFC).

Local futsal competitions

He initiated the inclusion of Futsal Sports in the

Philippine National Games The Philippine National Games (PNG) officially known as the POC- PSC Games is a national multi-sport tournament in the Philippines. It was created as a means to determine the possible composition of national pool athletes that will compete in int ...

(since 2011), Batang Pinoy Youth Games (since 2013) and the more recent

Palarong Pambansa The Palarong Pambansa ( Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines. The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Education. Student- ...

(as demo sports 2013), Organized and Sponsored by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and Department of Education (DepEd).

Cups and Leagues

Sedigh founded the Philippine Futsal League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sedigh, Esmaeil Living people Iranian men's footballers Iranian men's futsal players Iranian futsal coaches Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Men's association football players not categorized by position Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)