COLOMBO ; Former national football player and coach Rumy Packeer Ali will be inaugurating The Football Institute at the Football Federation of Sri Lanka Auditorium at 4:00 PM on Friday October13
Packeer Ali hails from the central heartland of Matale and we are told, played school football at Zahira College in Matale. He first represented the National Team in 1976 under the Captaincy of Sumith Walpola who incidentally is in charge of current U19 national squads. Having moved to Colombo, Packeer Ali played for York FC in the halcyon days of football in Sri Lanka and went on to captain the National Team in the 80’s before leaving to play professional football in Bangladesh. After his playing career, most of it with Abahani FC, Packeer Ali gained his AFC ‘B’ Coaching License in 2002 and the ‘A’ License in 2006. He went on to undertake coaching assignments in the Maldives until he returned to Sri Lanka to take up the short-lived position of FFSL Technical Director.
Rumy Packeer Ali holds the following accolades to his career.
•Holder of AFC A Licence Coaching Certificate
•Holder Of FIFA Futuro ll Instructor Certificate
•Certified FIFA GRASSROOTS Instructor.
•Holder of AFC Regional Instructor Certificate
•Former Sri Lankan National Team Player And Captain.
•Former Sri Lankan Men’s Senior and Junior National Team Coach. Ali was also former professional player Bangladesh, India & Maldives.
