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Kivi Zhimomi being felicitated by Jacob Zhimomi, right, on July 21 after the former was selected to the U-23 Indian national football team.[/caption]
Dimapur, July 21 (EMN): The Minister for Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Jacob Zhimomi on Saturday felicitated Kivi Zhimomi on being selected in the Indian National Football Team (U-23).
Zhimomi while congratulating Kivi said that the youngster is the first Naga football player after a gap of seven decades to secure a position in the national football team after Dr. T Ao, Captain of Indian team in the London Olympics in 1948.
The minister also lauded Kivi Zhimomi for being the first Naga to score in the prestigious Indian Hero League while playing for Gokulam Kerela Football Club and also the first Naga footballer to be picked by one of the ISL franchise team Northeast United FC earlier this year.
It is informed that Kivi will leave for Delhi by the end of this month to attend the national coaching camp which is from July 28 to August 17. After which he will leave for Australia along with the national team for an exposure trip.
The Indian team will be defending the South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF) championship from September 4-15, 2018 in Bangladesh.