Newly-appointed All India Football Federation technical director Isac Doru Monday said he is looking forward to contribute to the progress of Indian football.

The Romanian was selected from a list of over 60 candidates who had applied for the post which was advertised earlier this year. 

The 56-year-old comes with a rich experience of almost 29 years in international football across many countries namely France, Japan, USA, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar amongst others. 

He was last employed as the Sporting Director of three-time J-league Champions Yokohama Marinos FC.

 AIFF President Praful Patel also extended his best wishes to Doru. 

AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said the biggest challenge before the new technical director is to sustain the momentum gained by Indian football recently.

   The post of technical director remained vacant since Australian Scott O'Donnell decided to quit in 2017.