Today (29-01-2022) at BFF House, Module 3 of the distinguished BFF AFC Professional Diploma Course commenced. The Module will run over the next five days from the 29th of January to the 2nd February 2022. Module 3 has preceded Course Inductions, Module 1 and Module 2 which were all originally organized digitally through the Zoom Platform due to the Global Pandemic restrictions. The historic and prestigious Module 3 of the Professional Diploma Course has allowed both the local and foreign participants to now meet together in Dhaka. All of the local Bangladesh participants are either working in the Professional Game or at international level. The foreign participants are from countries like South Korea, India, Maldives, England and Netherlands. After such an uncertain time with the pandemic, finally all of the Course participants will be able to work together, ponder over the Module content, undertake tasks and exchange ideas around all aspects of Coaching at the highest level. The next five days will be extremely hectic with guest presentations from Mr. Javier Cabrera the newly appointed Bangladesh National Football Team Head Coach, overseas virtual presentations and the very next day the presentation of Mr. Oscar Bruzon, Head Coach of Bashundhara Kings following with the visit to the home of Bashundhara Kings at their impressive stadium and training facilities, course tasks both theoretical and practical and course candidate presentations.

The AFC Pro Diploma is the highest coaching certification available in Europe, and generally follows the completion of the AFC 'B' and 'A' Diploma's. The AFC Pro Diploma is required for anyone who wishes to manage a Football Club in the top tier of European and in Asia the Nation's Professional League system on a permanent basis and is required to manage in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The Module 3 is the third of five modules across a 16 months period which ends with potential candidates getting the highest coaching qualification AFC offers and is a prerequisite for managing any top-flight club or to manage in the AFC Cup and Champions League.

Mr. Abu Nayeem Shohag, General Secretary of BFF was also present at the inaugural function of the ‘BFF AFC Professional Diploma Course, Module-3’