India, Aug. 1 -- The All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Khalid Jamil as the new head coach of the Indian men's national football team, on Friday. Jamil's appointment will see him become the first Indian to hold the role since Savio Medeira in 2011-12. The decision comes after Manolo Marquez stepped down as India head coach last month, after a winless tenure which went for over a year of competitive matches.

Jamil was selected ahead of ex-India head coach Stephen Constantine and Slovakia's Stefan Tarkovic. He will begin his tenure at the CAFA Nations Cup in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which will begin on August 29.

Currently, he is head coach of ISL team Jamshedpur FC, whom he led to a fifth-placed finish in the 2024-25 seaso...