AIFF start conducting CRS workshops from Goa

AIFF’s Head of Players’ Status and Registration Department, Sankalp Pujari, also raised the importance of the acquaintance of such a system among the clubs all across the country. “The main objective of these workshops is to highlight the importance of the Central Registration System to the football clubs, and also help them understand how to use the system,” he said, reported AIFF. 

“One of the biggest issues that we are looking to combat through the CRS mandate is age-fraud. Once a player is registered and approved in CRS, the player’s personal data, like the date of birth, cannot be changed and further the player receives a unique player ID, which remains constant throughout his or her playing career. As the CRS is also integrated with FIFA’s registration system, FIFA Connect, the player not only receives an AIFF ID, but also a global FIFA ID,” Pujari added.

“In recent times, the most important upgrade that we have made in the CRS is to detect duplicate players registered in the system. With this new upgrade, AIFF as well the club registering the player will receive a notification if a player is being re-registered in the system,” said Pujari.

“To help the clubs understand the system better, we are in the process of creating manuals and most importantly, video tutorials for the same. In future, we are planning to roll out the manuals and video tutorials in different regional Languages as well,” he further said.