The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation’s Media Officer, Shaun Fuentes has been selected to serve on the prestigious Media Department of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.
Mr. Fuentes will serve as the supervising FIFA media officer at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium located in Kaduna, Nigeria.
His appointment will be effective from the 22nd October-15th November 2009.
The teams in his group include Italy, Algeria, Uruguay and Korea Republic.
While this is Mr. Fuentes’ first appointment as a FIFA Media Officer he is no stranger to the policies and procedures that guide a World tournaments.
As the TTFF media Officer he has worked at a number of international and regional events.
In 2006, Fuentes served as Media Officer attached to this country’s National Senior Team , he was the youngest Media officer in the tournament.
His outstanding efforts at the World Cup did not go unnoticed, less than six months later Fuentes was appointment to the FIFA Media Committee.
The TTFF family would like to congratulate Mr. Fuentes on his latest appointment.
Commenting on the appointment Special Advisor to the TTFF Jack Warner stated “ Shaun has been employed with the TTFF family for over a decade during this time we have seen the consistent growth and development of his skill. He is an asset to any team and we know he will represent not only his Federation but his country well in all his endeavors . We wish him the very best and look forward to his return”
Other appointees include
National Stadium, Abuja: Sami Terävä (Finland)
Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos: Mondher Chaouachi (Tunisia)
UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar: Chetan Kulkarni (India)
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu: Osasu Obayiuwana (Nigeria)
Sani Abach Stadium, Kano: Richard Scott (Canada)
Gateway International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode: Amanuel Abate (Ethiopia)
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi: Bryan Chenault (USA)