Bakr Al-saudi has become the new Vikings Regional Futsal Manager for Auckland and will start new leagues in September at Avondale College in West Auckland.

Bakr comes to Vikings Futsal NZ with a wealth of Futsal experience.

Representing NZ at the past 2 World Futsal Cup Oceania Qualifiers and picking up the golden boot in 2004.

Vikings CEO, Paul Wadsworth, is excited to have Bakr on board as he brings so much to the table. “Bakr is a real Futsal resource to New Zealand as a player and a coach, I look foward to as many as possible seeing him play and being coached by him’, said Wadsworth.

Bakr migrated to New Zealand in 1996 from war torn Iraq and began playing Futsal with school friends and hasn’t looked back.

He will oversee the start of the new club at Avondale and organise the Auckland mens side to contest the Vikings Senior titles in Christchurch Oct 25-27th. he will also slot straight into the Vikings NZ mens side and prepare for the next tournament in Sydney January 13-15th 2009.

Source : Vikings NZ
Published : 29/8/2008