Jose Brasa has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian hockey team. The Spaniard will start mentoring the men's hockey team from this month's Asia Cup. According to reports, Brasa will come down to India on Sunday (May 3) to sign the contract with the Indian hockey team. He will remain the coach of the hockey team till 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

 

The contract with the Spaniard may be extended further after the quarterly assessment. Apart from him, the hockey team will also get David Terez of Spain as physical trainer. Jose Brasa will be paid $111,415 per year as remuneration while Terez will get $79,600. A senior International Hockey Federation (FIH) master coach, Jose Brasa also led the Spanish women's team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

 

After the resignation of Joaquim Carvalho as Indian hockey coach on March last year, the team was without a permanent coach. Joaquim Carvalho relinquished his job after the Indian hockey team failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After Carvalho departure, Australian Ric Charlesworth took over as the technical adviser of the team for a brief period. Charlesworth also left the job after having differences with Indian sports ministry and hockey officials. Currently, Harendra Singh is mentoring the hockey team.