{"id":2448,"date":"2019-10-26T19:24:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T19:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2019-10-26T19:24:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T19:24:22","slug":"gff-effect-changes-at-scorpions-back-room-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-effect-changes-at-scorpions-back-room-staff","title":{"rendered":"GFF Effect Changes At Scorpions Back Room Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">As preparations intensify for the Scorpions ahead of the Gambia\u2019s first and away leg to Angola in the start of Qualifiers for the Afcon 2021, the <strong style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">Gambia Football Federation<\/strong><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">\u00a0has announced an inclusion of a new Team Doctor and Physio that would now be working with the Senior National Team (<\/span><strong style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">Scorpions<\/strong><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px\">\u00a0) henceforth.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><strong>Tom Mertens<\/strong>\u00a038 a Belgian national, is the new Scorpions physiotherapist. Mertens is a Master in Science who specialized in manual therapy and sports physio. He worked for seven (7) years for the Belgian FA and has worked for more than ten years at the Belgian Olympic Committee as Physio of the National Hockey team; current World Cup Champions. He attended two Olympic Games; London 2012 and Rio 2016.<span id=\"more-6206\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Federation has further announced that the Scorpions will now have in their ranks a new Doctor in the person of\u00a0 Dr. Landing Jarju who works at the Internal Medicine Department of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (<strong>EFSTH<\/strong>) in Banjul. Dr. Jarju 30 is a young Gambian Medical Officer with a very good track record. He was formerly with the Home Based National Team (CHAN) that participated at the recently ended WAFU Cup of Nations 2019 in Thies.<a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gambiaff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Landing-Jarju-Scorpions-Doctor.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6208\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gambiaff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Landing-Jarju-Scorpions-Doctor.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"299\" data-attachment-id=\"6208\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gambiaff.org\/gff-effect-changes-at-scorpions-back-room-staff\/landing-jarju-scorpions-doctor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gambiaff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Landing-Jarju-Scorpions-Doctor.jpg?fit=312%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"312,465\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Landing Jarju- Scorpions Doctor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gambiaff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Landing-Jarju-Scorpions-Doctor.jpg?fit=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/gambiaff.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Landing-Jarju-Scorpions-Doctor.jpg?fit=312%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two new inclusions\u00a0<strong>Mertens\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Dr. Jarju<\/strong>\u00a0will begin work with the Scorpions when the Gambia plays away to Angola in Luanda on the 13th November, 2019 at the start and first leg of the Scorpions Group D Afcon Qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The new change is geared towards the Federation\u2019s quest to comply with CAF\u2019s demand to having qualified medical practitioners with the National teams<\/p>\n<p>This new development follows the appointment of Mr Alagi Sarr as Assistant Coach to Tom Saintfiet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As preparations intensify for the Scorpions ahead of the Gambia\u2019s first and away leg to Angola in the start of Qualifiers for the Afcon 2021, the Gambia Football Federation\u00a0has announced an inclusion of a new Team Doctor and Physio that would now be working with the Senior National Team (Scorpions\u00a0) henceforth. 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