Massimo Constantini likely to come back as head coach of Indian Table Tennis team

Constantini, an ex-Italian International player, is a leading candidate to become the head coach of the Indian Table Tennis contingent. Incidentally, he coached the Indian team for about a year and a half until late 2010, when he moved to train students of Rajul Sheth's ICC at Milpitas California.

India's latest coach, Leszek Kucharski was discontinued, due to issues as per rumors.

The Secretary General of TTFI, the national body, informed media that he has sought Sharath Kamal's opinion and also informed Sports Authority of India.

Constantini's salary will be approximately $ 6000 per month. His earlier stints were with the Italian Men's team and also players in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Leszek Kucharski starts his coaching stint in India

Leszek Kucharski will start his stint as India's Table Tennis coach. He will train his new wards at Patiala.

Kucharski is a former world class player from Poland and takes over as India's coach after a decent gap. Massimo Constantini's term ended after the Guangzhou Asian Games last year. Anders Johansson had shown interest but backed out at the last minute.

It is rumoured that TTFI is paying a handsome salary to Kucharski.

Swedish Coach for India Table Tennis Team

Anders Johansson, a well know Swedish coach is set to take over the reigns of the Indian Table Tennis team. The last foreign coach, Massimo Constantini did not continue after the last Commonwealth and Asian games. Constantini now trains Rajul Seth's wards at the Milpitas center in the US.

Johansson is currently the coach of Ochsenhausen, in the league where India's top player, Sharath Kamal plays.

SAI has agreed to pay $5000 as monthly remuneration, with the remaining costs being borne by the TTFI.

Player Profile: Harmeet Desai

Harmeet has always been ahead of the curve. Winning the National Junior crown at a young age, and also gaining a ranking not only in the Youth section, but also in the Senior (Men's Category)


Harmeet is currently training hard at Sweden for the World Junior Championship to be held at Bratislava (Slovak Republic).

 Name: Harmeet Desai

Date of Birth:19-07-1993

Coaches: Hraday Desai, Peter Karlsson, Bhavani Mukherji, and Massimo Constantini.

Ambition: To win a medal in the Olympic Games.

Achivements: 

• Junior National Champion 09-10
• Bronze Medal in the Asian Junior Championships 2010
• Silver Medal in Singles in Taiyuan Junior Open 2009-2010.