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BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Bengaluru backroom staff

We hold the names of 18 people on Bengaluru's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Renedy Singh manages the first team. Bengaluru's is the 3rd longest staff list of the 13 Indian Super League clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED18
COACHING9
MEDICAL2
SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS0
NATIONALITIES4
MEDIAN AGE46

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 9 people

Bengaluru coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Renedy Singh Manager First team 46 India Bengal
Ajay Chorge Manager Under-18s 47 India -
Rino Anto Assistant manager Under-19s 37 India -
Govardhan Gowda Coach Under-19s 51 India -
Hason Khaleeli Coach Under-18s 42 India -
John Kennethraj Coach Under-18s 46 India -
Sachin Badadhe Coach Under-18s 44 India Punjab FC
Shankar Sampingiraj Coach Under-18s 30 India -
Konstantine Gugunava Goalkeeping coach First team 51 Georgia -

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 2 people

Bengaluru medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Abhijit Kar Head physio 40 India Odisha
Donovan Pillai Head of sports science 44 India -

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people

Bengaluru football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Albert Roca Technical director 62 Spain Barcelona before that Hyderabad
Jan van Loon Head of youth development 59 Netherlands FC Utrecht before that VfL Wolfsburg

Owners and directors

Who owns Bengaluru and sits on its board

Bengaluru owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY
Sajjan Jindal Chair 65 India
Parth Jindal Managing director 34 India
Darren Caldeira Director 37 India
Kunal Agarwal Director 48 India
Mustafa Ghouse Director 48 India

Backroom staff at every Indian Super League club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Bengaluru's list is the 3rd longest of the 13, against a median of 12 across the division. Mumbai names the most, 26. Sporting Club Delhi names the fewest, 8.

Bengaluru against the Indian Super League, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Bengaluru staff by department against the Indian Super League average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT BENGALURU AVERAGE MOST AT
Coaching 9 7 10 Mumbai
Medical and sports science 2 2 7 Bengal
Scouting and analysis 0 1 3 Mumbai
Football management 2 1 2 Bengaluru
Owners and directors 5 3 6 Mumbai

Backrooms the size of Bengaluru's, in every league

Bengaluru's 18 names make the joint 619th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 597th to 619th, with Bengaluru among them.
# CLUB LEAGUE STAFF
597 Sportvereinigung Ried Austrian Bundesliga 19
597 Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol Austrian Bundesliga 19
597 Yunnan Yukun Chinese Super League 19
619 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 2. Bundesliga 18
619 AGS Asteras Tripolis Superleague Greece 18
619 Akron Togliatti Russian Premier League 18
619 Al-Hazem Saudi Club Saudi Pro League 18
619 AS Aris Salonika Superleague Greece 18
619 Atlanta United FC Major League Soccer 18
619 Atlante Liga MX 18
619 Bengaluru Indian Super League 18
619 Club Deportivo Riestra Super Liga 18
619 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa La Liga 2 18
619 Dundee Scottish Premiership 18
619 FC Zlín Czech First League 18
619 FK Dukla Praha Czech First League 18
619 GS Iraklis Salonika Superleague Greece 18
619 HNK Vukovar 1991 Croatian First League 18
619 Le Mans FC Ligue 1 18
619 Oldham Athletic League Two 18
619 Pau FC Ligue 2 18

Where Bengaluru's staff come from

4 nationalities across the 18 staff whose nationality we hold

India 15
Georgia 1
Netherlands 1
Spain 1

India supplies 15 of the 18, 83%. The median age is 46. The oldest is Sajjan Jindal, chair, at 65, and the youngest Shankar Sampingiraj, coach, at 30. 5 members of staff came from another club.

Where Bengaluru's former staff work now

On Bengaluru's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 8 people

People who worked at Bengaluru in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME ROLE NOW NOW AT
Ali Uzunhasanoglu Goalkeeping coach Barrow AFC
David Preece Goalkeeping coach Lincoln City
Javi Pinillos Goalkeeping coach Bengal
Suhas Kandekar Physio Mumbai
Josh Snowden Head of sports science Lincoln City
Karthick Hariharan Recruitment analyst Blackburn Rovers
Naushad Moosa Technical director Guwahati
Mandar Tamhane Managing director Guwahati

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bengaluru's manager?

Renedy Singh is the Bengaluru first-team manager, aged 46.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Bengaluru?

Konstantine Gugunava coaches the Bengaluru first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Bengaluru's head physio?

Abhijit Kar is head physio at Bengaluru.

Who is Bengaluru's technical director?

Albert Roca is technical director at Bengaluru.

How many backroom staff do Bengaluru have?

We hold the names of 18 people on Bengaluru's staff for 2025/26: 9 in coaching, 2 in medical and sports science, 2 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 3rd longest list of the 13 Indian Super League clubs we hold, against a median of 12. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 619th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Bengaluru pays its squad, see Bengaluru player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Indian Super League wages.