Top 7 contenders who have applied to be new Indian Football Team head coach profiled

#4 Gianni De Biasi

De Biasi led Albania to the European Championships for the first time in their history

De Biasi is amongst the highest profile names to have applied for the Indian job. His last job ended in November 2017, barely three months after he took charge of Deportivo Alaves in La Liga - the Spanish first division league.

De Biasi, though, had a commendable six-year stint as the head coach of the Albanian National Team. In that period, De Biasi's Eagles reached the European Championship for the first time in their history, when they qualified for Euro 2016.

Albania also gave a strong account of themselves, despite two defeats in three games. They lost 1-0 to Switzerland in their opener, before two injury-time strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet condemned De Biasi's side to a 2-0 loss against the hosts. They beat Romania 1-0 in their last game, but missed out on qualification to the Round of 16, only on goal difference, as they finished as the least impressive of the third-placed sides in the competition.

De Biasi's Albania were a tough team to break down, and were extremely disciplined. If the 62-year-old Italian carries that on to India, then in some ways, the foundations have already been set up for him. Stephen Constantine's side played similar football, were awfully difficult to break down, and sometimes were painfully poor in the attacking side of things.