Former national football coach Anthony Rudolph Gouveia, who passed at the age of 88 at Mt Hope Hospital on Sunday after being ill for a short time will be laid to rest tomorrow following a funeral service at the St Theresa's Roman Catholic Church, 6th Avenue, Malick Barataria at 10 am.
He was the football head coach of Paragon in the great days of the Port-of-Spain Football League (PoSFL) and in 1964 the club which started in 1947, won every title that was at stake in football.
He was instrumental in the upbringing and charting the career of former national player and Strike Squad coach Everard "Gally" Cummings from early in his football career straight into T&T national team.
The former St Mary's stand-out, was also a student of the great game and followed it by attending the World Cup finals in Mexico and the USA and he also attended an Olympic Games in his effort to become the perfect analysis.
Gouveia, who grew up in Port-of-Spain, but later migrated to Barataria, was a fighter to the end and the results of his work would be evidence of the great contribution he has made during his long and illustrious career.
He leaves to mourn his wife of 62 years Carol, and seven children –Christopher, Michael, Denyse, Patrice, Julie-Ann, Rhonda and Marisol, together with seven grand children.