Chennai's connection is going to get bigger and better with its Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC, the last to join the roll call for the most sought after football league in India so far.
The South Indian metro city of India already has a strong connection with cricket through the Indian Premier League club Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that has seen unprecedented success in Twenty20 cricket. And with football joining in, the city's sports connect is going to get much stronger.
Also a late welcome news for the club arrived less than a week before the inaugural match as India and CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the co-owner of Chennaiyin FC, following in the footsteps of his former team-mates Sourav Ganguly (Atletico de Kolkata) and Sachin Tendulkar (Kerala Blasters).
Owner together by Bollywood start Abhishek Bachchan, Dhoni and Vita Dani, Chennai have quickly assembled a formidable squad with Elano Blumer as its marquee player, along with Italian defender cum coach Marco Materazzi as the star attraction. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai is their home ground.
OWNERS: Abhishek Bachchan, MS Dhoni, Vita Dani
COACH: Marco Materazzi
ASSISTANT COACH: Vivek Nagul
MARQUEE PLAYER: Elano Blumer
SQUAD:
GOALKEEPERS: Abhijit Mondal, Gennaro Bracigliano, Shilton Paul
DEFENDERS: Abhishek Das, Barnard Mendy, Dhanachandra Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Jairo Andres Suarez Carvajal, Khelemba Singh Meetei, Marco Materazzi, Mikael Silvestre
MIDFIELDERS: Anthony Barbosa, Bojan Djordjic, Bruno Augusto Pelissari de Lima, Cristian Hidalgo Gonzalez, Dane Pereira, Denson Devadas, Harmanjot Khabra, Jaison Vales, NP Pradeep, Pierre Jonas Folke Tillman, Sukhwinder Singh
FORWARDS: Balwant Singh, Eduardo Silva Lerma, Jayesh Rane, Jeje Lalpekhlua, John Stiven Mendoza Valencia
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