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2016 Kerala Blasters FC Season
The 2016 season was the third season in Kerala Blasters FC's existence, as well as their third season in Indian Super League. After finishing second position in the league stage, the club managed to make it to the final. In the finals, they were again defeated by Atlético de Kolkata, this time through the penalty shoot-out. Background In 2016, in an effort to rebuild after failing to qualify for the finals the previous season, Kerala Blasters announced the signing of former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell as head coach on 21 June 2016. A week later, the club announced the signing of Northern Ireland international Aaron Hughes as their marquee player for the season. Other moves made before the season included the signing of Graham Stack, Kervens Belfort, Duckens Nazon, and Mohammed Rafique and return of former players Michael Chopra and Cédric Hengbart. The season began where the previous left off, with a 1–0 defeat away from home against NorthEast United. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Blasters FC
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The club played their inaugural match on 13 October 2014, losing 1–0 to NorthEast United. The Blasters are the three time runners up of the Indian Super League. They first entered the final in 2014, where they lost 1–0 to ATK after an injury time goal from them. In 2016, they were again defeated 4–3 by ATK, this time through penalties in the final. The club entered the final for the third time in 2022, where they were defeated 3–1 by Hyderabad FC through penalties. The Blasters plays home games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. In most of the seasons since the club's founding, Kerala Blasters have held the record for the highest league attendance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Rafique (footballer)
Mohammed Rafique (born 26 March 1991), is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League. Club career Prayag United After spending his youth years at Tollygunge Agragami, Rafique joined Prayag United in 2010 and would go on to play 6 senior games in his debut season, scoring once against Chirag United Kerala. Rafique played five games during the 2011-12 I-League season, his second at senior level for Prayag. Rafique established himself as a regular in the centre of midfield in his final two seasons at United SC. East Bengal Rafique signed for East Bengal in May 2014 on a two-year deal and was loaned out to Atlético de Kolkata for the 2014 Indian Super League. Rafique scored the title winning goal in the 90th minute from a corner in the final. Rafique returned to parent club East Bengal for the 2014-15 I-League season, making his debut for the team in the 2014-15 Federation Cup. International career Rafique made his debut for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurwinder Singh
Gurwinder Singh (born 16 April 1986) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender. Career Gurwinder started his senior career with JCT in 2005 after passing out from their youth academy, where he spent a year. Gurwinder left JCT to join East Bengal in 2010. Gurwinder was loaned out to Kerala Blasters FC for the 2014 Indian Super League and was a regular for the Kerala-based team, making 11 appearances including the final match of the competition. Gurwinder is currently represented by UK based Football Agency - Inventive Sports. He was signed by Northeast United FC for 2018-19 season. He was fondly called as 'Gurwinder Paaji' by his teammates. International After a great season with East Bengal Singh was called up to the India national football team preparatory camp in June 2011 but didn't make any appearances. He made his India debut in 2013, and has gone on to make 10 appearances for the national team. However, he has fallen out of favor since 2015 and hasn't made an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehtab Hossain
Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian professional footballer and coach who last played for Madan Maharaj as a defensive midfielder. During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned. Career Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal. It was reported in June 2012, that he was on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thongkhosiem Haokip
Thongkosiem Haokip (born 13 March 1993), commonly known as Semboi, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Early career Born in the village of Gangpijang in Manipur, Haokip began playing football for his state side at the youth levels in the national school games. He then joined local side United Sports Association in Khurai. He stayed with the side until he was spotted by Pune. He joined the Pune F.C. Academy in 2011 and played for the side in the I-League U20 and other tournaments. While part of the academy set-up at Pune, Haokip helped his side to two back-to-back I-League U20 titles in both 2012 and 2013. Pune 2013–14 season Before the start of the 2013–14 I-League season, it was announced that Haokip would be promoted to the Pune first-team. He made his professional debut for the club on 29 September 2013, appearing as a late-match substitute during a 0–0 draw against Shillong Lajong. Then, in the very next match, against Mohun Bagan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishfaq Ahmed
Ishfaq Ahmed (born 17 March 1983) is a former Indian footballer who currently works as the assistant coach of Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League. He is also a member of the AIFF technical committee. Ishfaq is one among the two professional footballers, along with Mehrajuddin Wadoo, to come from Jammu and Kashmir. He has represented the country and has played in the I-League and the Indian Super League for several clubs including Dempo, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mohammedan, Kerala Blasters, Pune F.C, and Mumbai F.C. He has also won the league title while also winning domestic cups such as the Federation Cup and Durand Cup. Club career Early career Born in the Barbar Shah locality in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Ahmed started his sports career as a cricket player. Despite more opportunities to play cricket, Ahmed admitted that his first sporting love was football and he started to play the game at Biscoe School while also playing for the local side, YMCA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio German
Antonio Timothy German (born 26 December 1991) is a footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Leatherhead and the Grenada national football team. Club career Early career Born in Park Royal, London, German progressed through the Queens Park Rangers' (QPR) youth system before being promoted to the first team in May 2009. Queens Park Rangers German signed his first professional contract with QPR in June 2009 and was given shirt number 33. German made his debut against Plymouth Argyle in the club's final home game of the 2008–09 season, coming on as a second-half substitute. He scored his first goal in his full debut in a 2–1 victory over against Doncaster Rovers on 21 February 2010, where he bagged the first goal of the game. In the same game he had a header disallowed for offside and also a header looping just over the top of the bar. Five days after scoring his first goal, German signed a new deal with QPR until June 2012. On 20 March 2010, German scored his secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinit Rai
Vinit Rai Chamling (born 10 October 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the India national team. Club career Born in Duliajan, Assam, Rai was scouted by the Duliajan Football Academy and later by the Tata Football Academy at the age of 13 and trained there for four years. After graduating from Tata, Rai signed with I-League side Dempo. On signing Rai, Dempo head coach at the time, Arthur Papas said "Vinit is a very cultured midfielder with a great range of passing. He has a willingness to always want the ball and link the play between the defensive and forward lines." Rai would enter the 2014–15 season with Dempo as the youngest first-team player. After spending a majority of the season playing for the club's youth team, Rai made his professional debut for Dempo in the league on 1 March 2015 against East Bengal. He came on as an 81st-minute substitute for Jewel Raja as Dempo lost 5–1. Kerala Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratik Chowdhary
Pratik Prabhakar Chaudhari (born 4 October 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur. Career Early career Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Chaudhari began his football career while still a student and while working as a call-center employee. While working the night shift, Chaudhari would play football for Bank of India and Union Bank of India. He soon joined professional I-League side Air India in 2011. In 2013, Chaudhari moved to another I-League side, Rangdajied United. He made his debut for the club on 22 September 2013 during their season opener against Prayag United. Chaudhari started and played 72 minutes as Rangdajied United lost 2–0. After the season ended, Chaudhari moved to Mohun Bagan, another I-League side. Mumbai and Kerala Blasters Prior to the 2015–16 season, Chaudhari returned to his birth city to play for I-League club Mumbai. During the season, he formed a formidable partnership with Son Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Rafi (footballer)
Mohammed Rafi (born 24 May 1982, Trikaripur, Kasargod) is an Indian former professional footballer who last played for Kerala Blasters as a striker in Indian Super League. Club Mohammed Rafi came through the ranks of SBT which had distinction of fielding not only all-Indian but also all-Malayali squad. SBT was promoted to first division of National Football League in 2004 and in that season he scored 4 goals and came into limelight. Unfortunately, SBT got relegated but he was roped in by Mahindra United for the next season. In 09-10 I-league, he finished the season with record 14 goals, which is best ever for an Indian striker, he was also adjudged Mahindra United's player of the year. Rafi's example was followed by his younger brothers Mohammad Shafi, who played for Viva Kerala FC and Mohammad Razi, with KSEB. Mumbai On 24 November 2013 it was announced that Rafi has signed for Mumbai on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players Khelemba Singh, N.P. Pradeep and Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Dynamos FC
Odisha Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded as ''Delhi Dynamos Football Club''. The club renamed to Odisha Football Club, as it moved to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Raj Athwal, former commercial head of Rangers, Watford, and Coventry City, currently serves as the club president. David Villa, former Spanish international and the founder of premium consulting agency DV7 Management, is the technical advisor and the head of global football operations. Josep Gombau currently serves as the head coach; he was appointed as the head coach prior to the 2022–23 Indian Super League season. Odisha FC has a value of $5.72 million as of 2022. History Formation In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengaluru FC
Bengaluru Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 20 July 2013, and began its first competitive season in the I-League on 22 September the same year. Since its inception, the club has won two I-League titles including one in its debut season, two Federation Cup titles, one Indian Super League title, and a Super Cup championship making it fourth-most successful club in Indian football. The club is owned and operated by the Mumbai-based company JSW Group and its managing director Sajjan Jindal. Bangalore has played its home matches at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium since the beginning of the 2014–15 season. Despite only playing four seasons in the I-League, the club was considered one of the model clubs of Indian football. Bengaluru drew praise for bringing a new sense of professionalism to Indian football, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
