Chennaiyin sign India U-19 footballers Rahim, Abhijit, Deepak
Wednesday - September 5, 2018 4:08 pm ,
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Chennaiyin sign India U-19 footballers Rahim, Abhijit, Deepak
Chennai Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) title holders Chennaiyin FC on Wednesday announced the signing of teenagers Rahim Ali (18) Abhijit Sarkar (18) and Deepak Tangri (19) on three-year deals each.
The trio will be loaned back to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) s developmental outfit Indian Arrows for the upcoming 2018-19 I-League season.
All three are current India U-19 internationals with Abhijit and Rahim also representing the country in last year s FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Both Abhijit and Rahim are products of AIFF s Elite Academy while Deepak got his early football education at Chandigarh Football Academy and then in the youth system of Mohun Bagan.
Rahim is a centre forward who hails from West Bengal and like Deepak has previously played for Mohun Bagan at the youth level. He featured in all three of India s matches at the 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup and was a regular starter under Luis Norton de Matos for Indian Arrows in last season s I-League.
Abhijit also from West Bengal is a very versatile player in the attacking third as he can operate both as an attacking midfielder and upfront. He played in the fixtures against US and Colombia at the U-17 World Cup. He was Arrows highest scorer in the I-League netting four goals.
Punjab boy Deepak signed for Indian Arrows last season and was a key figure for them in the I-League. Although naturally a defender Arrows mainly used Deepak as a defensive midfielder due to his physical presence.
He has gone on to become a youth international for India recently scoring in the 2-1 win over the Argentina U20s last month in the COTIF Cup in Spain.
--IANS dm/pur/bg
The trio will be loaned back to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) s developmental outfit Indian Arrows for the upcoming 2018-19 I-League season.
All three are current India U-19 internationals with Abhijit and Rahim also representing the country in last year s FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Both Abhijit and Rahim are products of AIFF s Elite Academy while Deepak got his early football education at Chandigarh Football Academy and then in the youth system of Mohun Bagan.
Rahim is a centre forward who hails from West Bengal and like Deepak has previously played for Mohun Bagan at the youth level. He featured in all three of India s matches at the 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup and was a regular starter under Luis Norton de Matos for Indian Arrows in last season s I-League.
Abhijit also from West Bengal is a very versatile player in the attacking third as he can operate both as an attacking midfielder and upfront. He played in the fixtures against US and Colombia at the U-17 World Cup. He was Arrows highest scorer in the I-League netting four goals.
Punjab boy Deepak signed for Indian Arrows last season and was a key figure for them in the I-League. Although naturally a defender Arrows mainly used Deepak as a defensive midfielder due to his physical presence.
He has gone on to become a youth international for India recently scoring in the 2-1 win over the Argentina U20s last month in the COTIF Cup in Spain.
--IANS dm/pur/bg
