ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Vignesh Dakshinamurthy for new season
Saturday - September 8, 2018 5:10 pm ,
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ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Vignesh Dakshinamurthy for new season
Mumbai Sep 8 (IANS) Mumbai City FC (MCFC) on Saturday completed their last signing for the upcoming season of the Indian Super League (ISL) bringing on board India s Under-23 player Vignesh Dakshinamurthy the club said in a statement.
Vignesh had been part of the Ozone Academy setup for three years before he broke into the first team squad aged just 17.
Since then he has been an integral part of the team playing for different Indian age-group squads.
His latest stint was being part of the Stephen Constantine coached U-23 squad participating in the SAFF Suzuki Cup in Dhaka.
Vignesh belongs to a footballing family with his uncle having turned out for clubs like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan while his younger brother recently went out for a training stint to Denmark.
He will have to fight it out for a position in the MCFC team with the likes of Paulo Machado Milan Singh Sehnaj Singh and other midfielders.
"We have great faith in Vignesh. He is young talented and is full of promise. We are delighted to welcome him into the MCFC family " CEO of MCFC Indranil Das Blah said.
"We have a good mix of young and seasoned players and we are excited about the upcoming season" he added.
--IANS dm/kk/vm
Vignesh had been part of the Ozone Academy setup for three years before he broke into the first team squad aged just 17.
Since then he has been an integral part of the team playing for different Indian age-group squads.
His latest stint was being part of the Stephen Constantine coached U-23 squad participating in the SAFF Suzuki Cup in Dhaka.
Vignesh belongs to a footballing family with his uncle having turned out for clubs like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan while his younger brother recently went out for a training stint to Denmark.
He will have to fight it out for a position in the MCFC team with the likes of Paulo Machado Milan Singh Sehnaj Singh and other midfielders.
"We have great faith in Vignesh. He is young talented and is full of promise. We are delighted to welcome him into the MCFC family " CEO of MCFC Indranil Das Blah said.
"We have a good mix of young and seasoned players and we are excited about the upcoming season" he added.
--IANS dm/kk/vm
