{"id":15251,"date":"2013-05-24T06:37:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15251"},"modified":"2013-05-24T06:37:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:37:27","slug":"anas-signs-2-year-extension-and-sets-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15251","title":{"rendered":"Anas signs 2-year extension and sets dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15250\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/anas2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"Anas signs 2-year extension and sets dream\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/anas2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/anas2-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Pune: Pune FC central defender Anas Edathodika signed a two-year extension and will continue to trade his skills at the Club until 2015.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Anas decision to stay back comes after spending the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons successfully at the Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Kerala-born defender played a key-role in the Club\u2019s defense line and helped his side earn the distinction of third best in conceding goals in I-League 2012-13. For the record: runners-up, Pune FC let-in 26 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Pune FC Head Operations, Chirag Tanna, said: \u201cAnas has been instrumental for us in last <br \/>season\u2019s campaign. He is a gritty customer and plays with a lot of passion. Everyone at Pune FC wishes Anas continued success with the Club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the season, Anas played all 26 games in the I-League figuring as a first eleven member in 26 games and came off as a substitute only once to clock a staggering 2,326 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The defender also started two games in Durand Cup, three in Federation Cup and one in the IFA Shield respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Anas\u2019s emergence as a solid no-nonsense defender also won him two awards at the season-ending annual Awards Night. He picked up the \u201cMan of Steel\u201d award for his consistency and was adjudged \u201cPlayer of the Year 2013,\u201d making him the first Indian to bag the honour at Pune FC.<\/p>\n<p>Having sealed a contract until the end of 2014-15 season, the Mallapuram-based Anas has time and again voiced his love for Pune as a city.<\/p>\n<p>Anas says, \u201cI am delighted to continue. Pune FC is a one-of-its-kind club based in a city that is so passionate about the game and I owe my decision to extend my stay to all my fans. Thank you for the love shown on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having played his best season in his professional career so far, Anas has now set his sights on the national team and hopes the opportunity arrives sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI now look forward with determination to play better, stronger and ambitiously during my stay here, the objective of course will be to help Pune FC to glory,\u201d Anas added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: Pune FC central defender Anas Edathodika signed a two-year extension and will continue to trade his skills at the Club until 2015.&nbsp;Anas decision to stay back comes after spending the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons successfully at the Club. The 26-year-old Kerala-born defender played a key-role in the Club\u2019s defense line and helped his side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[9375,6166,6167,3373,345,6293,214],"class_list":["post-15251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-anas-edathodika","tag-chirag-tanna","tag-durand-cup","tag-federation-cup","tag-i-league","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-pune-fc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anas signs 2-year extension and sets dream - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15251\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anas signs 2-year extension and sets dream - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pune: Pune FC central defender Anas Edathodika signed a two-year extension and will continue to trade his skills at the Club until 2015.&nbsp;Anas decision to stay back comes after spending the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons successfully at the Club. 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