{"id":15456,"date":"2013-07-20T04:41:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15456"},"modified":"2013-07-20T04:41:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T04:41:08","slug":"jsw-sign-india-team-captain-sunil-chhetri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15456","title":{"rendered":"JSW sign India team captain Sunil Chhetri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3022\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"sunilchhetri\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Bengaluru:<\/strong> In a major capture, JSW Sports, on Friday, announced the signing of India team captain Sunil Chhetri to the Bengaluru-based football club that is set to be launched on Saturday. Chhetri\u2019s signing for JSW ends weeks of speculation about the striker\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met the people at JSW a few months ago and the first thing that struck me was the passion behind all the planning. I want to play for a club that\u2019s clear about its vision and I saw that in JSW. I know I am coming from a champion team but that works as more motivation here,\u201d said Chhetri.<\/p>\n<p>Chhetri had signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal B last season before he came on loan to Churchill Brothers towards the fag end of the I-League. <\/p>\n<p>On his decision of signing for a club that will be making its I-League debut this season, Chhetri said he didn\u2019t need any prodding. \u201cChoosing JSW wasn\u2019t really tough because the people seemed genuine. We need to think long term. We are a young team and we wouldn\u2019t want to harbor high hopes. I\u2019m not setting any targets but I\u2019m sure we can achieve a lot of things if we stick together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parth Jindal, CEO of the club said they are delighted with the latest signing. \u201cFor someone of Sunil Chhetri\u2019s caliber to join JSW says a lot about the club. Signing the national team captain is the best possible statement of where we want to take this club. We are very happy to have Sunil on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the team being a young one, Chhetri realizes that his responsibilities will double. But it\u2019s a task the diminutive marksman says he will relish. \u201cI\u2019m used to taking burdens and I\u2019m going to give everything I am capable of, to this club. We\u2019re going to need everyone \u2013 right from the ball boy to the owners \u2013 to be behind us at all times and I am sure we can repay their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chhetri is the second national team player that JSW have signed after fellow-striker Robin Singh agreed a deal with the club last week.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Chhetri bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name: Sunil Chhetri<\/strong><br \/><strong>Age: 28<\/strong><br \/><strong>Position: Striker<\/strong><br \/><strong>Previous clubs: Mohun Bagan, JCT, East Bengal, Dempo, Kansas City Wizards, Chirag United, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Churchill Brothers<\/strong><br \/><strong>National team: Appearances 66. Goals 37<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3022\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"sunilchhetri\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunilchhetri-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Bengaluru:<\/strong> In a major capture, JSW Sports, on Friday, announced the signing of India team captain Sunil Chhetri to the Bengaluru-based football club that is set to be launched on Saturday. Chhetri\u2019s signing for JSW ends weeks of speculation about the striker\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met the people at JSW a few months ago and the first thing that struck me was the passion behind all the planning. I want to play for a club that\u2019s clear about its vision and I saw that in JSW. I know I am coming from a champion team but that works as more motivation here,\u201d said Chhetri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[345,9562,861],"class_list":["post-15456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-i-league","tag-jsw-sports","tag-sunil-chhetri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JSW sign India team captain Sunil Chhetri - 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=15456\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JSW sign India team captain Sunil Chhetri - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bengaluru: In a major capture, JSW Sports, on Friday, announced the signing of India team captain Sunil Chhetri to the Bengaluru-based football club that is set to be launched on Saturday. 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