{"id":15741,"date":"2013-07-05T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15741"},"modified":"2013-07-05T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T05:34:11","slug":"pune-fc-extend-arata-contract-to-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15741","title":{"rendered":"Pune FC extend Arata contract to 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15739\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"arata2\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata2-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Pune: Pune Football Club and midfielder Arata Izumi have agreed upon extending their association for another year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a result the Japanese-born Indian National will stay with I-League runners-up Pune FC until the end of the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n<p>Pune FC Head Operation, Chirag Tanna said: \u201cWe are glad to have extended Arata\u2019s contract. He epitomises what we are trying to achieve at the club on and off the field.\u201d<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The contract extension translates into Arata\u2019s total commitment to Pune FC ever since gaining promotion into the top flight league in 2009.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arata said: \u201cIt\u2019s another interesting innings to start. Thank you Pune F.C. family and fans. Keep the faith!.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having made Pune his home base, Arata has so far made over 100 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-15740\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"arata1\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: right;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/arata1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>The reigning \u2018Pune FC Fans Player of the Year 2012-13\u2019 helped the club achieve their best ever finish in the I-League and emerged the joint-third highest scorer with five goals to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-one year-old Arata initially joined Pune FC as PIO (Person of Indian Origin) in 2009 and was registered as an Indian player last season after he received Indian nationality in August 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder also achieved his dream of playing international football for India making his debut against Palestine in February 2013. In doing so, he became the first-ever PIO to represent India in the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: Pune Football Club and midfielder Arata Izumi have agreed upon extending their association for another year. As a result the Japanese-born Indian National will stay with I-League runners-up Pune FC until the end of the 2014-15 season. Pune FC Head Operation, Chirag Tanna said: \u201cWe are glad to have extended Arata\u2019s contract. He epitomises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[715,345,6293,214,5828],"class_list":["post-15741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-arata-izumi","tag-i-league","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-pune-fc","tag-pune-football-club"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pune FC extend Arata contract to 2015 - 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=15741\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pune FC extend Arata contract to 2015 - 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 Football Club and midfielder Arata Izumi have agreed upon extending their association for another year. 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