{"id":28071,"date":"2016-07-29T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T12:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28071"},"modified":"2016-07-29T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T12:36:38","slug":"indian-super-league-chennaiyin-fc-sign-baljit-sahni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28071","title":{"rendered":"Indian Super League: Chennaiyin FC sign Baljit Sahni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25926\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league 260\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Chennai:<\/strong> Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC is delighted to announce that they have signed former ISL winner Baljit Sahni on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Baljit, who hails from Hoshiarpur in Punjab and is capable of playing in different positions including on the wing and upfront, played the first two ISL seasons for Atletico de Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>He won the ISL title with ATK in 2014, scoring two goals that season, and reached the semi-finals last year. After ISL 2015, Baljit was on loan from ATK to DSK Shivajians in the I-League and now joins Chennaiyin on a permanent deal after the expiry of his contract at the Kolkata franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Like the majority of players from Punjab, Baljit started his career at JCT where he moved up from the youth teams to the senior setup. The 29-year-old spent three consistent seasons there, playing either as forward or winger.<\/p>\n<p>He became the first Indian to score a hattrick in the I-League with his treble coming against Shillong Lajong at the start of the 2009-10 season. In 2009 he was also adjudged the Best Young Player in India by other footballers of the country and also went on to represent India U-23 at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Baljit earned a move to Kolkata giants East Bengal in 2010 and spent five seasons there. He won almost every trophy with East Bengal and narrowly missed out on the I-League. The three goals in the 2011 AFC Cup was possibly the highlight.<\/p>\n<p>He made 21 appearances for ATK over the two ISL campaigns and Chennaiyin head coach Marco Materazzi had been following him from the first season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Baljit is a player I have admired and watched closely from the very first ISL campaign. He is already an ISL winner and his versatility will strengthen our team,&rdquo; Materazzi stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had two memorable years with Kolkata but now I am looking forward to a fresh new challenge with Chennaiyin. When I heard that the legendary Materazzi is interested in me it didn&rsquo;t take long for me to decide that I would join his team. Chennaiyin has been the most consistent team in the ISL so far and they have a very settled side. So I have to work very hard to get into the first eleven but this is the kind of test you want as a player and my goal will be to help Chennaiyin retain the championship,&rdquo; Sahni said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25926\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league 260\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-260-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Chennai:<\/strong> Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC is delighted to announce that they have signed former ISL winner Baljit Sahni on a one-year deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[14836,11709,12975,466,7563],"class_list":["post-28071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-baljit-sahni","tag-chennaiyin-fc","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-indian-super-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Super League: Chennaiyin FC sign Baljit Sahni - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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