{"id":28247,"date":"2016-08-10T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28247"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:09:24","slug":"indian-super-league-chennaiyin-fc-sign-eli-sabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28247","title":{"rendered":"Indian Super League: Chennaiyin FC sign Eli Sabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC is delighted to announce that they have signed Brazilian central defender Eli Sabia for the 2016 edition of the ISL.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old from Sao Paulo joins Chennaiyin on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract with Brazilian second tier outfit Sampaio Correa.<\/p>\n<p>Sabia started his career at Sao Paulo-based club Paulista and came through the club&rsquo;s youth system before going on to make it to their senior team.<\/p>\n<p>While at Paulista, Sabia had several loan moves including one to Swiss top division outfit FC Lausanne Sport in 2007-08.<\/p>\n<p>The following season Sabia played in the Brazilian top tier for giants Santos. It was a significant campaign in Santos&rsquo; history as Neymar made his breakthrough to the first team with teammate Sabia making 22 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Sabia also had a loan stint with Atletico Paranaense in the Brazilian top division and in 2011 made a permanent move to Brazilian Serie B club Sao Caetano.<\/p>\n<p>He spent five seasons with Caetano which also included loan spells in several clubs around Brazil. Earlier this year he had a short stint with Agua Santa before having a small spell at Sampaio Correa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Eli Sabia has had a very good career in Brazil and also has the experience of playing in Europe. He will add quality and solidarity to our defence,&rdquo; said Chennaiyin FC manager Marco Materazzi.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is an honour for me to get an opportunity to play under the legendary Materazzi. I would like to thank him and the club owners for believing in me. I am looking forward to this new experience of playing in India and want to help Chennaiyin retain the championship,&rdquo; Eli Sabia stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC is delighted to announce that they have signed Brazilian central defender Eli Sabia for the 2016 edition of the ISL.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old from Sao Paulo joins Chennaiyin on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract with Brazilian second tier outfit Sampaio Correa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[11709,17428,12975,466,7563,7564],"class_list":["post-28247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-chennaiyin-fc","tag-eli-sabia","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-indian-super-league","tag-isl"],"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 Eli Sabia - 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=28247\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian Super League: Chennaiyin FC sign Eli Sabia - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC is delighted to announce that they have signed Brazilian central defender Eli Sabia for the 2016 edition of the ISL. 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