{"id":28355,"date":"2016-08-18T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28355"},"modified":"2016-08-18T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:04:09","slug":"indian-super-league-mexican-striker-anibal-zurdo-joins-fc-pune-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28355","title":{"rendered":"Indian super League: Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo joins FC Pune City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><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\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" 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\" \/>Pune:<\/strong> The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Hrithik Roshan co-owned Indian Super League club FC Pune City reinforced their forward line adding Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo Rodriguez for the 2016 edition of the league. The 33-year old will make his debut in the Indian Super League with this move to the Pune side.<\/p>\n<p>FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel sounded upbeat with the signing of the experienced centre forward. &ldquo;Anibal&rsquo;s experience of playing in the Spanish league will be very valuable to the team. His speed combined with attacking instincts in the opponents box will surprise our fans and rivals alike. In addition to his performances on the pitch, I am sure that he will be a great influence in the dressing room too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Anibal started his career with Atletico Madrid playing for their youth team. He then graduated and went on to play for Spanish clubs like Deportivo Guadalajara, Mostoles, Valencia &lsquo;B&rsquo; and CE Sabadell FC scoring over 100 goals. His best performances came while donning CE Sabadell FC kit where he scored 28 goals in 74 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Antonio Habas was pleased with the new addition. &ldquo;Anibal is a quality striker, for his speed and overall work rate are characteristics that I admire. I&#8217;m very excited at the prospect of working with him now for the benefit of FC Pune City.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Making his Indian Super League debut, Anibal said he was looking forward to meet his new family &ndash; his FC Pune City teammates, team management and fans. &ldquo;I hope to create a strong relationship with everyone involved with this club. This is a new chapter in my career. I will do everything in my abilities for FC Pune City to achieve their ultimate goal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Co-owner and Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan expressed his delight with the new signing. &ldquo;Anibal brings a wealth of experience to the team and we are looking forward to a memorable season with him,&rdquo; said Hrithik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><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\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" 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\" \/>Pune:<\/strong> The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Hrithik Roshan co-owned Indian Super League club FC Pune City reinforced their forward line adding Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo Rodriguez for the 2016 edition of the league. The 33-year old will make his debut in the Indian Super League with this move to the Pune side.<\/p>\n<p>FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel sounded upbeat with the signing of the experienced centre forward. &ldquo;Anibal&rsquo;s experience of playing in the Spanish league will be very valuable to the team. His speed combined with attacking instincts in the opponents box will surprise our fans and rivals alike. In addition to his performances on the pitch, I am sure that he will be a great influence in the dressing room too.&rdquo;<\/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":[17500,11653,12975,11651,466,7563,11650],"class_list":["post-28355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-anibal-zurdo-rodriguez","tag-fc-pune-city","tag-football-news","tag-hrithik-roshan","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-indian-super-league","tag-rajesh-wadhawan-group"],"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: Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo joins FC Pune City - 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=28355\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian super League: Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo joins FC Pune City - 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: The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Hrithik Roshan co-owned Indian Super League club FC Pune City reinforced their forward line adding Mexican striker Anibal Zurdo Rodriguez for the 2016 edition of the league. 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