{"id":30968,"date":"2016-12-23T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30968"},"modified":"2016-12-23T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:38:34","slug":"shivajians-fc-sign-striker-passi-defender-lallawmawma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30968","title":{"rendered":"Shivajians FC sign striker Passi, defender Lallawmawma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: Shivajians FC announced the signing of India striker Sumeet Passi and defender Ricky Lallawmawma on Friday for the 2016-17 I-League football season.<\/p>\n<p>Passi, a product of the <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1754-administrator-s-challenge-cup-all-india-football-tournament\">Chandigarh Football Academy<\/a>,<\/strong> has most recently played for<strong> <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/282-northeast-united-fc\">NorthEast United FC<\/a><\/strong> in the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/246-indian-super-league\"><strong>Indian Super League<\/strong> <\/a>(ISL), and for Sporting Clube de Goa in the I-League. The 21 year old is also capped at the international level, scoring once in his two appearances for the national side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted with the addition of Sumeet to our squad. He comes with a good pedigree and will give us a different dimension in our forward line. He is a young striker with lots of enthusiasm and desire for the game and has also stood out while playing for the Indian national team,&#8221; head coach Dave Rogers said of the player.<\/p>\n<p>Shivajians have also signed Aizawl FC captain Lallawmawma. The 25-year-old defender was an integral part of Aizawl FC&#8217;s defence in their breakout 2015-16 I-League season.<\/p>\n<p>Delighted at the prospect of working with the young talent from Mizoram, Rogers said, &#8220;I first saw Ricky playing in the Mizoram Premier League over a year ago. What stood out for me, was his defensive ability and his game intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A calm and collective presence in the backline and also a very versatile player, he will offer me good options on the left side of the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune: Shivajians FC announced the signing of India striker Sumeet Passi and defender Ricky Lallawmawma on Friday for the 2016-17 I-League football season.<\/p>\n<p>Passi, a product of the <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1754-administrator-s-challenge-cup-all-india-football-tournament\">Chandigarh Football Academy<\/a>,<\/strong> has most recently played for<strong> <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/282-northeast-united-fc\">NorthEast United FC<\/a><\/strong> in the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/246-indian-super-league\"><strong>Indian Super League<\/strong> <\/a>(ISL), and for Sporting Clube de Goa in the I-League. 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