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India is ready for football’s Foreword by strongest comeback. Captain Indian National Football Team Indian football followers have risen by 15 per cent, taking us from world rank 45 to 30. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was watched by 254 million viewers in India, breaking all previous records. Hop on the fascinating journey of Indian football—the highs and lows, the hopes and aspirations, and the future that awaits us. ‘It’s great to see a book capturing the magical journey of Indian football being ‘I feel a great sense of written. I hope it serves as a tool pride each time I pull on to educate every Indian about the India national team this “beautiful game” in our jersey. It is important country.’ readers get to know the history Praful Patel of Indian football and the various President, All India stories related to it.’ Football Federation Gurpreet Singh Sandhu India National Team Goalkeeper, First Indian to play in the UEFA Europa League Shantanu Gupta is a TEDx Nikhil Paramjit speaker, political analyst and Sharma, founder-CEO of the author of The Monk Who zlait Sports Management Became Chief Minister, listed Pvt Ltd, has a decade as the ‘Most Memorable worth experience in the Non-Fiction Book of 2017’ on Indian football ecosystem. Amazon. `495 ISBN 978-93-532-8305-6 9 789353 283056 SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable knowledge by publishing innovative and high-quality research and teaching content. Today, we publish over 900 journals, including those of more than 400 learned societies, more than 800 new books per year, and a growing range of library products including archives, data, case studies, reports, and video. SAGE remains majority-owned by our founder, and after Sara’s lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures our continued independence. Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC | Melbourne Advance Praise It’s great to see a book capturing the magical journey of Indian football being written. It is important that every aspect of Indian football reaches the readers, right from the time that the sport made its presence felt in India to the time when India has made its presence felt in the biggest stage of World football, the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. Today we are at a crucial juncture in the history of football in India and it’s always nice to revisit the glorious past. I wish the book, India’s Football Dream and its authors Mr Shantanu Gupta and Mr Nikhil Paramjit Sharma the very best and hope it serves as a tool to educate every Indian about the ‘beautiful game’ in our country. Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation I feel a great sense of pride each time I pull on the India national team jersey. To represent India has been the greatest honour for me. Even when I was in Norway playing for Stabaek, I did believe I was indeed representing my country being the first Indian to play in the Europa Cup. It is important readers get to know the history of Indian football and the various stories related to it. Our current India national team is doing well and the U-17 World Cup brought the attention of the world to India. It’s nice that the book aims to take the readers through this majestic journey. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, India National Team Goalkeeper, First Indian to play in the UEFA Europa League Although I grew up in the UK, I have been very interested in the progression of football in India. I have never hidden my desire to play for the Indian National team and hopefully that will become a reality soon. India’s Football Dream is a good reference point for anyone looking to understand the past and present of Indian football. Daniel ‘Danny’ Tanveer Batth, Wolverhampton Wolves Best wishes for the book by Nikhil and Shantanu. I am sure the book will serve as a good reminder to every reader why football in India has been, is, and will be a hugely popular sport across the length and breadth of the country. Thanks for putting together a comprehensive guide on Indian football that is sure to capture the reader’s imagination. Subrata Paul, Indian National Team Goalkeeper, Legend of the game. Nicknamed ‘Spiderman’ by Indian football fans Our nation is passing through a dynamic and transient phase. It is entering a new era in its history wherein by 2022, more than half the population of this country will be only twenty-eight years of age making India one of the youngest countries in the world. I believe this new era will also see the country move from being largely a one sport nation to a Multi-Sport nation where football could emerge as the most popular sport in India in the next ten years. It remains to be seen if India will be a large consumer or market for International football or whether it will also emerge as a strong participant of the game and evolve a robust internal ecosystem of the beautiful game in the country. I believe India’s Football Dream has been written at an interesting junction just as Indian football enters its watershed period and I am sure that it will be an interesting read for all sports lovers in this country. I wish the book all the success it deserves and hope that it contributes in its own little way to the development and growth of a more sports and health conscious India. Larsing ‘Ming’ Sawyan, Vice President—All India Football Federation, Managing Director—Shillong Lajong Football Club ’ INDIA S F OTBALL DREAM ShANTANu GupTA NIkhIL pARAMjIT ShARMA Copyright © Shantanu Gupta and Nikhil Paramjit Sharma, 2019 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. First published in 2019 by Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area 2/15 Ansari Road, Daryaganj Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044, India Delhi 110002 www.sagepub.in www.vitastapublishing.com Sage Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA Sage Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP, United Kingdom Sage Publications asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 18 Cross Street #10-10/11/12 China Square Central Singapore 048423 Published by Vivek Mehra for SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, typeset in 10.5/13.5 pt Bembo by Fidus Design Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN: 978-93-532-8305-6 (PB) Sage Vitasta Team: Veena Batra, Namarita Kathait, Alekha Chandra Jena and Ritu Chopra Dedication Shantanu gupta Dedicating this book to my wife Swetha, son Abhiram and my newborn baby girl Nakshatra. Nikhil Paramjit Sharma Would like to dedicate this book to my parents Paramjit and Ragini, wife Urvashi, brother Karan and my friend and mentor, Sunny. Also would like to dedicate it to two close friends who unfortunately aren’t with us anymore, Rishish and Rohan.
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