Indian safeguard Bijay Chhetri has joined Uruguayan football club Colon FC borrowed until the year-end, his Indian Super Association (ISL) club Chennaiyin FC said on Wednesday.
Indian safeguard Bijay Chhetri has joined Uruguayan football club Colon FC borrowed until the year-end, his Indian Super Association (ISL) club Chennaiyin FC said on Wednesday. Chhetri hence turned into the primary Indian footballer to finish paperwork for a Latin American club. Colon is situated in Montevideo, while the club contends in Segunda Division Proficient (second division) of the nation, where it is right now put third on the Gathering B association table. “I feel so eager to get this chance for the new test in my expert profession. I desire to place in great exhibitions to upgrade my game, reimburse the trust displayed in me by Colon FC and to keep the Indian banner taking off,” Bijay said in a delivery.
“I’m very much aware that assuming I get along admirably, it can prepare for future Indian players likewise to move to another country into these business sectors.” The 22-year-old Bijay from Manipur started his footballing profession with Shillong Lajong in 2016 and showed up with Indian Bolts in 2018.
From that point forward, he has played for clubs like Chennai City, Genuine Kashmir and Sreenidi Deccan prior to joining CFC this season, his lady ISL club.
Wishing Bijay karma on his transition to Colon, CFC co-proprietor Vita Dani said, “We are very pleased to see Bijay advance toward one of the world’s greatest football countries. Uruguay are perpetually carved in the game’s set of experiences, with four stars on their chest as champs of two Olympic gold awards in 1924 and 1928, the principal World Cup in 1930, and afterward rehashing in Brazil in 1950.
“What’s more, Colon Futbol Club are important for that legacy; established even before the principal World Cup. I hope everything turns out great for Bijay, and we are expecting his prosperity as he leaves a mark on the world as the main Indian player to protect an agreement with a Latin American club.”