Indian Super League: Mumbai City FC Appoint Lallianzuala Chhangte As New Captain Ahead of 2024-25 Season

Mumbai: Mumbai City FC has named Indian forward Lallianzuala Chhangte as the producer new captain than the 2024-25 season.

Chhangte will change Rahul Bheke as the captain of the club after the latter moved to his previous Indian Perfect League (ISL) part Bengaluru FC. Bheke led the Mumbai City to the ISL Cup trophy final season.

Beforehand in June this yr, Mumbai City prolonged his contract unless the finish of the 2026-27 season.

“I did now no longer doubt extending my stick with Mumbai City FC for the upcoming seasons. The fans are immense, and so is the domestic on the club. I am grateful to God that we had been capable to repay that love with good football and trophies. There are enormously a lot of bigger tales to inform over terrific here couple of years, and I am hoping to be the true adaptation of myself on a commonplace groundwork for my Mumbai City FC domestic,” Chhangte had spoke of on his contract extension.

Since becoming a member of the Islanders in January 2022, Chhangte has persistently delivered standout performances, gathering 29 ambitions and Sixteen assists in 79 appearances. Within the 2023/24 ISL season, he replicated his previous marketing and marketing crusade’s success basically by contributing Sixteen ambitions (10 ambitions and 6 assists), growing the first Indian participant in ISL experience to doc over 15 intention contributions in again-to-again seasons.

A key participant inside of the group’s triumphs, Chhangte helped the Islanders clinch the ISL League Winners’ Preserve inside of the 2022/23 season and performed a decisive role in securing the ISL Cup inside of terrific here season with very very prime intention contributions.

Mumbai City FC will initiating their ISL marketing and marketing crusade in opposition to Mohun Bagan Perfect Big at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on September 13.