{"id":83741,"date":"2021-06-11T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83741"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:56:48","slug":"isl-2021-22-odisha-fc-signs-indian-defender-lalruatthara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83741","title":{"rendered":"ISL 2021-22: Odisha FC signs Indian defender Lalruatthara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odisha FC has completed the signing of 26-year-old Indian defender Lalruatthara ahead of the eighth season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2021-22). The Mizoram footballer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/tag\/lalruatthara\/\">Lalruatthara<\/a> represented Kerala Blasters FC until last season (ISL 2020-21), penned a two-year deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/tag\/odisha-fc\/\">Bhubaneswar-based<\/a> side with an option to extend for a third.<\/p>\n<p>Lalruatthara started his professional career with Aizawl FC in 2015 and was a part of their I-League title-winning side. He then signed for the Kerala Blasters in 2017 and was awarded the ISL Emerging Player of the Season in his maiden appearance in the League.<\/p>\n<p>A very promising defender from his teenage, Lalruatthara, has represented India at the senior and under 23 levels as well.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the new signing, Odisha FC CEO Rohan Sharma said, <em>&#8220;I\u2019ve had my eyes on Lalruatthara since his breakout at Kerala Blasters. I love his defensive versatility and think he can add a lot to our defence. I know he is eager to prove he\u2019s a national team quality defender again and he will have ample opportunities to prove it at OFC.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am extremely happy that Lalruatthara has decided to join Odisha FC. He is one of the most talented defenders in India and I\u2019m pretty sure that he will be a great addition to our side,&#8221;<\/em> explained Raj Athwal, Club President, Odisha FC.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his delight, Lalruatthara stated, <em>&#8220;I am very happy and grateful to wear the Odisha FC jersey in the upcoming season. I look forward to representing the club by giving my best. I am thrilled to play under a new system, coach, staff and am excited to learn new things to improve my game.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am looking forward to playing with some familiar faces and as a team, to take Odisha FC to new heights. I thank everyone at the club for the trust and for giving me this opportunity,&#8221;<\/em> he further added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/odishafc.medium.com\/?source=post_sidebar--------------------------post_sidebar-----------\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\/isl-2021-22-odisha-fc-signs-indian-defender-lalruatthara\/\">ISL 2021-22: Odisha FC signs Indian defender Lalruatthara<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportsnews.in\">The Sports News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Odisha FC has completed the signing of Indian defender Lalruatthara ahead of the eighth season of the Indian Super League (ISL 2021-22).<br \/>\nThe post ISL 2021-22: Odisha FC signs Indian defender Lalruatthara appeared first on The Sports News.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83742,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83741\/revisions\/83742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}