2013 Indian Football Year In Review: Top five highs

Sportskeeda concludes the review of Indian football in 2013 by listing the top five highs of this calendar year.

5.Foreign exposures

Sunil Chhetri started 2013 at Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon ‘B’ but eventually returned to the I-League following a frustrating spell there but that didn’t discourage anyone from trying their luck abroad as Subrata Pal and Gouramangi Singh had trials at Danish top tier outfit FC Vestsjaelland while Nirmal Chhetri and Godwin Franco had a trial-cum-training stint at German second tier club Fortuna Dusseldorf. Syed Rahim Nabi was also offered trials at MLS outfit DC United but he couldn’t go ahead with it due to injury. In the end only Subrata managed to earn a contract with Vestsjaelland offering the custodian a six-month deal which he is expected to pen early in 2014. Becoming a regular there will be Subrata’s next challenge but just by securing a move to Europe the goalkeeper will inspire many footballers in the country.