Two-time Olympic hockey bronze medallist P.R. Sreejesh and cine actor Prithviraj Sukumaran during the Super League Kerala team Forca Kochi FC’s launch event in Kochi on Monday.
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“We’re not hoping for a revolution but the start of a revolution. We hope this will open opportunities for grassroot-level players and help them achieve bigger things,” said Prithviraj, the Forca Kochi team owner, during the team’s launch event here on Monday evening.
Later, two-time Olympic hockey bronze medallist P.R. Sreejesh unveiled the Kochi team’s jersey.
The Kochi team has six foreign players — Brazilian Raphael Augusto, a former two-time ISL champion with Chennaiyin FC, Tunisian national players Said Mohamed Nidhal, Dziri Omran, Ivory Coast’s Nangui Mockey Jean Baptiste, South African Ngubo Siyanda and Colombian Rodriguez Ayoza Luis Angel — and former Indian goalkeeper Subhasish Roy Chowdhury.
The team also has many from I-League clubs and Kerala’s Santosh Trophy team including Nijo Gilbert, Arjun Jayaraj and Hajmel Sakkeer.
