Waseem to play for East Bengal

Signs 2-year contract with the club

ABID KHAN

Srinagar, Apr 10:Waseem Feroze, a well-known footballer has singed two-year contract with a top football club of India, East Bengal.
 Waseem who was part of Muhammedan Sports Kolkatta this season in I-league was selected by East Bengal after his brilliant performance.
 Before joining Muhammedan Sports, Waseem was part of JK Bank football team. But he resigned in 2008 and went to Kolkatta to play for top football leagues.
 Waseem has played in three national school games for his state. In one of the nationals, he captained J&K team and under his leadership team was able to put on good show. 
 He started playing club level football from Novelty Sports, where he was taught the basic of the game by international footballer of the Valley, Ishfaq Ahmad. After Novelty, he moved to Food and Supplies team and then to JK SRTC. It was in SRTC, where he came into limelight. The SRTC team was under revival at that period and had started to win most of the championships. Waseem’s role was exceptional as defenders always play an important role in win. 
 From SRTC, he moved to JK Bank. If JK Bank dominated football arena in the state in last two years, Waseem was one of the main reasons.
 He has played in four Santosh Trophy tournaments at Delhi, Kerala, Haryana and JK. Besides, he has participated in number of other national level tournaments.
 In East Bengal, Waseem will join valley’s international footballer Mehraj-ud-Din Wadoo who is already part of the team from last three years.

Published in greater kashmir on april 11-04-2009 link http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=3512127761264568751