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Kashmiri footballer Danish Farooq makes it to Team India

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Mar. 21, 2022 Updated 2:05 pm. IST
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Srinagar: After a call up for an All India Football Federation (AIFF) camp, Kashmir valley’s ace footballer Danish Farooq has made it to the national team.

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Midfielder Danish’s name figured in the final list of 25 players of Team India released by the AIFF.

Danish, who is popularly known as ‘Kashmiri Ronaldo’, had shot to fame after playing for the Real Kashmir Football Club.

He had begun his career by playing for a local team Chinar Valley FC and later joined the J&K Bank Football Academy at the age of 13.

After winning 12 local leagues and tournaments with the Chinar Valley, he later joined Lonestar Kashmir in 2015. Later in 2016, he joined Real Kashmir where he was given the number 10 shirt.

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Danish was the joint highest goal-scorer for Real Kashmir in the 2017–18 season and that is when his popularity grew.

The Kashmiri footballer joined club Benglaru in June last year and Danish has always maintained that playing for the national side was his ultimate goal.

Incidentally, Danish happens to be the son of popular Kashmiri footballer of the yesteryears Farooq Ahmad, who has represented Jammu and Kashmir in the Santosh Trophy and also played for the famous Kolkata club Mohammedan Sporting.


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