List of Indian Super League marquees

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Since its inception, the Indian Super League, one of the top footballing tournaments in India, has adopted the marquee player rule in which all eight teams signed one player to be their marquee player for the season. The rule allows ISL teams to pursue players who, in their prime, were considered superstars in the game. Their presence would help build attendances and fanfare throughout the league while also benefiting the players on the field performance wise.

Former Liverpool and Spanish international player, Luis García was the first marquee player in the Indian Super League when he signed for Atlético de Kolkata.[1]

History[]

Prior to the start of the Indian Super League, it was announced that all teams would include at least one marquee player in their side. Luis García was the first marquee signed when he was bought in by Atlético de Kolkata in July 2014.[1] The first season began with the inaugural class of marquee players being García at Atlético de Kolkata, former Brazilian international Elano at Chennaiyin, former Juventus and World Cup winning Italian forward Alessandro Del Piero at Delhi Dynamos, former Arsenal and World Cup winning France midfielder Robert Pires at Goa, former England international goalkeeper David James at Kerala Blasters, former Swedish international Freddie Ljungberg at Mumbai City, another former Spanish international Joan Capdevila at NorthEast United, and former French international and World Cup winner, David Trezeguet, at Pune City.[2] For Kerala Blasters, David James not only served as the marquee player but also as the team's head coach.[2]

After the first season, the ISL introduced a salary cap of 20 crore which also included marquee players in the cap.[3] Due to the new salary cap and various other reasons, only Elano was retained as a marquee player for the 2015 season.[3] Atlético de Kolkata decided to replace García with former Portuguese international Hélder Postiga.[4] Both Delhi Dynamos and Goa continued the run of bringing in Brazilian marquee players by signing former internationals Roberto Carlos and Lúcio respectively.[5][6] NorthEast United signed another former Portugal international in Simão Sabrosa while the Kerala Blasters bought in Carlos Marchena.[7][8] Mumbai City and Pune City signed Nicolas Anelka and former Chelsea forward Adrian Mutu respectively.[9][10] Both Carlos and Anelka would also serve as player-coaches throughout the season.

After the 2015 season it was announced that signing marquee players who also served as head coaches would be banned from happening in the Indian Super League.[11]

2016 season marquee players[]

Year signed Team Marquee
2015 Atlético de Kolkata Portugal Hélder Postiga[12]
2016 Chennaiyin Norway John Arne Riise[13]
2016 Delhi Dynamos France Florent Malouda[14]
2015 Goa Brazil Lúcio[15]
2016 Kerala Blasters Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes[16]
2016 Mumbai City Uruguay Diego Forlán[17]
2016 NorthEast United Ivory Coast Didier Zokora[18]
2016 Pune City Mali Mohamed Sissoko[19]

Past marquee players[]

Year signed Player Club
2014 Spain Luis García[20] Atlético de Kolkata
2014–2015 Brazil Elano[21][22] Chennaiyin
2014 Italy Alessandro Del Piero[23] Delhi Dynamos
2014 France Robert Pires[24] Goa
2014 England David James[25] Kerala Blasters
2014 Sweden Freddie Ljungberg[26] Mumbai City
2014 Spain Joan Capdevila[27] NorthEast United
2014 France David Trezeguet[28] Pune City
2015 Brazil Roberto Carlos[29] Delhi Dynamos
2015 Spain Carlos Marchena[30] Kerala Blasters
2015 France Nicolas Anelka[31] Mumbai City
2015 Portugal Simão Sabrosa[32] NorthEast United
2015 Romania Adrian Mutu[33] Pune City
2016 Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen[34] Pune City

Marquee players by country[]

No. of players Country Players
4 France France David Trezeguet, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Robert Pires
3 Brazil Brazil Elano, Lúcio, Roberto Carlos
Spain Spain Carlos Marchena, Joan Capdevila, Luis García
1 Republic of Ireland Ireland Robbie Keane
2 Portugal Portugal Hélder Postiga, Simão Sabrosa
1 England England David James
Italy Italy Alessandro Del Piero
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Didier Zokora
Mali Mali Mohamed Sissoko
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes
Norway Norway John Arne Riise
Romania Romania Adrian Mutu
Sweden Sweden Freddie Ljungberg
Uruguay Uruguay Diego Forlán
Ghana Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Bulgaria Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov

See also[]

References[]

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