ISL 2024: How footballer Jayesh Rane created history
bhai essentially gave me the football sense and shaped me into the player I am today. I’ll always be thankful to him and Mumbai FC’s academy set up," Rane says. “I spoke to him after the final and he simply asked me to come join him at Jamshedpur FC (an ISL club where Jamil is currently the coach) next season," he says, laughing.
After eight long years at Mumbai FC, he made his ISL debut with Chennaiyin FC in 2014-15, where he won his first ISL crown. He reunited with Jamil at Aizawl FC to lift the I-League in 2016-17 and three years later, picked up his second ISL with ATK. “The opportunity to play different positions under so many coaches has been an incredible learning experience.
It’s been difficult at times because every coach comes with different ideas. But it’s made me mature as a player and has given me the ability to read the game better. And I know there’s a lot more I have to give in the time ahead," Rane says.
That said, there’s a sense of disappointment in having missed out on making the India squad for the Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Kuwait and Qatar in June. “It only means I have to work harder, get better and hope that I get the call in the time ahead. Playing for the national team is a dream I want to fulfil," Rane says.
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