ISL: Atletico de Kolkata retain Josemi and Ofentse Nato for the 2015 season

Josemi wil continue with Atletico de Kolkata for the second season of the ISL

Mumbai, 12 June, 2015 Taking a step towards building their team for the upcoming second edition of the Indian Super League, title holders of the inaugural edition Atlético de Kolkata, today announced that the team has retained José Miguel González Rey better known as Josemi and Ofentse Nato from their previous line-up of foreign players for the forthcoming season.

Both Nato and Josemi the heroes of the last edition will again don the red and white jerseys for Kolkata’s very own team. After the announcement of signing striker Iain Edward Hume for this season the team has now decided to keep two of their most consistent foreign recruits to add to the finesse on the pitch.

“Atlético de Kolkata is consistently making some sensible choices to build the team for 2015. The motive is to build a favourable and experienced bench strength which will be an asset over the taxing three month long tournament,” said Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group and co-owner of Atlético de Kolkata.

Utsav Parekh, co-owner, Atlético de Kolkata, said: “Josemi and Nato’s performances last year have been game changers for us on numerous occasions. It is but a natural process that they have been retained as consistency along with experience are the most important factors for any player on the field.”

“We have retained Josemi and Nato basis their performance in the last season which helped us immensely in the defence and midfield and I feel they will continue to prove their determination to perform in the next season as well. Their contributions will be essential without any doubt,” explained Antonio Lopez Habas, Head Coach of Atlético de Kolkata.

Atletico de Kolkata Playerline-up so far

1. Iain Edward Hume
2. José Miguel González Rey
3. Ofentse Nato
4. Jewel Raja
5. Sushil Kumar Singh
6. Syed Rahim Nabi
7. Nadong Bhutia
8. Clifford Miranda
9. Denzil Franco
10. Mohan Raj Nallapan
11. Baljit Singh
12. Arnab Mandal