Pune, August 21 2018: – The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor co-owned Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City signed English centre back Matthew Mills to strengthen their defence for the 2018-19 season.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
After securing Matthew\u2019s signature, FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel said, \u201cMatthew comes with a lot of experience having played so many seasons in England. That\u2019s a big boost for our existing team and especially for young players in the team. His presence at the back should make an impact and add to our strength.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew started his career with Swindon Town before joining Southampton in 2003. He also then went on to play for Coventry City and Bournemouth. In 2006, he signed a contract with Manchester City and made his debut against Chelsea in March 2006.<\/p>\n
In 2008, Mills joined Doncaster Rover making 41 appearances in his first full season of 2008-09 and later moved to Reading Football Club leading the team in the 2011 Championship play-off. Matthew then went to Leicester City followed by a move to Bolton Wanderers making 87 appearances before moving to Nottingham Forest. Mills also represented England U-19 and helped the team to qualify for the European U-19 Championship in March 2005.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Head coach Miguel Angel Portugal said, \u201cMatthew is a player of great calibre and with his experience adds lot of value to our defence line. He will bring a lot of leadership in our backline and gives options to the team since it\u2019s going to be a long season this time around.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Excited after joining the club Matthew said, \u201cAs a footballer, it becomes important to join a club that has a vision and is professional. And that\u2019s exactly what came across while I was discussing my role with the FC Pune City. The club\u2019s ambition to reach new heights maintaining a healthy balance between young and experienced players is a refreshing and exciting prospect.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 Pune, August 21 2018: – The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor co-owned Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City signed English centre back Matthew Mills to strengthen their defence for the 2018-19 season.\u00a0 \u00a0 After securing Matthew\u2019s signature, FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel said, \u201cMatthew comes with a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}