Friday, January 8, 2021

HE WAS THE FIRST INDIAN ORIGIN FOOTBALLER TO PLAY IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE.

  Jimmy Carter was the first of Indian origin footballer to play for a English club in the  English Premier League, way back in the year 1991 ,and he then played for Liverpool. Quite achievement for the the young

21, twenty one year old. You must remember that in the year 1991 Liverpool were champions of England.

 He had honed Liverpool from Mill wall and the former player and then manager Kenny Dalgalish gave Jimmy Carter the famous jersey number 7.

 But he stayed only one year at Liverpool, as Kenny Dalgalish was sacked and Greame Sounes , said that Jimmy Carter  was surplus and was sold to Arsenal, where he spent five years.

 His father was Indian and mother was English.. He was also the first Asia to-play in England.Michael Chopra played for Newcastle United.

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