Sunil and Ranjan Soren have become the youngest and first players in Odisha to sign a five-year professional contract with Punjab FC. Read the story of how they were discovered
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From spending their childhood kicking a ball around on dusty grounds with slum children to playing professional football on the grounds of Punjab Football Club, these two brothers from Odisha made it big.
Sunil and Ranjan Soren, who belong to the biggest slum settlement in Odisha — Salia Sahi, followed their passion to become the youngest members to sign a professional agreement with the Punjab FC.
Sunil (16) and Ranjan, his younger half-brother (15), have signed a five-year agreement with a “decent payout” with the club.
“They are the first ones in Odisha to get a contract at such a young age and probably also the first in the country,” says their coach Jayadev Mahapatra, who runs Ardor Football Academy. He adds that usually such contracts are given to senior players, who are preferably…