Published Wed, May 19 10 11:22 PM
Kolkata, May 19 (PTI) India captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been conferred honorary life membership from the Portugal Football Players'' Association thus joining an all time great list of Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Nuno Gomes among others. Football Players'' Association of India secretary Sumit Mukherjee today confirmed the development and said he had received a letter from the PFPA. "The letter says, ''We are honoured to give Bhaichung Bhutia the lifetime membership.'' I forwarded it to Bhutia a little while ago," Mukherjee said. Bhutia, by the way, is the president of the FPAI. "It''s a huge achievement and an honour for Indian football as a whole. Besides, PFPA, a big organisation that it is, has also promised to help in further development of the game here if necessary." The Indian ace has earlier got international fame when he turned out for a side led by Zinedine Zidane in an exhibition tie organised back in January by the United Nations (for the benefit of Haiti earthquake victims). The match was organised against Benfica All Stars team in the Stadium of Light in Lisbon. A couple of years ago as well, Bhutia had featured in the Goal4Africa charity match at the Allianz Arena, home of Bayern Munich, scoring twice for the Clearance Seedorf-led team. PTI TAP ATK
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