New Delhi: Fortunato Franco of India’s last Asian Games gold-winning football team 1962, laga pillar thaka toh Monday din te murishe.
Tai toh 84 umar thakishe.AIFF para etu tai mura khobor toh dishe hoilebi okobi kuwa nai tai kinika murishe koikena .franco mura pichede tai laga maiki aro mota aro maiki bacha khan ase.
Tai toh 1960 Rome Olympics squad laga part thakishe hoilebi game paanai hoilebi tai toh ekta integral part thakishe 1962 Asiad gold winning team Jakarta te khela te.
Tai toh india nimete 26 bar khelishe etu te 1962 Asian Cup, thakishe kuntu te india toh runnersup thakishe aro ekta bronze-winning medal winning sides 1964 aro 1965 Merdeka Cup te thakishe.
Hoilebi tai laga bhal performance toh 1962 Asian Games te thakishe kuntu te indian football khan para tai khan finest hour thakise Jakarta laga final te south korea ke 2-1 para haraidya pichede etu toh 1000000 manu khan para saishe.
Etu te more illustrious quartet of PK Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Tulsidas Balaram and Jarnail Singh toh naam kamaishe.franco toh yaad thakibo assist diya te kuntu para jamail para jita goal halishe.
Domestic level te franco ekta goan tai laga bhal sal khelishe powerful Tata Football ClubMumbai nimete kherlishe.etu pichede tai toh company’s Public Relations department four decades nimete kaam kurishe 1999 te retire nohoa akhe te.
Tai toh Maharashtra football laga bhal naam thakishe tai para state ke aat sal captain kurikena etu bi 1959 aro 1966 Santosh Trophy te aro tai khan laga title triumph 1964 laga architect thakishe.
Tai laga last years te competitive football te tai toh Goan giants Salgaocar nimete khelishe hoilebi tai jhokom paa para tai 30 umar nohoa akhe te tai laga career khotom kurishe.
Franco toh retire kurishe koile toh international football para 1965 te bishi wala poroana khelari khan biswaas thakishe tai toh ekta contender thakishe 1966 Asian Games Bangkok te india laga captain thakibole nimete.
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