The defender, who after a decade at Real Madrid moved Blackburn Rovers for a three-year stint in the English Premier League, also made 53 appearances for Spain.
Former multiple-title winning Real Madrid footballer Michel Salgado has signed a three-year deal to play in Premier Futsal, becoming the latest in a series of global football stars to confirm their participation in the world's first-ever multi-national futsal league ahead of its inaugural season. Salgado, part of Real Madrid's star-studded 'Galacticos' line-up that also included Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham, has won four La Liga titles, two UEFA Champions League crowns and an Inter-Continental Cup during his career.
The defender, who after a decade at Real Madrid moved Blackburn Rovers for a three-year stint in the English Premier League, also made 53 appearances for Spain in various international tournaments.
His signing marks a major coup for Premier Futsal with former Manchester United star Paul Scholes, FC Porto and Barcelona Champions League winner Anderson Lu's de Souza ' better known as Deco ' and global futsal legend Alessandro Rosa Vieira, fondly known as Falcao, already confirmed.
Michel Salgado said, 'Futsal is an extremely underrated sport. It has been the breeding ground for some of the biggest names in football the world over and I'm glad Premier Futsal in India is creating a platform that can showcase the sport and give it its due. I think the talent the league has managed to draw is fantastic with not just futsallers like Falcao but also career football players like Paul Scholes and Deco taking part. It's almost nostalgic in a way to go up against these players again and I'm really looking forward to reliving the old days and reigniting those old rivalries, this time on the futsal court.' Premier Futsal is the first league in the world to feature a multi-national line-up combining the legends of football and futsal.
Led by the 'Pele of Futsal' Alessandro Rosa Vieira fondly known as Falc'o, the league will feature over 50 International
Futsallers from four continents and 21 countries. Each franchise will be assigned a marquee international football player, seven international and five Indian Futsallers through a player draft scheduled later this month. (ANI)
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