List of Indian Super League marquees

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Since its inception, the Indian Super League, one of the top footballing tournaments in India, has adopted the marquee player rule in which all eight teams signed one player to be their marquee player for the season. The rule allows ISL teams to pursue players who, in their prime, were considered superstars in the game. Their presence would help build attendances and fanfare throughout the league while also benefiting the players on the field performance wise.

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Former Liverpool and Spanish international player, Luis García was the first marquee player in the Indian Super League when he signed for Atlético de Kolkata. [1]

History

Prior to the start of the Indian Super League, it was announced that all teams would include at least one marquee player in their side. Luis García was the first marquee signed when he was bought in by Atlético de Kolkata in July 2014. [1] The first season began with the inaugural class of marquee players being García at Atlético de Kolkata, former Brazilian international Elano at Chennaiyin, former Juventus and World Cup winning Italian forward Alessandro Del Piero at Delhi Dynamos, former Arsenal and World Cup winning France midfielder Robert Pires at Goa, former England international goalkeeper David James at Kerala Blasters, former Swedish international Freddie Ljungberg at Mumbai City, another former Spanish international and World Cup winner Joan Capdevila at NorthEast United, and former French international and World Cup winner, David Trezeguet, at Pune City. [2] For Kerala Blasters, David James not only served as the marquee player but also as the team's head coach. [2]

After the first season, the ISL introduced a salary cap of 20 crore which also included marquee players in the cap. [3] Due to the new salary cap and various other reasons, only Elano was retained as a marquee player for the 2015 season. [3] Atlético de Kolkata decided to replace García with former Portuguese international Hélder Postiga. [4] Both Delhi Dynamos and Goa continued the run of bringing in Brazilian marquee players by signing former internationals Roberto Carlos and Lúcio respectively. [5] [6] NorthEast United signed another former Portugal international in Simão Sabrosa while the Kerala Blasters bought in Carlos Marchena. [7] [8] Mumbai City and Pune City signed Nicolas Anelka and former Chelsea forward Adrian Mutu respectively. [9] [10] Both Carlos and Anelka would also serve as player-coaches throughout the season.[ citation needed ]

After the 2015 season it was announced that signing marquee players who also served as head coaches would be banned from happening in the Indian Super League. [11]

2016 season marquee players

Year signedTeamMarquee
2015 Atlético de Kolkata Flag of Portugal.svg Hélder Postiga [12]
2016 Chennaiyin Flag of Norway.svg John Arne Riise [13]
2016 Delhi Dynamos Flag of France.svg Florent Malouda [14]
2015 Goa Flag of Brazil.svg Lúcio [15]
2016 Kerala Blasters Ulster Banner.svg Aaron Hughes [16]
2016 Mumbai City Flag of Uruguay.svg Diego Forlán [17]
2016 NorthEast United Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Zokora [18]
2016 Pune City Flag of Mali.svg Mohamed Sissoko [19]

Past marquee players

Year signedPlayerClub
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Luis García [20] Atlético de Kolkata
2014–2015 Flag of Brazil.svg Elano [21] [22] Chennaiyin
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero [23] Delhi Dynamos
2014 Flag of France.svg Robert Pires [24] Goa
2014 Flag of England.svg David James [25] Kerala Blasters
2014 Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Ljungberg [26] Mumbai City
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Joan Capdevila [27] NorthEast United
2014 Flag of France.svg David Trezeguet [28] Pune City
2015 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Carlos [29] Delhi Dynamos
2015 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Marchena [30] Kerala Blasters
2015 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Anelka [31] Mumbai City
2015 Flag of Portugal.svg Simão Sabrosa [32] NorthEast United
2015 Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Mutu [33] Pune City
2016 Flag of Iceland.svg Eiður Guðjohnsen [34] Pune City

Marquee players by country

No. of playersCountryPlayers
4 Flag of France.svg France David Trezeguet, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Robert Pires
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Elano, Lúcio, Roberto Carlos
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Alessandro Del Piero, Marco Materazzi, Alessandro Nesta
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Carlos Marchena, Joan Capdevila, Luis García
2 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Hélder Postiga, Simão Sabrosa
1 Flag of England.svg England David James
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Robbie Keane
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Didier Zokora
Flag of Mali.svg Mali Mohamed Sissoko
Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes
Flag of Norway.svg Norway John Arne Riise
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Adrian Mutu
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Freddie Ljungberg
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Diego Forlán
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov

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