2018–19 Bengaluru FC season

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Bengaluru FC
2018–19 season
ChairmanParth Jindal
ManagerCarles Cuadrat
StadiumSree Kanteerava Stadium
Indian Super LeagueWinners
AFC CupInter-zonal play-off semi-finals[A]
Super CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Sunil Chhetri (9 goals)
All: Sunil Chhetri (10 goals)
All statistics correct as of 4 April 2019.

The 2018–19 season was Bengaluru FC's sixth season as club since its establishment in 2013.

Background

Transfers

At the fag end of

Udanta Singh, both has contract till the end of 2019–20 season.[2] Defender Juanan extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for two more seasons.[3] First choice goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu extended his contract for five more seasons, which will keep him till 2023 with Bengaluru FC.[4] Bengaluru FC's Australian midfielder Erik Paartalu also extended his stay with the club for two more seasons.[5] Defender Nishu Kumar and striker Thongkhosiem Haokip extended their stay in the club for two more seasons.[6]

Midfielder

Harmanjot Khabra extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for three more season.[10] English defender John Johnson
ended his five years journey with the club at the end of the season to join
Daniel Lucas Segovia at the end of the season.[14]
Left-back Subhasish Bose transferred to Mumbai City FC.[15] Bengaluru FC also released more inexperienced players at the end of season including Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco, Zohmingliana Ralte, and Collin Abranches.[16] Midfielder Malsawmzuala left the Bengaluru FC after three-year stint with the club.[17] Midfielder Alwyn George transferred to FC Pune City.[18]

On 3 June 2018, Bengaluru announced signing of Indian winger Kean Lewis for one season.[19] Bengaluru FC also re-signed right-back Rino Anto.[20] On 11 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Gursimrat Singh Gill and Sairuat Kima for two seasons.[21] On 25 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Bhutanese forward Chencho Gyeltshen on a one-year deal.[22] On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish winger Xisco Hernández on a one-year deal.[23] On 9 July, Bengaluru FC announced return of goalkeeper Soram Poirei after three years. He signed a one-year deal.[24] After the early end to their AFC Cup campaign, Bengaluru FC signed Spanish center-back Albert Serrán on a one-year deal.[25]

At the end of winter transfer window, Bengaluru loaned out Bhutanese striker

NEROCA F.C. and was replaced by Spanish Attacking midfielder Luisma.[26][27] After qualifying for 2018–19 Indian Super League playoffs, Bengaluru signed Spanish midfielder Álex Barrera on a short-term deal, owing to the injury of Erik Paartalu.[28]

In

No. Position Player Previous club Transfer fee Date Ref
8 MF India Kean Lewis Pune City Free agent 3 June 2018 [19]
13 DF India Rino Anto Kerala Blasters Free agent 6 June 2018 [20]
33 DF India Gursimrat Singh Gill
Northeast United
Free agent 11 June 2018 [21]
4 DF India Sairuat Kima Jamshedpur Free agent 11 June 2018 [21]
27 FW Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen
Minerva Punjab
Free agent 25 June 2018 [22]
19 MF Spain Xisco Hernández Spain Atlético Baleares Free agent 6 July 2018 [23]
23 GK India Soram Poirei ATK Free agent 9 July 2018 [24]
3 DF Spain Albert Serrán Morocco Chabab Rif Free agent 31 August 2018 [25]
9 MF Spain Luisma Spain Ponferradina Free agent 31 January 2019 [27]
24 MF Spain Álex Barrera Spain Extremadura Free agent 2 March 2019 [28]

Out

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
3 DF India Collin Abranches Unattached 31 May 2018 Free agent [16]
4 DF India Zohmingliana Ralte Chennaiyin 31 May 2018 Free agent [16]
6 DF England John Johnson ATK 31 May 2018 Free agent [11]
8 MF India Lenny Rodrigues Goa 31 May 2018 Free agent [7]
12 MF
Daniel Segovia
Spain Racing de Santander 31 May 2018 Free agent [14]
15 DF India Subhasish Bose Mumbai City 31 May 2018 Free agent [15]
19 MF Spain Toni Cyprus Nea Salamis Famagusta 31 May 2018 Free agent [14]
20 MF India Alwyn George Pune City 31 May 2018 Free agent [18]
23 GK India Abhra Mondal
East Bengal
31 May 2018 Free agent [29]
24 DF India Joyner Lourenco Mumbai City 31 May 2018 Free agent [16]
25 FW India Daniel Lalhlimpuia
Delhi Dynamos
31 May 2018 Free agent [12]
28 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte Goa 31 May 2018 Free agent [13]
30 MF India Malsawmzuala ATK 31 May 2018 Free agent [17]
32 GK India Calvin Abhishek
ARA
31 May 2018 Free agent [16]
44 MF
Victor Perez Alonso
Lithuania FK Žalgiris 31 May 2018 Free agent [14]

Out on loan

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
27 FW Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen
NEROCA
31 January 2019 Unknown [26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Bengaluru FC started their pre-season on 14 July 2018 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, with a trip to Bellary in the first leg and Spain in the second leg before facing

Barcelona B, respectively.[34][35]

After the exit in

Gokulam Kerala F.C. and won the match 4–1.[39]

Spain Atlético Saguntino v Bengaluru India
3 August 2018 Friendly Spain Atlético Saguntino 2–1 Bengaluru India Valencia
19:00 UTC+2
  • Fas 7'
  • 84'
Report
Stadium: Masía La Grava
Spain Villarreal B v Bengaluru India
11 August 2018 Friendly Spain Villarreal B 1–0 Bengaluru India Villarreal
19:00 UTC+2
  • Xavier Quintillà 32' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Mini Estadi
India Bengaluru v MEG India
8 September 2018 Friendly
Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

Competitions

Indian Super League

Summary

September–October

Bengaluru kicked off their campaign against defending champions

Harmanjot Khabra's lobbed pass. However, Bengaluru failed to secure all 3 points when Sergio Cidoncha scored the equalizer in the last minute and the game ended 2–2.[42] After returning from the international break, Bengaluru played the first away game of the season against FC Pune City on 22 October. Sunil Chhetri scored twice in the first half and Miku scored another goal to wrap up a dominant 3–0 win.[43] Playing the next away game against ATK, Bengaluru were trailing the home team when Komal Thatal scored in 15th minute. Bengaluru equalized just before the half-time when Miku converted the free-kick at the edge of the penalty box. In the second half, Erik Paartalu scored the second goal that proved decisive and Bengaluru won the game.[44]

November–December

Before heading to the international break, Bengaluru FC played southern rivals,

Delhi Dynamos FC on 26 November, Bengaluru played without Miku and Dimas Delgado and Erik Paartalu was not named in the starting lineup after recovering from toe injury. With key players missing, Bengaluru failed to stop Delhi from creating chances and were wasteful in the chances of their own. However, Delhi remained goalless as they could not finish chances they created. The deadlock was broken in the dying minutes when Udanta jumped onto a loose ball and launched a low shot from outside the box. The ball took a deflection before hitting the frame of the goal and crossing the line and Bengaluru regained the top position on the table with 1–0 win.[47]

January–February
March
Lineup against
2019 Indian Super League Final

League stage

30 September 2018 1 Bengaluru 1–0
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
  • Khabra
    Yellow card 35'
  • Miku 41'
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 20,786
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru FC)
7 October 2018 2 Bengaluru 2–2
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 15,893
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Nishu Kumar (Bengaluru FC)
22 October 2018 3 Pune City 0–3 Bengaluru Pune
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,193
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
31 October 2018 4 ATK 1–2 Bengaluru Kolkata
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 17,656
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru FC)
5 November 2018 5 Kerala Blasters 1–2 Bengaluru Kochi
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 28,916
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru FC)
22 November 2018 6 Goa 1–2 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,807
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri
(Bengaluru)
26 November 2018 7 Bengaluru 1–0
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
  • Khabra
    Yellow card 44'
  • Udanta
    87'
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 10,983
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Nishu Kumar (Bengaluru FC)
30 November 2018 8 Bengaluru 2–1
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 11,907
Referee: L Ajithkumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru FC)
5 December 2018 9 NorthEast United 1–1 Bengaluru Guwahati
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 12,371
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Chencho Gyeltshen (Bengaluru FC)
9 December 2018 10 Bengaluru 1–1
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
  • Udanta
    23'
  • Khabra
    Yellow card 59'
  • Bheke Yellow card 61'
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 13,892
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Arnold Issoko (Mumbai City FC)
13 December 2018 11 Bengaluru 1–0
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 9,379
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru FC)
27 January 2019 12 Mumbai City 1–0 Bengaluru Mumbai
19:30 IST Machado 29' Report
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Paulo Machado (Mumbai City)
30 January 2019 13 Bengaluru 2–1
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 11,970
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru)
6 February 2019 14 Bengaluru 2–2
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium:
Udanta Singh
(Bengaluru)
9 February 2019 15 Chennaiyin 2–1 Bengaluru Chennai
19:30 IST
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 6,939
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Raphael Augusto (Chennaiyin)
17 February 2019 16
Delhi Dynamos
3–2 Bengaluru Delhi
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 3,745
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh
Man of the Match: Daniel Lalhlimpuia (Delhi Dynamos)
21 February 2019 17 Bengaluru 3–0
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium:
Pranjal Banerji
Man of the Match: Miku
(Bengaluru)
27 February 2019 18 Jamshedpur 5–1 Bengaluru Jamshedpur
19:30 IST
Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 14,678
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Man of the Match: Michael Soosairaj (Jamshedpur)

Playoffs

7 March 2019 Semi-Finals NorthEast United 2–1 Bengaluru Guwahati
19:30 IST
  • Xisco
    82'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 21,786
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: José David Leudo (NorthEast United)
11 March 2019 Semi-Finals Bengaluru 3–0
(4–2
Bengaluru
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 21,636
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef Abdulla Alali
Man of the Match: Miku (Bengaluru)

Final

17 March 2019
Final
Bengaluru 1–0 (a.e.t.) Goa Mumbai
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7,372
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru FC)

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengaluru[a] (C) 18 10 4 4 29 22 +7 34[b] Advance to ISL Playoffs
2 Goa 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34[b]
3 Mumbai City 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718
Ground
A
HHAHHAHHAAHA
ResultWDWWWWWWDDWLWDLLWL
Position111312111112111111
Source: soccerway

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

AFC Cup

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season. The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. Bengaluru FC were pitted against central Asian zone champions Turkmenistani club Altyn Asyr.[48] Bengaluru played the first leg at home on 22 August 2018. Bengaluru were trailing by 3 goals in the game, but managed to score two goals before the end of the game.[49] Bengaluru further suffered 2–0 defeat in the away leg and bowed out of the AFC Cup with 2–5 aggregate loss.[50]

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) Bengaluru
Bengaluru, India
20:00 UTC+5:30
Report
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
MVP: Wahyt Orazsähedow (Altyn Asyr)
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan 2–0
(5–2 agg.)
India Bengaluru Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
16:30 UTC+5 Report
Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium
Attendance: 12,326
Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

Super Cup

As one of the top six teams in

Chennai City F.C.[52]

31 March 2019 Round of 16
Mohun Bagan
walkover Bengaluru Bhubaneswar
17:00 IST Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
4 April 2019 Quarter-final Bengaluru 1–2
Chennai City
Bhubaneswar
20:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Man of the Match: Mauro Boerchio (Chennai City)

Coaching Staff

Management

Carles Cuadrat took over as the head coach for Bengaluru FC

Albert Roca, after a successful stint of two years, parted ways with Bengaluru FC at the end of the previous season and the assistant coach Carles Cuadrat succeeded him as the head coach.[53]

Updated 14 July 2018[54][55][56]
Position Name
Head coach Spain Carles Cuadrat
Assistant coach Spain Gerard Zaragoza
Assistant coach (India) India Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping coach Spain Javier Pinillos
Under-18 coach India John Kenneth Raj
Head physiotherapist South Africa Timothy Vadachalam

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total
ISL
AFC Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 23 0 20+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
23 GK India IND Soram Poirei 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 GK India IND Aditya Patra 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
2 DF India IND Rahul Bheke 23 4 19+1 3 2+0 1 1+0 0
3 DF Spain ESP Albert Serrán 18 0 15+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
4 DF India IND Sairuat Kima 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Spain ESP Juanan 23 1 20+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
10 DF India IND
Harmanjot Khabra
22 0 19+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
13 DF India IND Rino Anto 11 0 5+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF India IND Nishu Kumar 21 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF India IND Asheer Akhtar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF India IND Parag Shrivas 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF India IND Gursimrat Singh Gill 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF India IND Biswa Darjee 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF India IND Rakesh Oram 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Australia AUS Erik Paartalu 16 3 13+1 2 2+0 1 0+0 0
8 MF India IND Kean Lewis 17 0 5+10 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
9 MF Spain ESP Luisma 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Spain ESP Dimas Delgado 18 1 16+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 MF India IND Bidyananda Singh 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
16 MF India IND Myron Mendes 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF India IND Boithang Haokip 13 1 2+9 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
19 MF Spain ESP Xisco Hernández 23 1 15+5 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF Spain ESP Álex Barrera 4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF India IND Altamash Sayed 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF India IND Ajay Chhetri 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF India IND Robinson Singh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India IND
Roshan Singh
0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India IND Namgyal Bhutia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India IND Lalengzama Vangchhia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF India IND Leon Augustine 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
7 FW Venezuela VEN Miku 15 5 11+1 5 2+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW India IND Sunil Chhetri 22 10 19+0 9 2+0 0 1+0 1
18 FW India IND Thongkhosiem Haokip 8 1 1+6 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 FW India IND
Udanta Singh
22 5 19+0 5 2+0 0 1+0 0
37 FW India IND Edmund Lalrindika 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players transferred out during the season
27 FW Bhutan BHU Chencho Gyeltshen 9 2 4+5 2 0+0 0 0+0 0

Updated: 4 April 2019

Top scorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Super Cup Total
1 11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 9 0 1 10
2 7 FW Venezuela Miku 5 0 0 5
21 MF India
Udanta Singh
5 0 0 5
4 2 DF India Rahul Bheke 3 1 0 4
5 6 MF Australia Erik Paartalu 2 1 0 3
6 27 FW Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen 2 0 0 2
7 5 DF Spain Juanan 1 0 0 1
14 MF Spain Dimas Delgado 1 0 0 1
17 MF India Boithang Haokip 1 0 0 1
18 FW India Thongkhosiem Haokip 1 0 0 1
19 MF Spain
Xisco Hernandez
1 0 0 1
22 DF India Nishu Kumar 1 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 34 2 1 37

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Super Cup Total
1 45 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 7 0 0 7
2 23 GK India
Soram Poirei
0 0 0 0
TOTALS 7 0 0 7

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Pos Nat Player
ISL
AFC Super Cup Total Notes
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 10 MF India
Harmanjot Khabra
7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 Missed a game, against ATK (4 yellow cards)
(13 December 2018)
2 3 DF Spain Albert Serrán 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 Missed a game, against Goa (4 yellow cards)
(21 February 2019)
14 MF Spain Dimas Delgado 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 Missed a game, against
Delhi Dynamos
(red card)
(26 November 2018)
4 2 DF India Rahul Bheke 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 MF Australia Erik Paartalu 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Missed a game, against
Delhi Dynamos
(4 yellow cards)
(17 February 2019)
7 FW Venezuela Miku 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
7 5 DF Spain Juanan 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
9 MF Spain Xisco Hernández 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
9 9 MF Spain Luisma 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 DF India Rino Anto 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF India Nishu Kumar 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Missed a game, against Jamshedpur (red card)
(27 February 2019)
11 1 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Spain Álex Barrera 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF India Gursimrat Singh Gill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Missed a game, against NorthEast United (red card)
(7 March 2019)
35 MF India Ajay Chhetri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 FW India Edmund Lalrindika 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 36 3 6 0 3 0 45 3

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Awards

Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting

Month Player Votes
October Venezuela Miku 38%[57]
November India Rahul Bheke 47%[58]
December Australia Erik Paartalu 33%[59]
February Spain Dimas Delgado 46%[60]
March India Rahul Bheke [61]

ISL Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting

Month Player Votes
November India Rahul Bheke 53.2%[62]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season.

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  59. ^ @bengalurufc (9 January 2019). "WINNER! With 33% of all the votes, @ErikPaartalu narrowly beats @UdantaK to win @KiaMotorsIN Fan Player of the Month award for December 2018! #WeAreBFC 🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  60. ^ @bengalurufc (9 March 2019). "WINNER! With 46% of all the votes, @DimasDelgadoMor is your @KiaMotorsIN Fan Player of the Month for February 2019. #WeAreBFC #Magician" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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