ISL 2018-19: 5 former Premier League stars who you didn't know played in the Indian Super League

Modified Sep 26, 2018 11:50 GMT

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#1 Luis Garcia

Liverpool FC Legends v Australian Legends — Luis Garcia won the ISL with Atletico de Kolkata in the inaugural season

The Spaniard is the only player in this list to have won the ISL. The former Liverpool attacker was a key player of the ATK team that won the first ever ISL in 2014.

Luis Garcia was the 2005 Champions League winner with the Reds and played an important role their campaign. After his fairly successful spell in England, he returned to Spain to play for Atletico Madrid. He announced his retirement in January 2014, after few uninspiring spells in Mexico and Greece.

But on July 2014, he came out of retirement to join Atletico de Kolkata as their 'Marquee Player'. That would prove to be a great decision as he would go on to win the league title and also the Manyavar Most exciting Player award that sea.

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Edited by Glenn Joseph