Pune: He has over 72 caps for India, but when FC Pune City hosted Mumbai City FC in their Indian Super League-2 opener yesterday, former India midfielder Renedy Singh started his second innings —in the Pune dugout as their assistant manager.


FC Pune City's assistant manager Renedy Singh. Pic/ISL

The 36-year-old, who is one of the rare Indians in the coaching set-ups of ISL teams, had undergone a training stint with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia in February and had a few offers to play in the ISL but chose to turn to coaching.