French soccer player Nicolas Anelka attends the Davis Cup semi-final doubles tennis match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet of France and Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris September 13, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Former France and Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka will return to Mumbai City FC as the team's marquee player-manager for the second season of the Indian Super League (ISL), the club announced on Friday.
The 36-year-old, who scored two goals for Mumbai in the inaugural edition of the eight-team league last year, took on a similar dual role in 2012 for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
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