Calicut Heroes

Calicut Heroes is a men's volleyball team from Kozhikode, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[3]

Calicut Heroes
Founded2018
GroundRajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kochi
(Capacity: 10,000[1])
OwnerBEACON SPORTS
ChairmanSafeer[2]
LeaguePro Volleyball League (until 2021)
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In mid-2018, Baseline Ventures, India invited bids for franchisees based in Indian cities for Pro Volleyball League. The league was given the go-ahead by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Beacon Sports won the bid for the Calicut franchisee in the Pro Volleyball League.[4] The Calicut Heroes team is being led by team captain Charles Jerome Vinith and coached by Sajjad Hussain Malik. The team has 16 members - four attackers, three blockers, two setters, one libero and a couple of universals.

Team
Team roster – Season 2019
Calicut Heroes
No. Name Position
2 Iluoni Ngampouroublocker
13 Jeetuattacker
4Ajith Lal Cattacker
5 Gagan Kumarattacker
7 Paul Lotman attacker
8 Karthik Ablocker
9 L. M. Manojblocker
12 Sanjaysetter
14 Vipul Kumarsetter
11 Ratheesh C. K.libero
15 Jerome Vinith (C)universal
10 Naveen Kumaruniversal
Head coach: Sajjad Hussain Malik

Source :[5]

References
  1. "RSC Cochin – Regional Sports Center Cochin".
  2. Savary, Richard Arul (January 27, 2019). "RuPay Pro Volleyball League 2019, Team Preview: Calicut Heroes". www.sportskeeda.com.
  3. "CALICUT HEROES| Pro Volleyball Team". www.provolleyball.in.
  4. "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  5. "Calicut Heroes | Pro Volleyball Team". www.provolleyball.in. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
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