New Delhi: Bollywood star Tiger Shroff made his debut in Professional football. Tiger signed with a Mumbai based club in the Mumbai Premier League 2024. Tiger hasn’t seen in any Bollywood movie since his ‘Ganpath’ which was a disaster at the box office. In his Bollywood days, Tiger was seen regularly playing football with his friends and colleagues.
Tiger was signed as the marquee player for Mumbay FC, he was known for his football skills and also Tiger had a dream of becoming a Footballer in his childhood days. Mumbai Premier League is the first-tier competition and now the league is bigger as six teams will compete in the MPL.
Tiger was also seen playing Football in All-stars league with Indian cricket team players and Bollywood stars. He also admires Cristiano Ronaldo a lot in the Football world, he idolises his work ethic and physique. Tiger was also wearing no. 7 jersey in the match.
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Tiger Shroff’ plays his debut football match in a professional league with Mumbay FC #tigershroff #Indianfootball #Mfa #Fifa pic.twitter.com/KooYQuvjMe
— Mumbay FC (@mumbayfc) October 30, 2024
“I wanted to be a footballer. I was passionate about football, In school, after cricket, football was the only sport that was hyped. While I wanted to become a footballer and represent the country, I didn’t get a chance.” Tiger said before his debut.
Tiger’s movies at the box office are not working since 2019, His last successful movie was War and after that, Baaghi 3, Heropanti 2, and Ganpath are one of the biggest flops in Bollywood.
Is it safe for Tiger Shroff to play professional football?
Tiger is also putting his acting career on the line as Football is a dangerous sport and injuries are very common in Football. In professional football, no player will give respect to Tiger, so he’ll be tackle by players which makes high chances of injury for Bollywood star.