Chatura Weerasinghe new Sri Lanka soccer captain

SOCCER: Chatura Maduranghe Weerasinghe has been appointed as the captain of the Sri Lanka National Football Team. He succeeds Dudley Steinwall who captained the national team for 5 years. 26-year-old Weerasinghe is an experienced midfielder and has been playing for the national team since 1998.

His first appearance for the country was in the Bristol Freedom Cup Championship in 1998 where he scored a goal against India in the final in Colombo. He is a product of De Mazenod College, Kandana and is the only schoolboy footballer to receive Sri Lanka Schools colours for 4 consecutive years.

He represents Ratnams Sports Club in local football tournaments and plays as a professional football player for Valencia SC in Maldives. He was the highest goal scorer this season in Male, scoring 11 goals for his club.

He played for Saunders SC for 9 years before joining Ratnams in 2005.

He captained the Sri Lanka schools team, Sri Lanka Youth team and Sri Lanka under 23 team for SAG and Pre Olympic tournaments. He had scored 20 international goals against countries and 19 international goals for clubs Valencia - Male and 150 goals in local club tournaments.