SHILLONG, Dec 20 - Shillong Lajong FC announced on Tuesday that midfielder Rocus Lamare will don the club�s colours once again and will take part in the 2016-17 season of the I-League.
Lamare has had a highly successful career at the club level and has also represented the Indian national team. He started his football career as a teenager at Lajong in 2001 before being signed by Mohun Bagan in 2003-2004. The majority of his playing years saw him at Goan club Salgaocar, where he was pivotal in controlling the midfield.
He was the first Lajong product to go on to play for other National League clubs and the Indian national team. In a sense he was the pathfinder for other Lajong members, like Aiborlang Khongjee and Eugeneson Lyngdoh, who have also gone on to find success and don the national team colours.
The midfielder joined Salgaocar in 2004 and played for them until the just concluded 2015-16 season. In that lengthy time his club won the I-League in 2010-11, the 2011 Federation Cup and the Durand Cup in 2014. His one season at Mohun Bagan also yielded the IFA Shield for his side.
A promising prospect since his youth days, the Shillong-born Lamare has played for the U-17, U-20 and U-23 national squads and made his senior team debut in 2007. He last donned Indian colours in 2013 after making 14 appearances for his country and winning the regional SAFF Championship in 2011, a release said.