Calicut Heroes

Calicut Heroes is a men's volleyball team from Kozhikode, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Beacon Sports. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved Pro Volleyball League in 2019 before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021.

Calicut Heroes
Founded2018 (2018)
OwnerBeacon Sports
Head coachKishor Kumar
CaptainJerome Vinith
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
20224th place
Uniforms
Home
Away

Honors
Runners-up: 2019
Fourth Place: 2022

History

2019 season

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.[2] The Calicut Heroes team was captained by Jerome Vinith and coached by Sajad Hussain Malik in the Pro Volleyball League.[3]

Team
Team roster 2022[4]
No. Name Position
8India Ajith Lal CAttacker
7France Aaron KoubiAttacker
5India Abil Krishnan M PAttacker
11India Vshal Krishna P SAttacker
18India Vignesh Raj DAttacker
55United States Matt Hilling (C)Blocker
6India Mujeeb M CBlocker
0India Arjun Nath L SBlocker
12India Jerome Vinith[5]Universal
3India Arun Zacharias SibyUniversal
17India Ansab OUniversal
15India Jithin N[6]Setter
1India Lal Sujan M VSetter
10India PrabaLibero

Administration and support staff
Position Name
OwnerBeacon Sports
Head coachIndia Kishor Kumar
Assistant coachIndia Najeeb CV

References
  1. "Prime Volleyball League: All you need to know about the sport". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. "Calicut Heroes | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
  4. "Calicut Heroes | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  5. "PVL: David Lee has been encouraging figure, says Calicut Heroes' Jerome Vinith". ThePrint. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  6. "PVL 2022: Calicut Heroes eyeing comeback in Ahmedabad clash, says setter Jithin". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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