The Swansea City star is aiming to become one of the first Indian-origin players to thrive in English football.
Swansea winger Yan Dhanda says he is proud of his Indian heritage and is desperate to make his mark on the game in order to inspire the next generation of British Asian footballers.
Birmingham-born Dhanda, who has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level, was thrust into the spotlight back in 2013 when he left West Brom's youth setup to join Liverpool. Despite training regularly at Melwood and joining the first-team at a La Manga warm-weather camp in 2017, Dhanda moved to Swansea at the beginning of last season in search of senior football.Like Stoke's Danny Batth - the only other player of Indian descent in the Sky Bet Championship - Dhanda's father, Jas, hails from the North Indian state of Punjab, while his mother is English.
Dhanda insists he is not burdened by the weight of community expectation, and says trying to become one of the first Indian-origin players to thrive in English football is a huge source of motivation for him."I'm super proud to be where I'm from and where my family originate from and I think I'd be stupid not to be," he told Sky Sports News.
"I'm in a position where I could be one of the first players with Indian ethnicity to go on and achieve great things and that excites me.
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