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[caption id="attachment_18647" align="alignnone" width="580"] Gautam Medikonda signs for Portuguese club Castelo Forte FC. Facebook[/caption] Internet Desk: Castelo Forte FC, in partnership with ETP, receives its first footballers. Deep Moorjani, Gautam Medikonda and Andrew Silva signed today with the club, where they will go through an adaptation period of approximately 1 month. The 3 footballers come directly from India, where through ETP they were selected for this opportunity. Deep Moorjani, 23 years old, natural from Mumbai said, "The quality of the training and the facilities here in this club are fantastic. It's really organised and my teammates are very helpful. The coach in particular has been extremely nice and very forthcoming in helping us adjust and develop. I'm enjoying every minute of my time here. The city's quite beautiful with very nice people." Gautam Medikonda, 19 years old, natural from Mumbai said, “Its been amazing so far in Portugal. I feel like i am developing more day by day under coach Marco Anjos. The club has been providing me with all the facilities on and off the field. The coach and the players have been very supportive. I am hoping to make the best out of this opportunity.” Andrew Silva, 19 years old, natural from Mumbai said, "I thank the club for giving me this opportunity to train and play with a team in Europe. I am learning more and more from each training session with the team under a very good coach. The people in the club have been very welcoming. I'm looking forward to this new phase in my career."