Vikash Dhorasoo - Personal Life

Personal Life

Dhorasoo is of Indo-Mauritian origin. He belongs to the Telugu community, his ancestors having migrated as indentured labourers to Mauritius from the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and were of the Hindu faith. He began university studies in economics before committing to professional football.

He is married to longtime girlfriend Émilie and has two daughters, Rose (born 8 March 2003), and Sara (13 March 2005).

He has spoken out against bigotry and in 2003 he started actively supporting Paris Foot Gay, a football club which combats homophobia and other discrimination in the sport. Dhorasoo also works actively to fight poverty in countries such as Mauritius and has established several programs for it.

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