One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has signed as a non-contract footballer for Doncaster Rovers, and has been issued with the number 28 shirt for the 2013/14 season.
The band member, who once worked at the club as a waiter in the hospitality suite, said that it was his childhood dream to be a part of the club and confessed to being a massive football fan.
The 21-year-old revealed that he got in contact with them to arrange a charity football match, Sky News reported.
Club manager Paul Dickov said that Tomlinson will train with footballers from the Championship side and play in a reserve game in September or October in aid of the charity, Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Sheffield.
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