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<div>{{short description|Indian social worker.}}<br />
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| birth_date = 5 February 1946<br />
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], India<br />
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| occupation = Social worker<br />
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| known_for = Slum Soccer<br />
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'''Vijay Barse''' (born 5 February, 1946)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/honoured-to-have-amitabh-bachchan-play-my-role-in-jhund-vijay-barse-118093000224_1.html|title=Honoured to have Amitabh Bachchan play my role in 'Jhund': Vijay Barse|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-09-30|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> is a social worker from [[Nagpur]], India. He is known for having founded Slum Football, an organisation which uplifts underprivileged children through football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/amitabh-bachchan-meets-social-worker-vijay-barse-for-character-insights/412173|title=Amitabh Bachchan meets social worker Vijay Barse for character insights|date=2019-03-23|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Barse worked as a sports teacher in [[Hislop College|Hislop College]], Nagpur. In 2001, he founded the Slum Soccer organisation after spotting a couple of underprivileged children playing with a makeshift football, inspiring him to start a soccer club. He established the Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur (KSVN) with his wife, Ranjana Barse, and son, Abhijeet Barse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/ghetto-superstars-in-the-making/story-Ml3LgIKqvEreOVVkF0UwYI.html|title=Ghetto superstars in the making?|date=2009-09-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><br />
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Vijay Barse's story was also unveiled in Season 3's 1st episode of TV show [[Satyamev Jayate (talk show)|Satyamev Jayate]] which was hosted by Actor [[Aamir Khan]].<br />
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== In popular culture ==<br />
Barse's as well as Slum Soccer's life has been depicted in the [[Bollywood]] movie<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1243/supp-10 |access-date=2022-02-11 |website=dx.doi.org|doi=10.7717/peerj.1243/supp-10 }}</ref> [[Jhund (film)|Jhund]] directed and written by [[Nagraj Manjule]]. Barse's character was played by Bollywood actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] . <br />
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