{{short description|Indian social worker.}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=March 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2020}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Vijay Barse | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 2 May 1948 | birth_place = Bhandara, India | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|05|02|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Social worker, Sports Teacher | years_active = | known_for = Slum Soccer | notable_works = }} '''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 Soccer (Krida Vikas Sanstha), an organisation which uplifts underprivileged children through football. His efforts have led to upliftment of underprivileged children from Nagpur using football as a source.<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>
== Career == Barse worked as a sports teacher in 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>
Vijay Barse's story was also unveiled in Season 3's 1st episode of TV show Satyamev Jayate which was hosted by Actor Aamir Khan.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
== In popular culture == Barse's as well as Slum Soccer's life has been depicted in the 2022 sports film, ''Jhund'', written and directed by Nagraj Manjule, in which, Barse was portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=15 September 2015 |first1=Matúš |last1=Šimkovic |first2=Birgit |last2=Träuble |doi=10.7717/peerj.1243/supp-10 |title=Pursuit tracks chase: exploring the role of eye movements in the detection of chasing |journal=PeerJ |volume=3 |pages=e1243 |pmid=26401454 |pmc=4579031 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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