All Heart, No Quit: Tabish Armar’s Vision for Träna United
- Karm Mulchandani
- Aug 10, 2025
- 3 min read
For Tabish Armar, football and fitness have always been part of the same story. By profession, he runs Träna, a fitness agency that focuses on highly personalised training solutions for clients. He’s a trainer, an entrepreneur, and someone who thrives on helping people push past their limits. That same mindset flows naturally into football and team management. Whether it’s working with a client in the gym or managing a squad on the pitch, the approach is the same: stay disciplined, stay adaptable, and give it everything you have.
Football has been a constant in his life for as long as he can remember. From school grounds to competitive league nights in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai, the sport has shaped him in more ways than one. It has taught him discipline, leadership, resilience, and teamwork. It has also brought him some of the most important relationships in his life. For Tabish, owning a team in ACES was never just about sport or business. It was something far more personal.
This isn’t his first time building something in football. Years ago, he founded UFC Mumbai, a club that earned a name for itself in the city’s football scene. When the opportunity to own a team in ACES came along, it felt like the natural next step. Träna United became the younger sibling of UFC — connected by name, by philosophy, and by a shared hunger to compete. Even the “United” in the team’s name and the Champions League ball in the logo are deliberate nods to the UFC legacy.
If there’s one phrase that defines Träna United, it’s “All Heart, No Quit.” It’s more than just a slogan for them. It’s the way the team trains, plays, and stands together. Win or lose, the goal is to be known as the side that never backs down, that plays with intent, passion, and character until the final whistle.
Balancing a career, personal life, and the responsibilities of running a football team isn’t easy, but Tabish is quick to credit the people around him. His co-owner, Aamir Petiwala, brings clarity and support. His brothers are also deeply involved, Umar looks after everything off the pitch from logistics to PR, while Humaid manages recruitment and on-field decisions. In his words, “It’s not my team, it’s ours.”
The skills he uses daily in his professional life have naturally carried over into football. Planning, organising, leading, and adapting are second nature to him, whether he’s structuring a training program or shaping the vision for his squad. Season 1 also gave him a lesson he didn’t see coming: learning to trust his team and delegate. As someone who’s always been hands-on, stepping back and letting others lead in their areas of strength was a shift but one that has made the team better.
In Season 1, Tabish wasn’t yet an owner. He was a sponsor for the league through his company Träna. He was playing for Bandra United, the team he would later take over and rebrand as Träna United. That season ended with a third-place finish, a strong run, and the feeling that there was more to be built. Taking ownership was his way of turning that potential into something bigger.
When he’s asked to describe the mindset for Season 2, he doesn’t hesitate. Relentless. Work hard, push harder, and leave everything on the pitch. No shortcuts, no excuses.
To him, ACES isn’t just another weekend tournament. The attention to detail, the storytelling, the atmosphere it feels like a proper football ecosystem. It’s a culture, not just a competition. And for Träna United, that culture is the perfect stage to show exactly what “All Heart, No Quit” looks like.
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