Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlton Anthony Chapman | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Bangalore, Mysore State, India | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1991 | Southern Blues | ||
1991–1993 | Tata Football Academy | ||
1993–1995 | East Bengal | ||
1995–1997 | JCT Mills | ||
1997–1998 | Kochin | ||
1998–2001 | East Bengal | ||
National team | |||
1995–2001 | India | ||
Teams managed | |||
2002–2008 | Tata Football Academy | ||
2008 | Royal Rangers | ||
2009–2013 | Royal Wahingdoh | ||
2013–2014 | Bhawanipore FC | ||
2014– | Students Union | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Carlton Chapman (born 13 April 1971) is an Indian football coach and a former player who captained of the Indian national team. As a midfielder, he played for India between 1995 and 2001, when he announced his retirement. At the club level, he had a successful career, having had two spells with East Bengal and one with JCT Mills.
As a coach, he had a 6-year spell with I-League 2nd Division club Tata Football Academy from 2002 to 2008, followed by Royal Wahingdoh FC and Students Union of the Bangalore Super Division. He is currently the head coach of Sudeva FC, a Delhi based I-League 2nd Division football club and residential Academy .
Chapman began his club career with Sai Centre, Bangalore in the mid-1980s. He then played for Southern Blues, a Bangalore club, and Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur, before signing for East Bengal in 1993. He had a fruitful two years at Bengal until signed by JCT Mills in 1995. In 1993, his first season with Bengal, he scored a hat-trick against the Iraqi club Al-Zawra at the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, a match that Bengal won 6–2.
During his spell at JCT Mills, the team won 14 tournaments, with a team that had I. M. Vijayan and Baichung Bhutia, both of who are regarded as India's all-time greats. After one season with FC Kochi in 1997–98, Chapman returned to his former club East Bengal in 1998. The team won the National Football League under his captaincy in 2001, before he announced his retirement from professional football.