Sunil Chhetri
Chhetri in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sunil Chhetri | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Secunderabad, India | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bengaluru FC | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | City FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | (8) |
| 2005–2008 | JCT | 48 | (21) |
| 2008–2009 | East Bengal | 14 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Dempo | 13 | (8) |
| 2010 | Kansas City Wizards | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | Chirag United | 7 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Mohun Bagan | 14 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Sporting CP B | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Churchill Brothers (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | Bengaluru FC | 43 | (16) |
| 2015 | Mumbai City | 11 | (7) |
| 2016 | → Bengaluru FC (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2016– | Bengaluru FC | 8 | (4) |
| 2016 | → Mumbai City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | India U20 | 3 | (2) |
| 2005– | India | 91 | (51) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:310, 13 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:28, 3 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian club Bengaluru FC and the Indian national team. He is both the most-capped player, and all-time top goalscorer for the India national team, with 51 goals in 91 appearances. He was also the captain of the national team from 2011 till 2016.
Chhetri began his professional career at Mohun Bagan in 2002. He then moved to JCT where he scored 21 goals in 48 games, the most he has scored for any side in his career. He signed for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer in 2010, becoming the third player from the subcontinent of note to go abroad. However, that stint in the United States did not last long and soon he was back in India's I-League where he played for Chirag United and Mohun Bagan before going back abroad. This time he was signed by Sporting Clube de Portugal of the Primeira Liga where he played for the club's reserve side.
It was with the national team that Chhetri gained fame and made a name for himself. He helped India win the 2007 Nehru Cup, 2009 Nehru Cup, the 2012 Nehru Cup as well as the 2011 SAFF Championship. He was also one of India's best players during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in which India won the tournament and thus qualified for their first AFC Asian Cup in 27 years. He then led India in scoring during their short-lived campaign at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup with two goals. Chhetri has also been named AIFF Player of the Year four times in 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014.
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