SUNIL CHHETRI - Wiki, Height, Age, DOB, Caste, Religion, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Education, Qualification, Career, Achievement, Goals, Salary, Net Worth, Favourite Things, Controversy, Biography and More.
SUNIL CHHETRI - Wiki, Height, Age, DOB, Caste, Religion, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Education, Qualification, Career, Achievement, Goals, Salary, Net Worth, Favourite Things, Controversy, Biography and More.
Date of Birth - 03/08/1984 | Hight - 5 Feet 7 Inch | Salary - 8 lakh per Match | Net Worth - 20 Crore |
Sunil Chhetri ia an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC and the Indian Ntional Team. Suni Chhetri was born on 03 August 1984 in Secunderbad, India.
BIO/WIKI
KNOWN NAME Sunil Chhetri
FULL NAME Sunil Chhetri
NICK NAME Bhai
PROFESSION Indian Professional Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 3 August 1984
AGE 36 Years (as in 2020)
PLACE OF BIRTH Secunderabad, Telangana, India
HOMETOWN Secunderabad , Telangana, India
CASTE Kshettriya (Khas Community)
RELIGION Hindu
NATIONALITY Indian
ETHINCITY Indian and Nepali
HOBBIES Listening Music, Playing Badminton, Cricket and Table Tennis.
ZODIAC SIGN Leo
PHYSICAL STATUS
EYE COLOR Dark Brown
HAIR COLOR Black
HEIGHT 170 centimeter
1.70 Meter
5 Feet 7 Inches
WEIGHT 62 kg (in kilogram)
136 lbs (in Pounds)
CHEST 36 Inch
WAIST 30 Inch
BICEPS 12 Inch
SHOE SIZE 8 (US)
FAVOURITE THINGS
FAVOURITE ACTOR Shah Rukh Khan
FAVOURITE ACTRESS Konkona Sen
FAVOURITE SPORTS Cricket, Badminton, Football and Table Tennis
FAVOURITE FOOTBALLER Lionel Messi and David Villa
FAVOURITE CRICKETER Sachin Tendulkar
FAMILY
WIFE Sonam Bhattacharya
FATHER K.B Chhetri ( Indian Army Engineer Officer)
MOTHER Sushila Chhetri
BROTHER N/A
SISTER Bandana Chhetri
AFFAIR/RELATION
GIRLFRIEND Sonam Bhattacharya
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION
SCHOOL Bahai School, Gangtok, Sikkim
Loyola School in Kolkata
Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi
COLLEGE Asutosh College, Kolkata
QUALIFICATION Not Known
TEACHER
FOOTBALL TEACHER Subroto Bhattacharya
CAREER
Sunil Chhetri started her career as a football player
PROFESSIONAL DEBUT 2002 for Mohun Began
INTERNATION DEBUT India vs Pakistan Friendly Match (2005)
Cambodia vs India Match, Nehru Cup(for Cup 2007)
JERSEY NUMBER 11
POSITION Striker, Center-Forward
DOMESTIC GOALS 119 Goals
INTERNATIONAL GOALS 65 Goals
HAT-TRICK GOALS 3 Times (2008, 2010 and 2018)
AWARDS
AIFF Player of the Year Award (2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017)
AFC Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player (2008)
FPAI Indian Player of the Year (2009 and 2018)
Arjun Award ( 2011)
SAFF Championship Player of the Tournament (2011)
Hero of the I-League (2016 and 2017)
Hero of the Indian Super League Award (2017 and 2018)
AFC Asian Icon Award (2018)
Hero of the Intercontinental Cup (2018)
Padma Shri Award (2019)
RECORDS
Sunil Chhetri scored two hat-tricks for Delhi in the group stages against both Odisha and Railways.
Sunil Chhetri scored 11 goals for JCT (Jagjit Cotton and Textile Football Club) during the 2006-7 season and the club finished in the second place, behind Dempo.
Sunil Chhetri scored 7 goals for JCT in the first season of Hero I-League in 2007.
In 2011, Sunil Chhetri did 13 goals in SAFF Championship Match.
Chhetri has been the top goal scorer for Indian Football team scoring 53 goals in 93 appearances.
ACHIEVEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL TITLES
Nehru Cup (2007, 2009, 2012)
AFC Challenge Cup (2008)
SAFF Championship Cup (2011 and 2016)
DOMESTIC TITLES
I-League Cup (2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16)
Indian Federation Cup (2014-15 and 206-17)
Super Cup (2018)
CAREER TURNING POINT
In the Nehru Cup 2007, When he became the top goal scorer for India scoring four goals and helping India win the title.
SALARY/NET WORTH
SALARY 8 lakh for match
INCOME SOURCE Sports
NET WORTH 5 Crore (approx as in 2020)
BIKE/CAR COLLECTION
BIKE Royal Enfield Continental GT
CAR Lamborghini
Audi A6
Maruti Suzuki SX4
UNKNOWN/INTRESTING FACT ABOUT SUNIL CHHETRI
Sunil Chhetri was born to Nepalese origin footballer parents on Aug 3, 1984 in Secunderabad, Telangana.
Sunil Chhetri’s mother sushila Chhetri played for the Nepal Women’s National Team along with her twin sister.
He has played for 10 different clubs so far with the first being Delhi-based City Club, whom he joined as a 17 year old.
Sunil Chhetri started by playing for the Mohun Began AC and regularly scored goals for the club.
In 2005, he was signed by JCTFC (Jagjit Cotton and Textile Football Club) where he emerged as a valuable player.
On August 2009, it was reported by Hindustan Times that he signed a three year contract English Football Club Queens Park Rangers but wasn’t allowed a work permit by the British Government, as India was not in top 70 of the FIFA World Rankings.
Sunil Chhetri went international on March 24, 2010, when he signed for the American Club Kansas City Wizards, becoming the third Indian to play outside South Asia and the first Indian to play Major League Soccer.
Peter Vermes, the head coach of the Wizards, described Sunil as a ‘Crafty Player’ saying , “Technically he’s very sharp, and he’s a guy who has good attacking tendencies.”
He was the top scorer for India in the 2007 Nehru Cup and helped the team win the tournament with 4 goals.
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