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    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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