Sunil Chhetri is the captain of Indian football team. He is an all-time top goalscorer for the Indian national team, with 65 goals.
Sunil Chhetri Biography-Career and Family
Sunil Chhetri began his career with Mohun Bagan of the National Football League after playing with City FC of New Delhi. Chhetri had scored four goals as Mohun Bagan finished in seventh place in the table.
Sunil Chhetri signed JCT in 2005. He scored three goals in total in that season.
Also, he scored three hat-tricks against Delhi. In 2008, Sunil Chhetri signed for I-League side East Bengal. He also helped East Bengal to make a place in Semifinals. His only goal made it happen. Sunil Chhetri also brought a lot of interests towards him from foreign countries. Major League Soccer Team were interested in him. It was Los Angeles Galaxy and D.C United.
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2009
Furthermore, after ending the contract with East Bengal, Chhetri signed a two-year contract with I-League, Dempo on 22 May 2009. In the contract, it stated that he can leave for future matches to aboard if he wanted to.
2010
In 2010. it came to light that he was with Kansas City Wizards on Major League Soccer and that he had played during their pre-season games.
Sunil Chhetri made his debut for the Wizards in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification play-in game against the Colorado Rapids, on14 April 2010.
2011
I-League club Mohun Bagan announced that Sunil Chhetri has signed a one-year deal with the club. He signed it on 22 July 2011.
2012
On 4 July 2012, Chhetri had signed a two-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal. He was playing with the reserve team.
2013-2014
Chhetri signed with new direct-entry I-League side Bengaluru FC for the 2013–14 season.
2014-2015
Likewise, he began by playing against Salgaocar and winning by 3-2. He led the team to the semi-finals.
Chhetri was picked up by Mumbai City in Rs. 1.2 crore. He was the most expensive footballer of that time. He is the pole position of All-time top scorers for Mumbai City FC.
2016-2017
Bengaluru FC announced, Sunil Chhetri has signed a 1-year contract with the club.
As a result, it led to reverting ownership right from Mumbai City. Chhetri scored twice as Bengaluru FC won the 2016 AFC Cup Semi Final tie. He beat Johor Darul Ta’zim in Bengaluru.
2018
Finally, he won the “Hero of the League” title in the League series.
Furthermore, he also became the top scorer for the Bengaluru FC on the league.
Family
He has twin sisters who played for Nepal Football league. Sunil Chhetri is married to his longtime girlfriend, Sonam Bhattacharya.
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