Sunil Chhetri :- An Indian Footballet , Age , Education , Family

 

Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the Indian Super League side Bengaluru and the Indian national team. 

Born: 3 August 1984 (age 36 years), Secunderabad

Height: 1.7 m

Spouse: Sonam Bhattacharya (m. 2017)

Salary: 1.1 lakhs USD (2010)

Current teams: India national football team (#11 / Forward), Bengaluru FC (#11 / Forward), more

Dates joined: 9 June 2016 (Bengaluru FC), 2015 (Mumbai City FC), 2013 (Churchill Brothers S.C., Bengaluru FC),2012(Sporting CP B), 2011 (Prayag United S.C., Mohun Bagan A.C.).2010 (Sporting Kansas City), 200 (Dempo S.C.), 2008 (East Bengal F.C.), 2005 (JCT F.C., India national football team), 2002 (Mohun Bagan A.C.).

Chhetri began his professional career at Mohun Bagan in 2002. He then moved to JCT where he scored 21 goals in 48 games. 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.

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 a record six times in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018–19.

Sunil Chhetri was born on 3 August 1984 to K. B. Chhetri, an officer in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of the Indian Army, and Sushila Chhetri in Secunderabad, Telangana, India. His father played football for the Indian Army's team while his mother and her twin sisters played for the Nepal women's national team. Chhetri started playing football from a young age taking part in various tournaments.

On 4 December 2017, Chhetri married his long time girlfriend Sonam Bhattacharya who is the daughter of the former Indian national football player and Mohun Bagan legend Subrata Bhattacharya. He signed a 3-year deal with global sports giant PUMA India starting from 2020.