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This is a list of Indian international footballers, who have played for the India national football team since its foundation in 1938, before the country's independence. Players with 22 or more official caps are listed here. [1] [2] [3] Bold denotes players still playing international football.
Players with most international caps for India Rank. Player Caps Goals Career Ref. 1. Sunil Chhetri: 151 94 2005−2024 [4] [5]2. Bhaichung Bhutia: 104 43
The India national football team represents India in men's international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation. The team, which is considered as the best team in South Asia , won two gold medals at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while finishing fourth at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
The AIFF Player of the Year Awards are the annual football awards presented to the best footballers in India by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). [1] The AIFF first announced the award for Men's Player of the Year in 1992; I. M. Vijayan was the inaugural winner. Sunil Chhetri has won the award a record seven times.
[3] [4] He is the fourth-highest international goalscorer, [5] [6] and is also the most-capped player and the all-time top goalscorer of the India national team. He is widely regarded as the greatest Indian football player of all time.
Players below, have signed, joined or appeared as foreign recruits (footballer) for any football club – that is not based in India (irrespective of whether the player has made an appearance for the team or not). Mohammed Salim, the first Indian footballer to play for an overseas club, signed with Celtic of Scotland in 1936.
Players in this category should also be left in category:Indian men's footballers. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indian footballers . It includes Indian footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
This list of foreign football players in India consists of players who are currently playing or have played in India, either in top division leagues like Indian Super League, I-League (alongside now defunct National Football League I, II & III), I-League 2nd Division, or in regional competitions such as Calcutta Football League, Goa Professional League, alongside domestic knock-out tournaments ...