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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.
If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used. As of now, 94 FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Indian Super League. Central African Republic and Uzbekistan are the most recent to be represented with Lobi Manzoki and Mirjalol Kasimov debuting for Mohammedan on 16 September 2024.
After withdrawing from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India didn't enter the qualifying rounds of the tournament between 1954 and 1982. [2] Since the 1986 qualifiers , with the exception of the 1990 edition of the tournament, the team started to participate in qualifiers but have yet to qualify for the tournament again.
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to play for any national team, as long as the player held nationality of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. [9]
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 ...
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.
This is a list of Indian football players (both men and women) who are currently playing or have played for any football club abroad, in any competitive foreign football league. 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 ...
Under Bhutia's captaincy Sunil Chhetri debuted for India who is now the only footballer in India's history to have played 100 international matches and is the all-time highest goal-scorer of India. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] Chhetri led the national team to many victories, most importantly qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup and under his leadership the team ...