Sunil Chhetri is a well known football player of India who was born on 3 August 1984 in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, his father’s name is KB Chetri, who is an Indian Army officer and he plays football for the Indian Army and his mother’s name is Sushila Chetri. Who has been a football player of Nepal National Team and her entire family supports sports a lot.
Career
Everyone used to play football in Sunil Chettri’s family and Sunil Chettri used to play football since childhood and it is said that when his shoes were torn, he used to sew them and wear them again because at that time the condition of his family was not so good. to buy new shoes
After that Sunil Chhetri started his career with Delhi City Football Club in 2001 and after that his performance was so good that he got a chance to play with many clubs like Mohun Bagan, JCT, DEMP, SCP, Mumbai City etc.
And after this, in 2004, Sunil Chhetri was selected in the Under-20 where he did not score any goal but his performance was very poor and due to this he was later included in the senior team of India in 2005, where he played his first match. India’s first goal was scored against those who were with Pakistan.
Seeing his performance in 2007, Sunil Chhetri also got the ward of AIIF Player of the Year, which is a big achievement in itself, let us tell you that he has also played in foreign clubs like KANSA City Club and this is the 3rd player who is from South Asia. have played all
Let me tell you that this is the first Indian player who was selected by MLF.
And then in 2012, he was also made the captain of the Indian team, after which he has been the captain of the Indian team till date, and in 2015, Mumbai City has proved to be the most expensive player by buying him for 1.2 crores.
Not only this, let me tell you that after Ronaldo and Messi, this is the third most active goal scorer of the world and today this is the person who has given a new identity to Indian football, you know that football in India is not so supported. No one in the stadium keeps the sock of covering the match.
But one day Sunil Chetri ate, even if we abused us, criticize us, but once came to watch the match and after that the stadium was full, people could not even get tickets and on that day Sunil also scored 2 goals and that day’s Since then people also go to watch football games.