Sunil Chhetri is an Indian Professional football player who born on 3 August, 1984 at Secunderabad, India. He plays as a striker and winger for his team Indian National Football Team and Indian Super League side Bengaluru. He is also captain of Indian National Team.
Full Name: Sunil K. Chhetri
Nickname: Asian Icon, Bhai
Religion: Hinduism
Residence: Bengaluru, India
Nationality: Indian
Education: Ashutosh College
Jersey No.: 11
Sunil Chhetri has scored 11 goals for JCT during the 2006-07 and the club finished in second place.
Chhetri scored 7 goals for JCT in the very first season of Hero I-League 2007 and finished the season in third place.
He has been the top goal scorer for Indian football team by scoring 53 goals in 93 appearances.
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Social Media:
Sunil Chhetri has 1 million followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on Twitter. He also has 617k likes on Facebook.
Biography:
Nickname: Asian Icon, Bhai
Religion: Hinduism
Residence: Bengaluru, India
Nationality: Indian
Education: Ashutosh College
Jersey No.: 11
Hobbies: Playing Cricket, Tennis and Badminton, Listening music
Height: 1.70 m(5 ft 7 in)
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Marital Status: Married
Salary: $11000 per match
Family:
Marital Status: Married
Salary: $11000 per match
Family:
Sunil's father K. B. Chhetri, an officer in corps of electronics and Mechanical engineers of the Indian Army and his mother Sushila Chhetri played for Nepal Women's national team. His twin sister Bandana Chhetri also played for Nepal Women's National team.
Chhetri married with Sonal Bhattacharya on 4 December 2017. She is daughter of former Indian national football player Subrata Bhattacharya.
Affairs:
Sunil Chhetri has long time affairs with Sonal Bhattacharya but then, he married with her.
Records:
Affairs:
Sunil Chhetri has long time affairs with Sonal Bhattacharya but then, he married with her.
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Achievements:
- Sunil Chhetri has awarded Arjuna Award in 2011 by the govrenment of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sports.
- Sunil has awarded Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2019.
- He has also awarded Football Ratna Award in 18 February 2019 by Delhi Football Association.
- He was AIFF player of the year in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018-19.
- He also was SAFF Championship player of the tournament in 2011.
- He has awarded FPAI Indian player of the year in 2009 and 2018.
Club Career Statistics:
Club Appearances Goals
East Bengal 18 15
Dempo 13 08
Kansas city wizards 01 00
Chirag United 07 07
Bengaluru(loan) 20 09
Bengaluru 162 83
Mumbai City(loan) 06 00
Mumbai City 11 07
Net Worth:
The net worth of Sunil Chhetri is estimated around $570000 dollars.
Cars Collection:
Sunil Chhetri has some collection of luxurious cars, they are
Net Worth:
The net worth of Sunil Chhetri is estimated around $570000 dollars.
Cars Collection:
Sunil Chhetri has some collection of luxurious cars, they are
- Maruti Suzuki SX4
- Audi A6
- Maruti Suzuki Ciaz
- Royal Enfield Continental GT
Social Media:
Sunil Chhetri has 1 million followers on Instagram and 1.6 million followers on Twitter. He also has 617k likes on Facebook.
Biography:
Sunil Chhetri made his move in football after seeing his parents. He started playing football from a very young age and it was not known when his game became his passion. When his football shoes broke in childhood, he used to wear his old shoes back by not demanding new shoes from his father as he knew and understood that his family's financial situation was not good at that time.
Sunil Chhetri's father was in the Army, so he did his studies from different schools in different places like Gangtok, Darjeeling, Kolkata and Delhi. Along with studies, he was also playing football. After the 12th he focused his attention on football and left his studies. Sunil Chhetri started his career playing for Delhi City Football Club in 2001. After this, he played for many different clubs, which included Mohan Bhagat. He did brilliantly by playing for every club and helped his team to improve. In 2004, Sunil Chhetri got a chance to play in India's U20 team but could not score any goals at that time.
But due to his excellent performance at club level, it was only in 2005 that he got an opportunity to play in India's senior team and got the first goal against India's most rival team Pakistan. After that, he went on to achieve succession and touch the heights. He has played for many foreign clubs in his career.
He is the third Indian player to play outside South Asia. Apart from this, he has also become the first Indian player to play in MLF. Seeing his talent, he was handed the captaincy of the Indian team in 2012 and since then Chhetri has been the captain of the Indian team.
In 2015, Mumbai City bought Sunil Chhetri for 1.2 crores and he became the most expensive Indian football player. After this, he has scored many country goals for his club and country and today he is the third most active goal scorer after Ronaldo and Messi.
He is the third Indian player to play outside South Asia. Apart from this, he has also become the first Indian player to play in MLF. Seeing his talent, he was handed the captaincy of the Indian team in 2012 and since then Chhetri has been the captain of the Indian team.
In 2015, Mumbai City bought Sunil Chhetri for 1.2 crores and he became the most expensive Indian football player. After this, he has scored many country goals for his club and country and today he is the third most active goal scorer after Ronaldo and Messi.
