Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri will defy his earlier retirement decision to play again for the national team at 40. In June 2024 Sunil Chhetri, former captain and fourth top men's international goalscorer ever, played his final match for India during a World Cup qualifier. Sunil Chhetri announced last year that his "instinct" guided him to step down after playing his final match against Kuwait before 59,000 spectators in Kolkata. India head coach Manolo Marquez declared the return of the country's most experienced player on Thursday

Messi-Ronaldo era ends; Man City crisis, Sunil Chhetri goodbye headlines drama-filled 2024. The football season 2024 was a rollercoaster, a season of glory and disaster. The good game provided drama to the last, from Rodri’s Ballon d’Or victory to Kylian Mbappé’s celebrity transfer to Real Madrid.  It was a spectacular season for Real as they did double, by claiming the 2023-24 La Liga title and 15th Champions League trophy. Manchester City on the other hand remained top of the domestic table with another

Be it in any sports, emotions always run high when India and Pakistan clash on the field. We have witnessed numerous on-field brawls between India and Pakistan players in cricket and hockey in the past but the SAFF Football Championship match also saw the players of both the teams getting involved in heated exchange. Things got heated towards the end of the first half when Indian head coach Igor Stimac interfered and stopped a Pakistani player Abdullah Iqbal's throw in. It prompted the

Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri scored in hattrick as the hosts clinched a comfortable win over their arch-rivals. Sunil Chhetri's glittering hat-trick laced India's 4-0 win over Pakistan in their SAFF Championship opener in Bengaluru on Wednesday as the talisman became the second-highest Asian goal-scorer in international football. Ali Daei of Iran holds the record with 109 goals from 149 matches. Chhetri has 90 goals to his name. From the beginning of the match itself India brought forth their experience and class into play.

While football in India is just starting to gather some momentum, the frontrunner of Indian football, Sunil Chhetri still feels there’s a long way to go. Still going strong even at 34 years of age, Chhetri is a man on a mission. A mission to make a mark on the world with the Indian football team. And his perfect opportunity; the upcoming AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In an interview with FIFA.com, Sunil Chhetri explained his aims ahead of the