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1. Bhaichung Bhutia Footballer ⚽🥅

2. Biography BORN December 15, 1976 HEIGHT 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) NATIONALITY IndiaN ROLE Striker

3. BACKGROUND Bhaichung was not only good at football, but also represented his school at basketball, badminton and athletics.

His uncle Karma Bhutia managed Gangtok-based Boys Club where Bhaichung played in his early years.

Bhaichung played for several other local school teams and clubs and brought attention to himself in the 1992 Subroto Cup where he received the ”Best Player” award.

4. Club Carrier Bhaichung Bhutia played most of his club career in West Bengal, switching from Mohun Bagan to East Bengal several times, and causing controversies doing it. He also played for other clubs like JCT Mills, United Sikkim, and two other Malaysian clubs. In 1999, Bhutia became the first ever Indian player to sign a professional contract in Europe when he signed for Manchester-based side Bury, where he would spend 3 seasons. He made 37 appearances for them in the league and managed to score only 3 goals. After the failure in Europe, Bhutia decided it was best for him to return to India, once again to East Bengal.

5. Club career In Malaysia, Bhutia played for Perak FA on loan from Mohun Bagan, and then played for Selangor MK Land. He scored a total of 5 goals in 13 appearances for both sides. In his split career at East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, Bhutia scored 52 goals from 97 games and 25 goals from 56 games respectivel
. In 2012, Bhutia signed for United Sikkim, where he would make only 3 appearances owing to injuries. He was made interim manager of the team in the same year, which marked Bhutia’s managerial debut. He currently manages the Sikkim state football team. Bhutia has had an illustrious club career that involves a massive 226 league games and a 100 goals from them.

6. Retairment Bhutia announces his retirement from international football in 2011. A farewell match was held for him in January 2012 against Bayern Munich. Bhutia then played his last club match at United Sikkim in 2015, which marked the end of his glorious career.



He currently is on a managerial venture at Sikkim and has founded the Bhaichung Bhutia Soccer Schools to help nurture young talent.

7. Senior record

8. About: Baichung Bhutia is an Indian footballer of Sikkimese – Bhutia descent. He plays as a striker. Bhutia is considered to be the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. He became three-time Indian Player of the Year

9. Early life : Bhutia began his education in St. Xaviers School, Pakyong, East Sikkim and gained an SAI Scholarship ultimately at an awfully young age and attended the well-known Tashi Namgyal Academy in Gangtok. He went on to play for numerous school and native clubs in Sikkim. Spectacular performance at the Subroto Cup in 1992 added him to the note of the football institution. Former Indian goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly noticed his talent and helped him to make a move in Calcutta Football. In the year 1993, at the age of sixteen, he left college to be the part of professional East Bengal Club in Calcutta. He was transferred to JCT Mills, Phagwara in 1995 that went on to win the Indian National Football league that year. Bhutia was the highest scorer in the league and was chosen to play in the Nehru Cup. He was honoured with the “1996 Indian Player of the Year” & has clinched various alternative awards since then.

10. Carrier & achivement Bhutia transferred to JCT Mills in 1993 which won the India National Football League in the 1996–97 Season. Since he was the top goal scorer in the league, he was selected to make his international debut in the Nehru Cup.



Bhutia scored well at the Nehru Cup in 1995 against Uzbekistan becoming India’s youngest goalkeeper, at the age of 19. In 1997, he returned to East Bengal. Bhutia has the distinction of securing the first hat-trick in the local derby between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan when he won East Bengal 4–1 in the 1997 Federation Cup semi-finals. He became the captain of the team in the 1998-99 Season, during which East Bengal finished second in the league after Salgaocar. Besides, he became the 19 th footballer to receive the Arjuna Award in 1999, with which the Government of India bestows athletes to recognize their outstanding achievements in national sports.

11. Award & achivement Bhutia got the attention of everyone for the very first time at the Subroto Cup 1992 held at Delhi, where he was bestowed upon the Best Player award.
Bhutia was the top goal scorer, playing for the JCT FC in 1996-97 season.
Bhaichung was bestowed upon the Indian Player of the Year award in 1996. Further, he came back to East Bengal in 1997 and led his team in the year 1998-99.
Bhutia was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1999.
Bhaichung scored his first hat-trick against Mohun Bagan, playing for East Bengal FC in 1997.
Bhutia became “Player of the National Football League”, honoured by All India Football Federation (AIFF), playing for East Bengal in 2005-06 season.
Bestowed with Padam Shri Award in 2008
The 2009 Nehru Cup was great for Bhutia, as he earned his 100 th cap for India in a 2–1 win against Kyrgyzstan. He became India’s first player to reach this milestone.
In 2014, Bhutia was awarded by Banga Bhushan Award.

12. Honours: Arjuna Award for football in 1998
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2008
Banga Bhushan award in 2014
Asian Football Hall of Fame in 2014