Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri is one of the best football players in the world. Sunil Chhetri is the highest goal scorer for the Indian football team so far. He is one of the best captains of Indian Football team. Recently Sunil Chhetri has announced for their retirement from the Indian football team, He will play their last match on 6^th June 2024, in this article, we will know in depth about Sunil Chhetri, who has illuminated the name of India in all over the world.

Sunil Chhetri’s Retirement:

Recently Indian footballer captain Sunil Chhetri has announced his decision to take retire from international football career after the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait on June 6,2024 at the Salt Lake Stadium in West Bengal. The 39-year-old captain, who began his international career in 2005,

“The retirement decision was not because of physical my physical health, I am still very fit and well, chasing, defending, the hard work is not difficult. The reason of my decision for taking retirement is to the mental part which the difficult part,” said Chhetri during a conference.

Legendary footballer Sunil Chhetri Retirement: Full life journey

Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer Who was born on 3rd Aug. 1984 in Sikandrabad of Andhra Pradesh. His father KB Chhetri played in his early days while mother Sushila played for the Nepal national football team. Being the son of an army man, Sunil Chhetri got a chance to travel across the country and often changed his schools. But one thing that did not change was his passion for football. Sunil Chhetri, 16, was enrolled for class 12 in a college in New Delhi, Then He was invited up to the Indian team to play in the Asian School Championship in Kuala Lumpur in 2001. Mohan Bagan, one of India’s oldest and most famous football clubs, spotted the talent of Sunil Chhetri in the tournament and included him in their squad for the upcoming domestic season. After this, there was no looking back. Chhetri excelled in football in school, but he never considered becoming a professional footballer. He used to play football so that he could get admission in a good college and pursue his further studies. However, fate had something else planned for Sunil Chhetri. Sunil Chhetri was first included in the senior Indian football team in 2005 and scored his first goal against Pakistan. Sunil Chhetri’s first international tournament was Nehru Cup in 2007 with India and his four goals through the event helped the team to lift the trophy for the first time since 1997. Sunil Chhetri created history in 2021, He equalled Brazilian football great Pele as soon as he scored a goal in the SAFF Football Championship against Nepal in Male. Chhetri then scored 77 goals in international football, equal to Pele. In 2021 itself, Sunil Chhetri surpassed Argentine superstar Lionel Messi to reach second place in the list of active players scoring the most goals in world.

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Sunil Chhetri’s Awards & Achievements:

Chhetri scored 11 goals for JCT during the 2006–07 season and got second place after Club Dempo.
He was later awarded the AIFF Player of the Year award in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
In 2009, he won the FPAI Indian Player of the Year award.
In 2011 he was named “The Player of the “Tournament” at the SAFF Championship for scoring 13 goals.
Chhetri received the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2011 for his achievements in football.
Sunil Chhetri has been named AIFF Player of the Year seven times (2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019).
In 2019, Chhetri was honored with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award.
Chhetri ranks third among active international goal-scorers, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the world.
He has won the Golden Boot in various domestic and international tournaments.

About Sunil Chhetri’s wife Sonam Bhattacharya?

On December 4, 2017, Chhetri married his long-time girlfriend Sonam Bhattacharya, daughter of former Indian international and Mohun Bagan player Subrata Bhattacharya.

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