Indian Football Top Scorers: Take a look at the elite list of top 5 players who have scored the most number of Goals for the Indian Football Team
Since the inception of the sport of football in 1892, India has surprisingly been a part of the foundation. Not only that India is termed as the country to have the largest football fan base in the world by many sports magazine’s surveys in 2021.
But can the same be said for Indian Football team’s International performance? Unfortunately no. But as enduring as it may seem, the footballing scenario in the country is on the rise and it is expected to blossom until the 2018 World Cup. Speaking about the same, not all the Indian Footballers are known to every football fanatic.
So, who has performed for the country on the international stage and how many goals have they scored? Well all the answers to your question lies in this story itself as we are going to take a look at the Top 5 International goal scorers for India’s National team.
Indian Football Top Scorers: Top Indian All Time Goal Scorers in International Football
5. Shabbir Ali
To start off with he has been awarded with India’s highest sporting honour, the Dhyan Chand Award – becoming the only footballer to do so. Shabbir Ali was India’s most prolific footballer in the 1970s and 8s, having performed consistently for the national side, Shabbir Ali has scored 23 goals for India on the Internal Stage, which is the 5th highest.
4. Jeje Lalpekhlua
One of India’s most promising youngsters, both in the ISL and also on the International Stage, having managed to score 23 goals as well for the country. Jeje played a crucial role in India’s 2011 and 2015 SAFF Cup wins, being 30-years-old now it would be interesting to see how he pans out his career on the international stage.
3. Bhaichung Bhutia
One of the most famous football players India has ever produced, Baichung Bhutia was the first modern-day Indian player to have represented the country on foreign domestic circuit. Havings cored 27 International goals for India, Bhutia has won two AIFF Player of the Year awards, the 1998 Arjuna Award and 2008 Padma Shri.
2. IM Vijayan
He is referred as the Father of Indian football having scored 29 international goals in just 66 games. Not only that, 51-years-old IM Vijayan has won the AIFF Player of the Year award thrice and has also being honored with the Arjuna Award in 2003.
1. Sunil Chhetri
The man who stands next to football greats like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, scoring more goals than the latter on the international platform. He has already scored 72 goals in 115 games and gives no good reason why he can’t improve upon his legacy.
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