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{{Short description|Indian footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robin Charles Raja
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|7|30}}
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| managerclubs1 = Chennai Customs
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| managerclubs2 = Hindustan Eagles
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| managerclubs3 = Chennai
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| managerclubs4 = [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
| manageryears5 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs5 = [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
| manageryears6 = 2017–
| managerclubs6 = Chennai F.C.
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'''Robin Charles Raja''' (born 30 July 1966) is an Indian [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]] and a former player.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ashwin Muralidhahran|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sa/amp/news/i-league-2017-lifestyle-brand-baako-buys-stake-in-chennai/1uguqx8bepfwd1hwgtuurjn56q|title=I-League 2017: Lifestyle brand 'Baako' buys stake in Chennai City FC|date=22 January 2017|website=Goal.com|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209174903/https://www.goal.com/en-sa/amp/news/i-league-2017-lifestyle-brand-baako-buys-stake-in-chennai/1uguqx8bepfwd1hwgtuurjn56q|archive-date=9 December 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the coach of [[Chennai FC]], which competes in the [[Tamil Nadu Football Association|CFA Senior Division]] league.

==Coaching career==
Born in [[Tamil Nadu]], Raja has served as the head coach of various local state clubs in the CFA Senior Division. He won the league with both Chennai Customs and Hindustan Eagles in 2010 and 2012 respectively.<ref name="Chennai City">{{cite news|title=I-League 2016/17: Chennai City FC announce their manager for their debut season|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/chennai-city-fc-announce-their-manager-for-their-debut-season-in-the-league|access-date=17 December 2016|work=SportsKeeda|date=13 December 2016}}</ref> He also coached Chennai FC in the league in 2016. Raja has also coached [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]]. During the 2016 edition of the tournament, Raja lead his state side to the semi-finals of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chandran|first1=Praveen|title=It’s Maharashtra’s youthful exuberance vs Tamil Nadu’s tactical brilliance|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/santosh-trophy-its-maharashtras-youthful-exuberance-vs-tamil-nadus-tactical-brilliance/article8338270.ece|access-date=17 December 2016|work=The Hindu|date=11 March 2016}}</ref> His side lost 1–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=Maharashtra beat TN, to face Services in Santosh Trophy final|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/sports/football/santosh-trophy-semifinals-maharashtra-beat-tn-services-goa.html|access-date=17 December 2016|work=Manorama Online|date=11 March 2016}}</ref>

===Chennai City===
Raja was named the head coach of [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]] in December 2016 after the club were granted direct-entry into the [[I-League]].<ref name="Chennai City"/> He was sacked in January 2017 after "due to unsatisfactory results" with the team lying on the bottom of the table then, following just one win after the first seven games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai City FC sacks coach Robin Charles Raja|url=http://www.sportstarlive.com/football/indian-football/chennai-city-fc-sacks-coach-robin-charla-raja/article9528389.ece|publisher=sportstarlive.com|access-date=8 February 2017|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>

==Statistics==

===Managerial statistics===
{{updated|8 February 2017}}.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From
!rowspan=2! width=120|To
!colspan=7|Record
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
|align=left|{{nowrap|13 December 2016}}
|align=left|8 February 2017
{{WDL|7|1|1|5}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|7|1|1|5}}
|}

===Personal life===
Robin Charles Raja is married to Angela Lincy Vasanthakumari. His wife is also a sportsperson. She won the high jump for women and set a national record of 1.72m, at the National Games in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the year 1987.<ref>{{cite web|last1=The Hindu|first1=Archives|title=National Games in Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=156945879}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Archives|first1=The Hindu|title=National Games Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=156945880&highlights=ANGELA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Musings|first1=Madras|title=The Loneliness of a High Jumper|url=http://madrasmusings.com/older-archives/Vol%202/Vol%20II%20-%20No%2021.pdf|publisher=Madras Musings}}</ref> She was 15 years old when she set this record. Angela Lincy is from [[Nazareth, Tamil Nadu]]. Also, she is an alumnus of [[Nazareth, Tamil Nadu|St. Johns Girls Higher Secondary School]], Nazareth. They have a daughter, who is also a sportsperson, her name is Abhisheka Shannon, she is a squash player and she is a national champion at the junior level.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sport|first1=The Hindu|title=Junior squash nationals|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/junior-squash-nationals-kush-kumar-harshit-kaur-jwanda-win-boys-and-girls-titles/article6555587.ece}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/coach-details.htm?mid=94 Robin Charles Raja profile] at [[All India Football Federation]]

{{Chennai City F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
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[[Category:I-League managers]]
[[Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position]]

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