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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = V. P. Sathyan
| image = V. P. Sathyan.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1965|04|29}}
| birth_place = Mekkunnu, [[Kannur district|Kannur]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|07|18|1965|04|29}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| position = [[Fullback (association football)|Full-back]], [[Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1982
| youthclubs1 = [[Spirited Youth Club]]
| years1 = 1983
| years2 = 1984–1992
| years3 = 1992–1993
| years4 = 1994–1995
| years5 = 1996
| clubs1 = [[Lucky Star Club]]
| clubs2 = [[Kerala Police]] (football club)
| clubs3 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.]]
| clubs4 = [[Kerala Police]] (football club)
| clubs5 = [[Kerala Police]] (football club)
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| nationalyears1 = 1985–1995
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 81
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2001
| manageryears2 = 2002
| managerclubs1 = [[Indian Bank]] (football club)
| managerclubs2 = [[India national football team|India]] (assistant)
}}

'''Vatta Parambath Sathyan''' (29 April 1965 – 18 July 2006), popularly known as '''V. P. Sathyan''', was a former Indian professional [[Football player|footballer]] who played the [[centre back]] position. He was the captain of the [[India national football team]] from 1991 to 1995. He was named the 1992 [[AIFF Player of the Year]]<ref>{{cite news|title=VP Sathyan: The captain gets an elegy|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/vp-sathyan-the-captain-gets-an-elegy/|date=18 February 2019|access-date=16 October 2020|work=The Times Of India|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128075653/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Arrackistan/vp-sathyan-the-captain-gets-an-elegy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=VP Sathyan commits suicide|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/vp-sathyan-commits-suicide/story-kV7EQqLJ2x6augoKVIKTyI.html|date=19 July 2006|access-date=16 October 2020|work=Hindustan Times|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303055016/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/vp-sathyan-commits-suicide/story-kV7EQqLJ2x6augoKVIKTyI.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഫുട്ബോളില്‍ ശ്വാസവായു നിറച്ച് വിപി സത്യന്‍ യാത്രയായിട്ട് പതിമൂന്നാണ്ട് |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/sports/football/football-news/former-indian-football-team-captain-vp-sathyan-13th-death-anniversary/articleshow/70278551.cms |date=18 July 2019 |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303055015/https://malayalam.samayam.com/sports/football/football-news/former-indian-football-team-captain-vp-sathyan-13th-death-anniversary/articleshow/70278551.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Sathyan started his career in 1983 representing [[Kerala]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]] National Championship. He attended the South Zone camp for Indian probables under [[Amar Bahadur]] in 1985. Strongly built and a capable defender, he joined the national team for the [[1985 South Asian Games|1985 SAF Games in Dhaka]]. By 1986, he had represented the country in the [[Nehru Cup]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and in the [[Seoul Asian Games]].

Sathyan was a key member of the Kerala Police Football team which won the [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]] twice in 1989–90 and in 1990–91. He went from the Kerala Police team to [[Kolkata]] in 1991, where he played for two seasons, one in [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]] and one in [[Mohun Bagan]] before returning to the Kerala Police again and then moving to [[Indian Bank]] in 1996. Sathyan served first as a player from 1995 to 2001 and then as the team's coach.

In 1991, Sathyan became the captain of the Indian team for the World Cup qualifiers in [[Beirut]] and [[Seoul]]. He led the [[India national football team|Indian team]] to a gold medal in the [[1995 South Asian Games|1995 SAF Games]] in Madras (Present Chennai).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060719/asp/sports/story_6496640.asp|title=A footballer who never got his due|date=19 July 2006|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-date=23 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023160144/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060719/asp/sports/story_6496640.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> He also led Kerala to the [[Santosh Trophy]] title in 1992.

Sathyan was the [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] player of the year in 1992. As a coach, he was an assistant to [[Stephen Constantine]] in 2002 when India toured South Korea.

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''.<ref>{{citation|url= http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/merdeka86.html|title= Merdeka Tournament 1986|access-date= 17 November 2018|archive-date= 8 January 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190108113551/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/merdeka86.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://m.sportskeeda.com/football/vp-sathyan-remembering-the-life-of-a-legend|title=SK Indian Football Tribute: VP Sathyan - Remembering the life of a legend|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717125849/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/vp-sathyan-remembering-the-life-of-a-legend|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru93.html|title=Nehru Cup 1993|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005151547/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru93.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1994worldcupq.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1994 World Cup Qualifiers|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819214928/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1994worldcupq.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 26 July 1986 || [[Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] || {{fb|South Korea}} || <center>'''3'''–3</center> || <center>4–3</center> ||1986 [[Pestabola Merdeka]]
|-
| 2. || 30 January 1993 || [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Chennai]], India|| {{fb|Cameroon}} || <center>'''1'''–2</center> || <center>2–2</center> || [[1993 Nehru Cup]]
|-
|3. || 7 May 1993 || [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]|| {{fb|Lebanon}} || <center>'''2'''–2</center> || <center>2–2</center> || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)]]
|-
|4. || 15 May 1993 ||[[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]||{{fb|Bahrain}} || '''1'''-2 || 1-2 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)]]
|-
|}

==Personal life==
VP Sathyan was born on 29 April 1965 in Mekkunnu near [[Chokli]], [[Kannur district]], to Vatta Parambath Gopalan Nair and Narayani Amma. He was married to Anitha and had a daughter, Athira. Suffering from depression, he died of suicide by jumping on to an oncoming train in [[Chennai]] on 18 July 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/jul/18satyan.htm | title=V P Sathyan commits suicide | date=18 July 2006 | publisher=Rediffnews | access-date=19 September 2011 | archive-date=18 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018005735/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/jul/18satyan.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The 2018 Indian biographical film ''[[Captain (2018 film)|Captain]]'' is based on Sathyan's life. [[Jayasurya]] portrayed Sathyan in the film, while [[Anu Sithara]] played his wife, Anitha.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/281016/jaysurya-in-movie-on-v-p-sathyan.html/ |title=Jaysurya in movie on V P Sathyan |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106232908/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/281016/jaysurya-in-movie-on-v-p-sathyan.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2019, Jayasurya won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in ''Captain''.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|94213|V. P. Sathyan}}
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060719/images/19sathyan.jpg His photo by Telegraph India.com]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2006/07/19/images/2006071911301701.jpg His photo (in black and white) by The Hindu News]
* [http://www.keralapolicehistory.com/sprts/styan.jpg His photo in Kerala Police's website]
* [http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/legends-of-indian-football-v-p-sathyan/ Article on Sathyan]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7TazD8Y82M Youtube Video]

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