Jo Paul Ancheri
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Thrissur, Kerala, India | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–93 | SBT | ||
1993–94 | Mohun Bagan | ||
1994–97 | JCT Football Club | ||
1997–98 | FC Cochin | ||
1998–99 | Mohun Bagan | ||
1999–01 | FC Cochin | ||
2001–02 | East Bengal | ||
2002–04 | JCT Football Club | ||
2004–05 | Mohun Bagan | ||
National team | |||
1993–2005 | India | 39 | (10) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Jo Paul Ancheri (born 2 August 1976) is a former professional Indian football player who has also captained the Indian Football team.[1] He was named the AIFF Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation in 1994 and 2001.[2][3] He currently works as a Malayalam commentator and pundit on Star Sports Malayalam along with the leading commentator Shaiju Damodaran.[4]
Club career[edit]
Born in Trissur, Kerala, Ancheri began his professional career in 1992 by playing for State Bank of Travancore.[5] He went on to play for many leading football clubs including Mohun Bagan, JCT Football Club, FC Cochin, and East Bengal. He is a versatile player who can play in any position including defender, defensive midfielder, midfielder, and striker.[6] With JCT Mills, he won the 1996–97 National Football League.
International career[edit]
Ancheri made his senior international debut for India against Bangladesh on 14 September 1994 in a 4–2 win, where he scored a goal.[7]
Anchery was also a member of the Indian team for the Nehru Gold Cup in Calcutta, and of the under-23 side, which took part represented in the pre-Olympic tournament. He later suffered much by knee injury for rest of the season and came back with the colours of FC Kochin in 1997.[8]
Ancheri also played in a number of tournaments such as FIFA World Cup qualifiers, SAFF Championship and South Asian Games and helped the team winning the South Asian Football Federation Cup in 1999.[9][10]
He was also part of Syed Naeemuddin managed Indian team that participated in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and reached second round.[11][12]
In 2002, Ancheri was part of Bhaichung Bhutia led Indian team that lifted the LG Cup, in which they defeated host nation Vietnam 3–2.[13] He later appeared in 2003 Afro-Asian Games, in which India finished as runners-up behind Uzbekistan.[14]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- JCT Mills
- FC Kochin
- Durand Cup: 1997[17][18]
- IFA Shield: runner-up 1997[19][20]
- Kerala State Championship: 1997
- Mohun Bagan
- Indian Federation Cup: 1998
- IFA Shield: 1998, 1999
- East Bengal
- IFA Shield: 2001
- Durand Cup: 2001, 2002
International[edit]
- India
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Krishnaswamy, Karthik (25 August 2010). "He's unstoppable". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ "Jo Paul Ancheri named Player of the Year". The Hindu. 31 December 2001. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ AIFF award Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Star Sports to air AFC Asian Cup in six languages | Programming | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri veethi.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021
- ↑ Indian Football "HALL OF FAME" indianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021
- ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2021
- ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri - A tough ride to the top Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 31 August 2021
- ↑ "South Asian Gold Cup 1999 (Margoa, Goa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "SAFF Gold Cup 1999". SAFF. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1998 Bangkok". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ↑ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ↑ "India win LG Cup football". Rediff. 10 August 2002. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ "Afro-Asian Games 2003". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ↑ Menon, Ravi (17 March 1997). "JCT wins inaugural Philips NFL title". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "Fairplay bonus for JCT". The Indian Express. 20 March 1997. Archived from the original on 21 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "When two Durand champions got together". sportstar.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ↑ "India beat Vietnam to win LG Cup football". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
External links[edit]
- Jo Paul Ancheri at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1975 births
- Indian footballers
- India international footballers
- Malayali people
- Footballers from Thrissur
- SC East Bengal players
- Sree Kerala Varma College alumni
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Association football utility players
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Association football commentators
- Indian sports broadcasters