Jo Paul Ancheri

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Jo Paul Ancheri
Personal information
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
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
  • IFA Shield: 2001
  • Durand Cup: 2001, 2002

International[edit]

India

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Krishnaswamy, Karthik (25 August 2010). "He's unstoppable". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ AIFF award Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Star Sports to air AFC Asian Cup in six languages | Programming | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri veethi.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021
  6. ↑ Indian Football "HALL OF FAME" indianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021
  7. ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2021
  8. ↑ Jo Paul Ancheri - A tough ride to the top Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 31 August 2021
  9. ↑ "South Asian Gold Cup 1999 (Margoa, Goa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "SAFF Gold Cup 1999". SAFF. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1998 Bangkok". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "India win LG Cup football". Rediff. 10 August 2002. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  14. ↑ "Afro-Asian Games 2003". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "Fairplay bonus for JCT". The Indian Express. 20 March 1997. Archived from the original on 21 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "When two Durand champions got together". sportstar.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  21. ↑ "India beat Vietnam to win LG Cup football". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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