The talismanic Indian National Football player, the Captain Fantastic, Sunil Chhetri is adding another feather to his cap by completing 15 years of representing the nation in the international fields.
Making his debut in the National football team of India in the year 2005, Sunil has played 115 matches for India till date with 72 goals.
But that’s not it, his achievements come in a long list as the athlete is the second Indian player after Bhaichung Bhutia to play 100 international games.
The Padma Shri awardee falls just a little behind the world’s most renowned player Cristiano Ronaldo in the number of international strikes and was named as ‘Asian Icon’ by AFC on his 34 birthday.
Compiling some of his achievements, the Indian Football team’s official social media page shared a video of some jaw-dropping moments from Sunil’s gameplay.
Take a look:
We've seen some absolute stunners
in the #15YearsOfSC11 Let's relive some of those jaw-dropping
goals from @chetrisunil11 @praful_patel @KirenRijiju @FIFAcom @theafcdotcom @Media_SAI @IndiaSports#BackTheBlue #BlueTigers #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/JSZmd3HB3B — Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 8, 2020
The page has also started an interactive session asking the fans and followers of Indian Football team to drop in their favourite moment of Sunil Chettri along with several pictures of the footballer from the arena.
He has been with #IndianFootball
all the way, be it sun or rain Reply with your favourite @chetrisunil11 memories using #15YearsOfSC11
#BackTheBlue #BlueTigers pic.twitter.com/3JEkXCaMci — Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 9, 2020
