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Indian footballer
Jo Paul Ancheri (born 2 August 1976) is an Indian former professional
football player who captained the
Indian Football team .
[2] He was named the
AIFF Player of the Year by the
All India Football Federation in 1994 and 2001.
[3] He currently[
when? ] works as a Malayalam
commentator and pundit on
Star Sports Malayalam with the leading commentator
Shaiju Damodaran .
[4]
Club career
Born in
Thrissur , Kerala, Ancheri began his professional career in 1992 playing for
State Bank of Travancore .
[5] He went on to play for many leading football clubs including
Mohun Bagan ,
JCT Mills ,
[6]
[7]
FC Kochin ,
[8] and
East Bengal . He was a versatile player who could play in any position including
defender ,
defensive midfielder ,
midfielder , and
striker .
[9] With JCT Mills Phagwara, he won the
1996–97 National Football League .
[10]
International career
Ancheri made his senior international debut for India against
Bangladesh on 14 September 1994 in a 4–2 win, when he scored a goal.
[11] Ancheri was also a member of the Indian team for the
Nehru Gold Cup in
Calcutta , and of the under-23 side, which took part in the pre-Olympic tournament. He later suffered a knee injury for the rest of the season and came back with the colours of
FC Kochin in 1997.
[12]
Ancheri played in a number of tournaments such as
FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the
SAFF Championship , and the
South Asian Games , and helped the team win the
South Asian Football Federation Cup in 1999.
[13]
[14] He was part of the
Syed Naeemuddin -managed Indian team that participated in the
1998 Asian Games in
Bangkok and reached the second round.
[15]
[16]
With India, he appeared in the
2002 World Cup Qualifiers , when India defeated teams like United Arab Emirates, Brunei and Yemen. India secured 11 points from 6 matches, the same as Yemen, but finished behind them due to an inferior goal difference.
[17] In that year, Ancheri was part of the
Bhaichung Bhutia -led Indian team that won the
LG Cup , defeating the host nation
Vietnam 3–2.
[18] He later appeared in the
2003 Afro-Asian Games , when India finished as runners-up behind Uzbekistan.
[19]
International goals
Honours
JCT Mills
FC Kochin
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
IFA Shield: 2001
Durand Cup: 2001, 2002
India
India U-23
Maharashtra
Individual
See also
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