Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kalyan Chaubey | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kolkata, India | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Tata Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Mohun Bagan | 27 | ||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | East Bengal | 67 | ||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Mohun Bagan | |||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Bengal Mumbai | 17 | ||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Salagaocar | 53 | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Mahindra United | |||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | JCT | |||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Mumbai FC | |||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Salagaocar | |||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | India U17 | |||||||||||||||
1996 | India U20 | |||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | India | |||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kalyan Chaubey (born 16 December 1976) is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party[1] and a former professional football goalkeeper.[2] He is the current president of the All India Football Federation.[3][4][5]
Family
[edit]Chaubey is from Kolkata, West Bengal. His younger sister Bulbuli Panja is a Bengali television actress. Chaubey married his wife Sohini in 2004. They have one daughter - Aishani.
Career
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Chaubey graduated from Tata Football Academy in 1995. He played as a goalkeeper and won the award – "Indian Goalkeeper of the Year" – in 1997–98 and 2001–02. He was member of the Indian teams at U-17 Asian Youth Championship 1994 in Iran and U-20 Asian Youth Championship 1996 in South Korea in 1996, the India national team from 1999 to 2006.[6]
He was part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Championship twice. He played the National Championship (Santosh Trophy) for five different states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab and Maharashtra. He played for Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal FC, Salgaocar SC, Mahindra United, JCT Phagwara, and Mumbai FC as a goalkeeper.[7] He had a short loan spell at Bangladesh Muktiyodha, Dhaka. He also played for East Bengal and Mohun Bagan from 1996 to 2000.[8][9] In 2002, he trialled for the German club 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC,[10] and Verbandsliga Württemberg outfit VfR Heilbronn.[10]
Administrative career
[edit]After his retirement as footballer, he had a brief modelling career. He was the CEO of Mohun Bagan academy from 2010 to 2013. He was also a co-ordinator for the GOALZ Project 2012, developed by Kolkata Police and British Council, to support underprivileged children.
On 2 September 2022, Chaubey was elected as the President of the All India Football Federation after his 33–1 victory over former India international footballer Bhaichung Bhutia.[11][12][13]
Political career
[edit]In 2015, he turned to politics and joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He was nominated by the BJP as its candidate for the Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency) the 2019 Indian general election but lost to Mahua Moitra of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC).[14][15]
Honours
[edit]India
- SAFF Championship: 1999, 2005
- South Asian Games Bronze medal: 1999
Individual
- Indian Goalkeeper of the Year: 1997–98, 2001–02
References
[edit]- ^ "Krishnanagar Lok Sabha election results 2019 West Bengal: TMC's Mahua Moitra surges ahead of BJP's Kalyan Chaubey". Dna India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (31 October 1999). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF October 1999". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 29 March 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ AIFF, Media Team (16 February 2023). "AIFF condoles the demise of Tulsidas Balaram". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Media Team, AIFF (12 March 2023). "Champions RoundGlass Punjab end season in style, hit half-century of points". i-league.org. Panchkula. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (21 March 2023). "Tough-tackling former Salgaocar defender Anthony Rebello no more". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Arunava, Chaudhuri. "News for the month of May: 1998". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Mumbai Football Club launched". Rediff News. 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 1999: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2000: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b Chaudhuri, Arunava (28 July 2002). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF July 2002 — Salgaocar SC's Bengali goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey is on his way to Germany". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Sports Desk, FPJ (2 September 2022). "Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey appointed new AIFF President". www.freepressjournal.com. The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "List of AIFF executive committee members & co-opted eminent players". khelnow.com. Khel Now. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Media Team, AIFF (3 September 2022). "AIFF Executive Committee appoints Shaji Prabhakaran as new Secretary General". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "BJP Nominates 'Goalie' Kalyan Chaubey To Fight From Krishnanagar". News From Nadia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Famous Goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey set to score goal for BJP in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency on April 29". The Indian Wire. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Kalyan Chaubey at Goal.com (archived)
- Official website (archived)
- Official portal of Kalyan Chaubey
Further reading
[edit]- "After Shillong United shut shop, a look at clubs that withdrew from the I-League in the last 5 years". scroll.in. Scroll. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- Media Team, AIFF (12 May 2023). "Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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