Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals during his team’s 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam. India suffered an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to tiny pacific island side Guam, ranked 33 places below them in the FIFA rankings, in their 2018 football World Cup qualifying group match here on Tuesday.Number of goals never matter for me. I never keep track of feats. I just play for my nation,” Chhetri said after the match ended in a 1-2 defeat for the visitors.
Ace India striker Chhetri, who was leading the side today, got his name on the score sheet one more time for the national side, but his effort in the dying moment was not enough, as Guam moved to the top of Group D with six points from two games.
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Stats Bout Striker Sunil Chhetri:
- Captain of the Indian national football team.
- He signed for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer in 2010, becoming the third player from the subcontinent of note to go abroad in 2010, becoming the third player from the subcontinent of note to go abroad.
- He helped India win the 2007 Nehru Cup, 2009 Nehru Cup, the 2012 Nehru Cup as well as the 2011 SAFF Championship.
- He was also one of India’s best players during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in which India won the tournament and thus qualified for their first AFC Asian Cup in 27 years
- He won AIFF Player of the Year four times in 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014
- Chhetri was on the commentating panel for the 2014 FIFA World Cup for Sony Six channel.
- Chhetri is India’s highest goal scorer in International matches with 47 goals.
