List of India international footballers

This is a list of Indian international footballers, who have played for the India national football team since its foundation in 1938, before the country's independence. Players with 20 or more official caps are listed here.[1] [2][3]

  • Bold denotes players still playing professional football.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 4 July 2023.

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Sunil Chhetri[4] 2005– 146 93
2 Bhaichung Bhutia[5] 1995–2011 82 27
3 Shabbir Ali[6] 1974–84 72 23
Climax Lawrence[7] 2003–11 72 3
5 Gouramangi Singh[8] 2006–13 71 6
6 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu[9] 2011– 67 78 (conceded)
7 Subrata Pal[10] 2007–2017 67 92 (conceded)
8 I. M. Vijayan[11] 1989–2004 66 29
Mahesh Gawli[12] 2000–11 66 1
10 Sandesh Jhingan[13] 2015– 61 5
11 Syed Rahim Nabi[14] 2004–13 61 7
12 Renedy Singh[15] 1999–2011 59 4
13 Jeje Lalpekhlua[16] 2011–2019 56 23
14 Surkumar Singh[17] 2001–11 52 2
Pritam Kotal[18] 2015– 52 0
16 Steven Dias[19] 2004–11 51 7
17 Anirudh Thapa[20] 2017– 49 4
18 Deepak Mondal[21] 1999–2011 47 0
19 Udanta Singh[22] 2016– 46 2
20 Clifford Miranda[23] 2005–14 45 6
21 N. P. Pradeep[24] 2005–11 42 9
22 Samir Subash Naik[25] 2002–12 38 0
23 P. K. Banerjee[6] 1952–67 36 19
24 Abhishek Yadav[26] 2002–11 35 4
Rowllin Borges[27] 2015– 35 2
26 Manvir Singh[28] 2017– 34 6
Subhasish Bose[29] 2017– 34 0
28 Jo Paul Ancheri[30] 1992–2004 33 7
Anwar Ali[31] 2008–2019 33 0
Ashique Kuruniyan[32] 2018– 33 2
31 Mehrajuddin Wadoo[33] 2005–11 32 2
32 Mehtab Hossain[34] 2005–15 31 2
Francis Fernandes[35] 2005-2015 31 1
34 Robin Singh[36] 2012–2019 30 5
Sahal Abdul Samad[37] 2019- 30 3
36 Anthony Pereira[38] 2009–2013 29 3
Narayan Das[39] 2011– 29 1
38 Jewel Raja[40] 2010–2013 28 3
39 Sushil Kumar Singh[41] 2008–2012 27 2
Arnab Mondal[42] 2013–2016 27 1
Lallianzuala Chhangte[43] 2015– 27 7
Halicharan Narzary[44] 2015–2021 27 1
43 Raju Gaikwad[45] 2011–2022 25 0
44 Eugeneson Lyngdoh[46] 2015–2021 24 0
Pronay Halder[47] 2017– 24 1
46 Lenny Rodrigues[48] 2012– 23 0
47 Rahul Bheke[49] 2019– 22 1
48 Anas Edathodika[50] 2017–2021 21 0
Note. There might be more footballers who have played 20 or more official international matches for India.

References

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  12. ^ "Gawli,Mahesh". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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  14. ^ "Nabi,Syed Rahim". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Singh,Renedy". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Lalpekhlua,Jeje". www.nationalfootballteams. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Singh,Irrungbam Surkumar". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Kotal,Pritam". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Dias,Steven". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Thapa,Anirudh". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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  28. ^ "Manvir Singh". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  32. ^ "Kuruniyan,Ashique". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  33. ^ "Wadoo,Mehrajjudin". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  34. ^ "Hossain,Mehtab". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  35. ^ "Fernandes,Francis". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  36. ^ "Singh,Robin". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  37. ^ "Abdul Samad,Sahal". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  38. ^ "Pereira,Anthony". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  39. ^ "Das,Narayan". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  40. ^ "Shaikh,Jewel Raja". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  41. ^ "Singh,Sushil Kumar". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  42. ^ "Mondal,Arnab". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  43. ^ "Chhangte,Lallianzuala". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  44. ^ "Narzary,Holicharan". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  45. ^ "Gaikwad,Raju". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  46. ^ "Lyngdoh,Eugeneson". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  47. ^ "Halder,Pronay". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  48. ^ "Rodrigues,Lenny". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  49. ^ "Bheke,Rahul". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  50. ^ "Edathodika,Anas". www.nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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