Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the ISL (Indian Sup er League) side Bengaluru and the Indian National Football Team. Popularly known as Captain Fantastic, having scored the second highest number of goals in international matches among active male players after Cristiano Ronaldo and 6th on the all time list, he is both the most – capped player and all time top goal-scorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115 appearances. Sunil Chhetri was named an 'Asian Icon' by AFC on his 34th birthday. He helped India win the 2007, 2009, 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 then led India in scoring during their short-lived campaign at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup with two goals. Chhetri has also been named AIFF Player of the Year a record six times in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018–19. Hear him talk about his ambitions for the Olympics 2021 (Tokyo) with Rica Roy in the Podcast Guts , Gumption and Glory – The voice of Indian Sports on the RedFM India App

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Guts Glory Gumption - The Voice of Indian Sports with Rica Roy

Covid-19 led to the postponement of the Olympic Games, but the year 2021 is all set for the Games. The Olympic torch relay has begun and so we turn our focus to Sports and Sportspeople who are training to hit t ... heir peak. Some of them are in bio-bubbles, others in training centres, academies; some others preparing for podium finish in non-Olympic disciplines. NDTV's Deputy Editor Rica Roy is in conversation with 30 of these prolific performers- able-bodied, para & special athletes, who are in their quest for glory, on our podcast series GUTS GLORY GUMPTION, The Voices of Indian Sports