New Delhi. Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri’s 37th birthday is today i.e. on 3 August. Born in Telangana, Sunil Chhetri has achieved many big milestones in his career. Chhetri is the highest goal scorer for India. Sunil Chhetri, who made his international debut in 2007 against Pakistan, had many ups and downs in his career but Sunil did not give up and kept working hard. Today, even though Chhetri is the Kohinoor of Indian football, there was a time when the coach of the team called him a failed player. Let us tell you some things about the captain of the football team-
Sunil Chhetri Career
Sunil Chhetri has scored 74 goals in 118 matches in his international career. His goals per match average is 0.63 which was better than Ronaldo and Messi. Ronaldo’s goals per match average is 0.61, while Messi scores 0.5 goals per match for Argentina. By the way, in terms of most international goals among the current players, Ronaldo remains at number one with 109 goals. UAE’s Ali Mabkhaut and Lionel Messi are second with 76 goals and Sunil Chhetri at number three.
Sunil’s family
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri’s father was in the army, so he lived in many parts of the country. Sunil did his schooling in Gangtok. After this he studied from Army Public School, Delhi. He also studied in Kolkata and left his studies after 12th class because after that his football career was very bright.