Tamil Nadu football team

Tamil Nadu
Full name Tamil Nadu Football Club
Ground Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Owner Tamilnadu Football Association
League Santosh Trophy

The Tamil Nadu football team is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Prior to 1972, the team competed as 'Madras'.

Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are P. Nageshwara Rao, A. Satyanarayanan, Gandhi (RBI), Guna Singh, Samson Gunapandian, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Thangaraj, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Sriramulu, Gurunathan, Sundarajan, Viswanathan, Edwin Ross (Winger), Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper), Syed Sabir Pasha, Raman Vijayan, Kalia Kulothungan and Orlando Rayen[1].

Tamil Nadu Squad

Goalkeepers: Kaushik Desai(Regular), Muthu Kumaran (Regular), Arun Pradeep (Customs), Alex (AGORC), Vignesh (FCI);

Defenders: Sathish (Postal), Hariharan (SAI), Dinakaran (IT), Naveen (AGORC), Prasad (Arrows), Nirmal (Customs).

Mid-fielders: Sudhakar (Customs), S. Karthik (Indian bank), Sathishkumar (Customs), Charles (Railways), Vikram Vishwas Patil (Indian bank), Stejin (AGORC).

Strikers: Raegan Albarnas (IT), Amiruddin (SAI), Thulir S.S. M'nen D'souza Cron (Regular), David (ICF), Azeem (Central Excise), Jayakumar (Customs).

Chief coach: D. Sekaran; Assistant Coach: Unni (SAI); Manager: Orlando Rayan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Metro Plus Chennai, The Hindu (26 September 2002). "Memories of a different era". The Hindu. The Hindu.
  2. ↑ http://footballnewsindia.in/tamil-nadu-announces-santosh-trophy-squad/


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