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Isaiah Arumainayagam was a former Indian association football player. He represented India internationally.

Arumainayagam

Personal information
Full name	Isaiah Arumainayagam
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	Bangalore, Mysore State
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1968	Mohun Bagan
National team
	India
Teams managed
1994	India Women
Honours Men's football Representing  India Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Team AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 1964 Israel Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Arumainayagam was part of the India national football team during the golden era of the country's football under coaching of legendary Syed Abdul Rahim.[1] He was also part of the Indian team that achieved second place at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup in Israel.[2][3][4][5][6]

In Mohun Bagan AC, he played with Jarnail Singh, Chuni Goswami and others in the 1960s.[7]

Managerial career

He was the head coach of the India women's football team, when India's first international women's football tournament, named Jayalalitha Gold Cup was held at Chennai in 1994.[8]

Honours

Mohun Bagan[9]

• Durand Cup: 1963, 1964, 1965
• IFA Shield: 1961, 1962, 1967
• Rovers Cup: 1966
• Calcutta Football League: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

India

• Asian Games Gold medal: 1962
• AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964[10]
• Merdeka Tournament third-place: 1966[11]

Individual

• Mohun Bagan Ratna: 2014[12]

See also

• History of Indian football

References

Bibliography

• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
• "Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
• Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.
• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
• Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.

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