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Kalyan Chaubey (born 16 December 1976) is an Indian politician of Bhartiya Janta Party[1] and a former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current president of the All India Football Federation.

Kalyan Chaubey
Personal information
Full name Kalyan Chaubey
Date of birth (1976-12-16) 16 December 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth Kolkata, India
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Mohun Bagan 27
1997–1999 East Bengal 67
1999–2000 Mohun Bagan
2000–2001 Bengal Mumbai 17
2001–2003 Salagaocar 53
2003–2005 Mahindra United
2005–2007 JCT
2007–2009 Mumbai FC
2009–2010 Salagaocar
National team
1994 India U17
1996 India U20
1999–2006 India
President of All India Football Federation
In office
2 September 2022  Incumbent
Preceded byPraful Patel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Family


Chaubey hails from Kolkata, West Bengal. His younger sister Bulbuli Panja acts in Bengali TV Serials. Chaubey was married in 2004.


Career



Playing career


Chaubey graduated from Tata Football Academy in 1995 and became a professional football player through a proper grass-root system. He played as a goalkeeper and won the award – "Indian Goalkeeper of the Year" – in 1997–98 and 2001–02. He was member of the Indian teams at U-17 Asian Youth Championship 1994 in Iran and U-20 Asian Youth Championship 1996 in South Korea in 1996, the senior Indian national team from 1999 to 2006.[2]

He was part of the Indian team that won the SAFF Championship twice. He played the National Championship (Santosh Trophy) for five different states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab and Maharashtra. He played for Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal FC, Salgaocar SC, Mahindra United, JCT Phagwara, and Mumbai FC as a goalkeeper. He had a short loan spell at Bangladesh Muktiyodha, Dhaka. He also played for East Bengal and Mohun Bagan from 1996 to 2000.[3][4] In 2002, he trialled for the German club 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC,[5] and Verbandsliga Württemberg outfit VfR Heilbronn.[5]


Political career


After his retirement as footballer, he had a brief modelling career. He then took over as the CEO of Mohun Baagan Academy from 2010 to 2013. He was also a co-ordinator for the GOALZ Project 2012, which was developed by Kolkata Police and British Council for the underprivileged children.

In 2015, he turned to politics and joined Bhartiya Janta Party, and unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from West Bengal in 2019.


Administrative career


On 2 September 2022, Chaubey was elected as the President of the All India Football Federation after his 33–1 victory over rival candidate Bhaichung Bhutia.[6][7][8]


Honours


India

Individual


Political career


Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had nominated Chaubey as the party candidate from Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency) in 2019 Lok Sabha election, when he came second to Mohua Moitra of TMC.[9][10]




References


  1. "Krishnanagar Lok Sabha election results 2019 West Bengal: TMC's Mahua Moitra surges ahead of BJP's Kalyan Chaubey". Dna India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. Arunava, Chaudhuri. "News for the month of May: 1998". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 1999: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2000: India". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. Chaudhuri, Arunava (28 July 2002). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF July 2002 - Salgaocar SC's Bengali goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey is on his way to Germany". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. Sports Desk, FPJ (2 September 2022). "Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey appointed new AIFF President". www.freepressjournal.com. The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. "List of AIFF executive committee members & co-opted eminent players". khelnow.com. Khel Now. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. Media Team, AIFF (3 September 2022). "AIFF Executive Committee appoints Shaji Prabhakaran as new Secretary General". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. "BJP Nominates 'Goalie' Kalyan Chaubey To Fight From Krishnanagar". News From Nadia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  10. "Famous Goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey set to score goal for BJP in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency on April 29". The Indian Wire. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.



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