Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 – 13 December 2012) was an Indian footballer who represented his country in the 1952 Olympic Games.[1][2]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Thulukhanam Shanmugham | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1920-06-19)June 19, 1920 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Austin Town, Bangalore, India | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | December 13, 2012(2012-12-13) (aged 92) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
– | Maharaja Socials | |||||||||||||||
– | Bangalore Student FC | |||||||||||||||
– | Sullivan Police SC | |||||||||||||||
1944–1954 | Mysore | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
– | India | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1978 | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||
1979–1996 | Salgaocar FC | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Austin Town, Bangalore,[3] Shanmugham played for Mysore State for most of his career, spurning offers to play for teams from Kolkata.[3] He was a gold medalist at the first Asian Games in 1951.[3]
After retiring from his playing career, Shanmugham became a coach and achieved two Federation Cup victories as manager of Salgaocar.[3]
Shanmugham was a police officer by profession and served the Mysore city police for 35 years, working as a security officer to two state governors.[3]
India
Mysore
Salgaocar
Mysore
Goa
India squad – 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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