Shilton Paul

Shilton Paul is an Indian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.[1]

Shilton Paul
Personal information
Full name Shilton paul
Date of birth (1988-06-10) 10 June 1988
Place of birth Maslandapur, West Bengal, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Churchill Brothers
Youth career
2000–2006 Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2020 Mohun Bagan 257 (0)
2014 → Chennaiyin (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Kerala Blasters (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Atlético de Kolkata (loan) 0 (0)
2020– Churchill Brothers 1 (0)
National team‡
2006 India U-21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Career

Mohun Bagan AC

After graduating from Tata Football Academy, Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan in 2006. He got to play his first match in an AFC Cup encounter. Since his debut, Shilton has been an integral part of the Mohun Bagan team every year. Although an excellent goalkeeper, he sometimes got to play the second fiddle when the likes of Sangram Mukherjee, Sandip Nandy and Debjit Majumder were present in the team. He was handed over the Captaincy of Mohun Bagan in 2014 and led his side to victory in the 2014-15 I-League campaign.[2]

Chennaiyin FC

In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohan Bagan in first Indian Super League season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.[3]

Kerala Blasters FC

Shilton represented Kerala Blasters FC in ISL Season 2.

Atletico De Kolkata

Shilton represented Atletico De Kolkata in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach Jose Molina for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.

International

He made 3 appearances for India in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup and was on the bench for qualifiers for the 2007 Asian Cup.

He represented India in the 22nd JRD Tata Cup at Jamshedpur in 2003.

He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship(U-16) at Japan in 2004.

He represented India in the 10th South Asian Games at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006.

He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship at Kolkata in 2006.

Career statistics

Stats accurate as of 12 July 2020 [4]

Club Season League AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals!
Mohun Bagan 2012–13 I-League190——190
2013–14 130——130
2014–15 60——60
2015–16 101020
2016–17 30--30
2017–18 17060230
2018–19 110--110
2019–20 00--00
Mohun Bagan Total 74070810
Chennaiyin FC
2014 Indian Super League40--40
Chennaiyin FC Total 40––40
Kerala Blasters FC
2015 Indian Super League00--00
Kerala Blasters FC Total 00––00
Atletico de Kolkata
2016 Indian Super League00--00
Atletico De Kolkata Total 00––00

Honours

Club
Mohun Bagan

Atletico de Kolkata

Individual
  • I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2018
  • Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018
  • Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018
  • Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Mohun Bagan's Shilton Paul delighted to be best goalkeeper of I-League – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. Dunn, Carrie; Welford, Joanna (1 December 2014). Football and the FA Women's Super League. doi:10.1057/9781137480323. ISBN 9781137480323.
  4. int.soccerway.com/players/shilton-pal/72550/
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