Today i.e. on 15th December, former captain of the Indian football team, footballer Baichung Bhutia is celebrating his 48th birthday. He was very famous for his shooting skills.

Today i.e. on 15th December, former captain of the Indian football team, footballer Baichung Bhutia is celebrating his 48th birthday. He was very famous for his shooting skills. For this reason, Baichung Bhutia is also known as ‘Sikkimese Sniper’. Bhutia has received the title of ‘God’s gift to Indian football’. He is famous all over the world for his brilliant game. So let us know about some interesting things related to the life of footballer Baichung Bhutia on the occasion of his birthday…

Birth and family

Baichung Bhutia was born on 15 December 1975 in Tinkitam, Sikkim. His parents used to do farming in Sikkim. He did not want Bhutia to pursue a career in sports. But after his father’s death, Bhutia’s uncle Karma Bhutia supported him in playing football. At the age of just 9, Bhutia won a football scholarship. After which he got a chance to go to SAI’s training academy in Gangtok.

career

Let us tell you that he started his football career with East Bengal Club. Where Baichung Bhutia spent four seasons with the I-League football team. Then in the year 1992, Bhutia attracted attention by winning the Best Player Award. Bhutia signed with English club Bury in 1999 and became the first Indian player to sign with a European club. Under his captaincy, India won the SAFF Cup thrice and the Nehru Cup twice.

Apart from this, under the captaincy of Baichung Bhutia, the Indian football team won the FC Challenge Cup in the year 2008 and India played the Asia Cup for the first time since 1984. Bhutia played more than 100 matches in his 16-year career and scored 43 goals, which was a record in itself. On August 24, 2011, he announced his retirement from football and now he has started a new innings in politics.