ABOUT BHAICHUNG BHUTIA...

BORN : 15th December, 1976

BIRTHPLACE : Tinktim, Sikkim

HEIGHT : 170 cms (5'8")

POSITION : Striker

CLUB CAREER :

1987-90 - Tashi Namgyal Academy (Sikkim)

1990-93 - SAI Centre (Gangtok)

1993-95 - East Bengal

1995-97 - JCT Mills (Phagwara)

1997-99 - East Bengal

1999 - 2002 - Bury FC (England)

2002 - 03 - Mohun Bagan

2003 - Perak FC (Malaysia) [On Loan from August to October]

2003 - 05 - East Bengal

2005 - Selangor MK Land (3-month short-term deal)

2006-07 - Mohun Bagan
 
INDIA INTERNATIONAL SINCE 1995 - -

HONOURS -

1. Best Player of the Subroto Cup (1992).

2. Youngest Goalscorer for India in 1995 (Match-winner v/s Uzbekistan at the Nehru Cup).

3. Best Player of the Calcutta Super Division, 1995.

4. Top Scorer of the Calcutta Super Division, 1995.

5. Indian Player of the Year (1996).

6. Top Scorer of the first National Football league, 1996-97.

7. Best Player of the first National Fooball League.

8. Top Scorer at SAAF Cupm 1999.

9. Best Player at SAAF Cup, 1999.

10. Voted 'Asian Player of the Month' in May 1999 and October 2002.

11. First Indian Player to be transfered to a European Professional Club.

12.Sikkim State Award, 1999.

13. Arjuna Award, 1999.

14. First Asian Player to score a goal in Professional Englishgame (on 15th April, 2000).

15. Top Scorer of the first Asian Club Championship 2003 in Indonesia.

16. The Sikkimese Government has built a stadium - the Bhaichung Stadium in Namchi, the District Headquarters (in honour of Bhutia).
 
PERSONAL LIFE :

He married to his longtime girlfriend Madhuri Tipnis on 27th December, 2004 in his native place at tinkitam (South Sikkim).
 

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