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Jo Paul Ancheri (born 2 August 1976) is an Indian football coach and former player, currently working with Super League Kerala club Forca Kochi FC. He also had captained the India national football team. He was named the AIFF Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation in 1994 and 2001. He recently worked as a Malayalam commentator and pundit on Star Sports Malayalam with the leading commentator Shaiju Damodaran.




Club career


Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Ancheri began his professional career in 1992 playing for State Bank of Travancore. He went on to play for many leading football clubs including Mohun Bagan, JCT Mills, FC Kochin, and East Bengal. He was a versatile player who could play in any position including defender, defensive midfielder, midfielder, and striker. With JCT Mills Phagwara, he won the 1996–97 National Football League.




International career


Ancheri made his senior international debut for India against Bangladesh on 14 September 1994 in a 4–2 win, when he scored a goal. Ancheri was also a member of the Indian team for the Nehru Gold Cup in Calcutta, and of the under-23 side, which took part in the pre-Olympic tournament. He later suffered a knee injury for the rest of the season and came back with the colours of FC Kochin in 1997.
Ancheri played in a number of tournaments such as FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the SAFF Championship, and the South Asian Games, and helped the team win the South Asian Football Federation Cup in 1999. He was part of the Syed Naeemuddin-managed Indian team that participated in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and reached the second round.
With India, he appeared in the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers, when India defeated teams like United Arab Emirates, Brunei and Yemen. India secured 11 points from 6 matches, the same as Yemen, but finished behind them due to an inferior goal difference. In that year, Ancheri was part of the Bhaichung Bhutia-led Indian team that won the LG Cup, defeating the host nation Vietnam 3–2. He later appeared in the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, when India finished as runners-up behind Uzbekistan.




International goals






Honours


JCT Mills

National Football League: 1996–97
Indian Federation Cup: 1996
Durand Cup: 1996
FC Kochin

Durand Cup: 1997
IFA Shield: runner-up 1997
Kerala State Championship: 1997
Mohun Bagan

Indian Federation Cup: 1998
IFA Shield: 1998, 1999
East Bengal

IFA Shield: 2001
Durand Cup: 2001, 2002
India

SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; runner-up: 1995; third place: 2003
South Asian Games Gold medal: 1995; Bronze medal: 1999
Afro-Asian Games silver medal: 2003
India U-23

LG Cup: 2002
Maharashtra

Santosh Trophy runner-up: 1999–2000
Individual

AIFF Player of the Year: 1994, 2001




See also


List of India international footballers
List of India national football team captains




References






Bibliography


Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
Sarkar, Dhiman (25 March 2018). "India's football past gasping for survival". hindustantimes.com. Kolkata: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.




Further reading


Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016). "All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Menon, Ravi (7 December 1999). "FC Kochin rope in coach Chathunni". expressindia.indianexpress.com. Kochi: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
Vinod, A. (4 May 2002). "A futile exercise, to say the least". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2021.




External links


Jo Paul Ancheri at Soccerway
Biography at indianhotdeal.com
Jo Paul Ancheri at National-Football-Teams.com

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