Ashish Chettri Explained

Ashish Chettri
Birth Date:22 December 1992
Birth Place:Sikkim, India
Currentclub:United Sikkim
Clubnumber:22
Position:Defender
Years2:2012–
Clubs2:United Sikkim
Caps2:16
Goals2:0
Nationalyears1:2007–2008
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:1

Ashish Chettri (born 22 December 1992 in Sikkim, India) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender.

Career

United Sikkim

After spending time at Royal Wahingdoh, Chettri signed for newly promoted United Sikkim F.C. of the I-League.[1] Chettri made his professional debut for United Sikkim against Pune F.C. on 20 September 2012 during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup at the Keenan Stadium in which United Sikkim lost 1–0.[2]

International

Chettri played for India U16 during the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship. He made his debut at the under-16 level during qualifying on 27 October 2007 against Sri Lanka U17 coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Tanmoy Ghosh as India U16s won the match 6–0.[3] He scored his first goal at U-16 level on 7 November 2007 against Bhutan in 34th minute as India U-16 went on to win that match and qualify for the final rounds of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United Sikkim squad. United Sikkim Football Club (Facebook). 22 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Pune FC 1-0 United Sikkim FC (Federation Cup GS). Pune Football Club. 22 September 2012.
  3. Web site: INDIA U16 6-0 Sri Lanka U16. Indian Football. 22 September 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001452/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/news/news200710.html. dead.
  4. Web site: INDIA U16 4-0 BHUTAN U16. Indian Football. 22 September 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003122/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200711.html. dead.