Crispin Chettri (born 20 January 1975) is an Indian professional football manager and former footballer, who is currently the head coach of Indian Women's League club Odisha.[1] He has also represented India at the youth level internationally.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Crispin Chettri | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Kurseong, West Bengal, India | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Odisha (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Willamson Magor Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Tollygunge Agragami | |||
| United | |||
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | India U19 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Mohammedan (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Odisha (state) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sethu | ||
| 2022– | Odisha | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editChettri hails from Kurseong, located in the Darjeeling district.
Playing career
editChettri has represented the clubs Mohun Bagan, Tollygunge Agragami and United SC in the domestic leagues.[2][3] He represented Assam at the state level in Santosh Trophy and also later represented Bengal, Maharashtra and Sikkim.
International career
editChettri was selected for the Indian youth team that toured Mauritius in 1999. He represented the Indian U19 team at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers held at Sri Lanka in 2000.[4][5]
Coaching career
editChettri had his first coaching job as the assistant manager of the Kolkata club Mohammedan SC which was playing in the I-League.[6]
Sethu FC
editChettri was named the head coach of the Sethu FC for the 2021–22 Indian Women's League season. They finished as runners-up for the season behind Gokulam Kerala.[7]
Odisha FC
editChettri was named the head coach of the Odisha FC Women for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season. Under his coaching, Odisha FC won their first domestic trophy Odisha Women's League in the 2022–23 season.[8] They qualified for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League, where they finished as quarter-finalists in their debut appearance at the first tier.
Chettri led Odisha to their maiden Indian Women's League title in the 2023–24 season.[9]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 6 October 2024
All competitive games (league, domestic and continental cups) are included.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Sethu | 2021 | 2022 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 90.9 |
| Odisha | 2022 | present | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 81.8 |
| Total | 44 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 84.1 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editUnited SC
- Kalinga Cup: 2005[10]
Manager
editSethu FC
- Indian Women's League runner-up: 2021–22
Odisha FC
Odisha
- National Games Gold medal: 2023; Silver medal: 2022[11]
References
edit- ^ "Odisha FC launch women's team; Crispin Chettri named new coach". The Times of India. 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Crispin Chettri". Orisports. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Crispin Chettri appointed as coach to Mohammedan Sporting Club". The Darjeeling Chronicle. 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Indian U19 National Team at the 2000 Asian Junior Cup Qualifiers:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
- ^ "AFC Youth Championship 2000". RSSSF.
- ^ "Kurseong player made coach of Mohammedan". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Invincible Gokulam Kerala FC pip Sethu FC to win the IWL 2021-22 title". Sportskeeda. 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Odisha FC crowned OWL champions; ECoR runners-up". Orisports.com. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease". i-league.org. I-League. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Eveready edge out Bada Jagarini | Football News - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. PTI. 29 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.