Ashish Chettri (born 22 December 1992 in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

) is an Indian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

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 The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

. 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.

International

Chettri played for India U16 during the

qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

for the

2008 AFC U-16 Championship The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers was held in 2007 from ...

. 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. 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.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2013''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chettri, Ashish Indian footballers 1992 births Living people Footballers from Sikkim Indian Gorkhas I-League players United Sikkim F.C. players Association football defenders