Bino George Chiramal Padinjarathala (born 22 November 1976) is an Indian professional

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(coach) and former

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. He was the

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assistant coach to Stephen Constantine for the

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. He is currently coaching the

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teams. He passed the

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and became the first pro licence holder from

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Playing career

Non-league

Bino started playing at the age of 14, when he was studying in Govt. Model Boys School,

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. Then he went on to play Inter-Collegiate and District level Football tournaments. He was a member of the Tamilnadu State Under-21 Football Team and represented

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Football Team in All India Inter University Championship held at

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in 1998.

Professional career

Bino started his professional career by playing for

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Port Trust,

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in 1997. Then he moved to

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, which is considered to be the

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of Indian football. He joined Mohammedan in 1998. Then in 2000, he moved to

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and joined UB Club. After a season long stay in Bengaluru, he returned to

to join Kochin in 2002.

Coaching career

George served as the

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of the now defunct

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as well as the Kerala state team in the 35th National Games and 2015 Santosh Trophy nurturing footballers like CK Vineeth,

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and CS Sabeeth. He is currently working as a football coach at Kerala State Sports Council. On 24 July 2015, it was announced that the

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appointed George as the head coach of the first team. On 13 September 2016, George passed the

and became the first AFC Pro Licence holder from Kerala. In January 2017, a new football team Gokulam Kerala based in

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signed George as the head coach, but in the latter days he joined the

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position. Gokulam Kerala subsequently bid for a place in the

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and joined the league from 2017–18. In August 2021, George was appointed as the head coach of Kerala United for the upcoming

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. Under his stewardship, Kerala United narrowly missed out on qualification to the

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, winning two out of the four group stage matches.

Kerala

In September 2021, George was named head coach of

for the Santosh Trophy South Zone qualifiers. On 5 December, his

side qualified for the Santosh Trophy finals, beating

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4–1 and winning all nine points in the

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. On 2 May 2022, George helped

win the

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after a pulsating shootout win over heavyweights

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. His side was praised for playing an attractive brand of football to win the title on home soil after a long gap of 29 years.

East Bengal

In July 2022, George was appointed head coach of

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for the

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and

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and

to Stephen Constantine for the

, if needed.

Statistics

Managerial statistics

References

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