Kalyan Chaubey (born 16 December 1976) is an Indian politician of
Bhartiya Janta Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
and a former professional
football
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goalkeeper. He is the current president of the
All India Football Federation
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It is affiliated to Ministry o ...
.
Family
Chaubey is from
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
. His younger sister
Bulbuli Panja
Bulbuli Panja is an Indian actress who works in Bengali cinema and television . She was born in Patna, Bihar. She has acted in movies like Bapi Bari Jaa (2012), Cockpit and Bolo Dugga Mai Ki. She has appeared in Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla seri ...
is a Bengali televsion actress. Chaubey married his wife Sohini in 2004. They have one daughter - Aishani.
Career
Playing career
Chaubey graduated from
Tata Football Academy
Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is an association football academy situated in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned football academies in India.
History
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in 1995. He played as a goalkeeper and won the award – "Indian Goalkeeper of the Year" – in 1997–98 and 2001–02. He was member of the Indian teams at U-17 Asian Youth Championship 1994 in Iran and U-20 Asian Youth Championship 1996 in South Korea in 1996, the senior Indian national team from 1999 to 2006.
He was part of the Indian team that won the
SAFF Championship
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twice. He played the National Championship (
Santosh Trophy
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) for five different states of
Jharkhand
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, West Bengal,
Goa
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,
Punjab
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and
Maharashtra
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. He played for Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal FC, Salgaocar SC, Mahindra United, JCT Phagwara, and Mumbai FC as a goalkeeper. He had a short loan spell at Bangladesh Muktiyodha, Dhaka. He also played for
East Bengal
ur,
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, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
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and
Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...
from 1996 to 2000. In 2002, he trialled for the German club
2. Bundesliga
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side
Karlsruher SC
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,
and
Verbandsliga Württemberg
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outfit
VfR Heilbronn
FC Heilbronn () was a German association football club based in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg formed in 2003 out of a merger between VfR Heilbronn () and Heilbronner SpVgg.
In 2012 the club merged with the football department of Union Böckinge ...
.
Honours
India
*
SAFF Championship
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:
1999
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,
2005
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*
South Asian Games
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Bronze medal:
1999
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Individual
*Indian Goalkeeper of the Year: 1997–98, 2001–02
Administrative career
After his retirement as footballer, he had a brief modelling career. He was the CEO of
Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...
academy from 2010 to 2013. He was also a co-ordinator for the GOALZ Project 2012, developed by
Kolkata Police
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and
British Council
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, to support underprivileged children.
On 2 September 2022, Chaubey was elected as the President of the
All India Football Federation
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It is affiliated to Ministry o ...
after his 33–1 victory over former India international
Bhaichung Bhutia
Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often ...
.
Political career
In 2015, he turned to politics and joined the
Bhartiya Janata Party
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(BJP). He was nominated by the BJP as its candidate for the
Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency (occasionally referred as Krishnagar) is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituenc ...
the
2019 Indian general election
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but lost to
Mohua Moitra of the
Trinamool Congress
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(TMC).
External links
Kalyan Chaubeyat
Goal.com
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(archived)
Official website(archived)
Official portal of Kalyan Chaubey
References
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Kolkata
Indian footballers
India international footballers
India youth international footballers
Mohun Bagan AC players
East Bengal Club players
Salgaocar FC players
Bengal Mumbai FC players
JCT FC players
Mumbai FC players
Mahindra United FC players
Association football goalkeepers
West Bengal politicians
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal
South Asian Games medalists in football
South Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Indian sports executives and administrators
Indian football executives