Raman Vijayan (born 4 June 1973) is a former
India
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n football player, founder of Noble Football Academy And RamanVijayan Soccer School. He also worked as commentator for the
Indian Super League
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on Star Sports Tamil.
Raman is one of two Indian footballers, other than
Baichung 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 ...
, to be the top scorer in the old
National Football League
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after he scored 10 goals during the
1997–98 season.
Club career
Raman started his footballing career with
East Bengal FC
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before the National Football League began in 1996. After the 1997-98 season, Raman became the top scorer in the NFL that season after he scored 10 goals.
Later in his career, he went on to play for
CPT in the
Calcutta Football League
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.
International
Raman has represented the
India national football team
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Indian team, which was once cons ...
during his playing career.
Coaching career
For the
2012 I-League 2nd Division
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Stadiums
The 2012 I-League 2n ...
Raman was hired to coach
Bangalore
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side
KGF Academy
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His ...
.
After coaching
South United, Vijayan went back to Tamil Nadu to coach Chennai FC.
In July 2015, it was announced that Vijayan would become the assistant coach at
Indian Super League
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side
Delhi Dynamos
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. He would also be the technical director of the team's grassroots program.
Honours
India
*
SAFF Championship
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:
1997
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South Asian Games
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Bronze medal:
1999
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Bengal
*
Santosh Trophy
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:
1996–97,
1998–99
East Bengal
*
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* Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament
*Federation Cup ...
:
1996
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Individual
*
National Football League (India)
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Golden Boot:
1997–98
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vijayan, Raman
1977 births
Living people
Indian footballers
India international footballers
Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
Footballers from Tamil Nadu
Association football forwards
Asian Games competitors for India
FC Kochin players
South Asian Games medalists in football
South Asian Games bronze medalists for India