Santosh Kashyap is a

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who is current head coach of

Chennaiyin FC B Chennaiyin Football Club Reserves and Academy also known as Chennaiyin FC B is the youth system of Indian Super League side Chennaiyin. Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the reserve side was founded on 12 January 2018 and participated in I-League 2 ...

. During his professional career, he represented

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in international level and

Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club (formerly known as Mahindra & Mahindra) was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Founded in 1962, the club competed in the I-League, then top tier of Indian football league system, befo ...

in the National Football League. Previously, he has been youth coach at

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 ...

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Kashyap went into coaching. His first job was as the Mahindra United U-19 coach. During his last season with the Mahindra Youth Team he guided them to the Super Division title in the Mumbai Football League.

Air India

Before the 2010-11 I-League season Santosh signed for

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club

Air India FC Air India Football Club is an Indian professional football club, founded by Anand Prajapati in 1952, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They are sponsored by Air India, and have enjoyed some success in the MDFA Elite League. They have also competed ...

. Despite the low amount of funds that were given to Santosh he still managed to keep Air India out of the relegation zone.

Mohun Bagan

Kashyap was appointed

coach on 26 May 2012. However, he resigned after only two matches in

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and a poor performance in 2012 Federation Cup.

ONGC

After resigning from Mohun Bagan, he was appointed by

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for the rest of the season.

Rangdajied United

Kashyap managed

Rangdajied United F.C. Rangdajied United FC (formerly known as Ar-Hima) is an Indian professional association football club based in Mawngap-Mawphlang, approximately 20 km south-west of Shillong, East Khasi hills, Meghalaya. Founded in 1987, the club participate ...

for

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season. However, On 21 February 2014, he was sacked by the team after a disappointing start of the season.

Royal Wahingdoh

Kashyap was appointed the coach for newly promoted Royal Wahingdoh before the start of the

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. Under his coaching, Royal Wahingdoh ended the season in third position. However, Royal Wahingdoh pulled out of I-League and Kashyap left the club.

NorthEast United

In June2015 Kashyap was appointed as the assistant coach of

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club

NorthEast United FC NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Supe ...

. At the end of the season he left the club.

Salgaocar

Kashyap was appointed as Salgaocar head coach in 2015–16 season. Kashyap parted ways with the club on 27 April 2016 at the end of the season.

Mumbai

On 22 June 2016,

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announced that Kashyap will take over as head coach for the 2016-17 season.

Aizawl

Kashyap was appointed as the head coach by the defending champions, Aizawl F.C.

Personal life

His son Sameer Kashyap is also a footballer who plays as forward, and represented DSK Shivajians at the U16 level and Chennaiyin's reserve team in the

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Statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Mahindra United *

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runner-up: 1993 India *

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Bronze medal:

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References

External links

News archive
on Santosh Kashyap at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashyap, Santosh 1966 births Living people Footballers from Delhi Indian footballers India international footballers Mahindra United FC players Indian football managers Air India FC managers Mohun Bagan AC managers Salgaocar FC managers I-League managers Association football forwards Aizawl FC managers Bengal Mumbai FC players South Asian Games medalists in football South Asian Games bronze medalists for India