Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is an Indian professional

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who last played as a

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for

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club

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

Career

Mohun Bagan AC

After graduating from

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, Paul signed with

club

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 ...

in 2006. He got to play his first match in an AFC Cup encounter. Since his debut, Shilton has been an integral part of the Mohun Bagan team every year. Although an excellent goalkeeper, he sometimes got to play the second fiddle when the likes of Sangram Mukherjee, Sandip Nandy and Debjit Majumder were present in the team. He was handed over the Captaincy of Mohun Bagan in 2014 and led his side to victory in the 2014-15 I-League campaign.

Chennaiyin FC

In 2014 he joined

Chennaiyin Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Football in India, Indian football. The club was founded in Au ...

on loan from Mohun Bagan in first

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season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.

Kerala Blasters FC

Shilton represented

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in ISL Season 2.

Atletico De Kolkata

Shilton represented Atletico De Kolkata in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach José Francisco Molina for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.

Bhawanipore FC

Shilton joined Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore F.C. in September 2020.

Churchill Brothers

After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal. He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football talen ...

in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021.

International

He made 3 appearances for

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in the

2006 AFC Challenge Cup The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no quali ...

and was on the bench for qualifiers for the

2007 Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its hi ...

. He represented India in the 22nd JRD Tata Cup at Jamshedpur in 2003. He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship(U-16) at Japan in 2004. He represented India in the 10th South Asian Games at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006. He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship at Kolkata in 2006.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan *

(2): 2014–15, 2019–20 *

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(3): 2006, 2008, 2015–16 * Calcutta Football League (3): 2008, 2009, 2018 * Sikkim Governors Gold Cup (1): 2017

Atletico de Kolkata

: 2016

Individual

*I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2017–18 *Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018 *Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018 *Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019

References

External links

Interview in Mohun Bagan Official Website, dated 10 October 2007
1988 births Living people People from North 24 Parganas district Footballers from West Bengal Indian men's footballers I-League players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Men's association football goalkeepers Indian Super League players Chennaiyin FC players Kerala Blasters FC players ATK (football club) players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Calcutta Football League players {{India-footy-bio-stub