Bineesh Balan

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Bineesh Balan
Personal information
Full name Bineesh Thottunkal Balan
Date of birth (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Thrissur, Kerala, India
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Kerala
Youth career
2004–2008 TFA
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Churchill Brothers 49 (14)
2014–15 Pune
2016–18 FC Kerala
2018 FC Thrissur
International career
India U14
India U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2014

Bineesh Thottunkal Balan (born 1 January 1989) is an Indian footballer who plays for FC Thrissur.

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Career

Early career

Bineesh started his career very early at his school days playing for Panampally Nagar School, Ernakulam and winning a lot of awards and appreciations. He represented his district Thrissur and Kerala at sub junior levels.

He made a lot of good performances at Tata Football Academy after joining them in 2004. He was top scorer in the JRD Cup, Jharkhand League and many more competitions and has captained the academy. He managed to score an impressive 19 goals from 7 matches in Jharkhand League for TFA.

This consistent performances led him to the Goan giants Churchill Brothers S.C. who captured him in 2009.

He has represented India U14 and India U19 levels and has played in many major tournaments like Wales International Soccer Tournament, England and has scored against the youth teams of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Airhot United. [1]

Churchill Brothers

Balan started his career with Churchill Brothers [2] during the I-League 2010-11 season. That season he played in 12 matches while scoring in six of them. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bineesh Balan". Football Kerala. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Churchill Brothers FC Goa". sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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