Noel Wilson

Noel Wilson
	Wilson with Mohun Bagan in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Noel Anthony Wilson
Date of birth	24 December 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Bangalore, India
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Chennaiyin (assistant)
Youth career
1996–1998	Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	FC Kochin
2000–2004	Churchill Brothers
2004–2006	Mohun Bagan
2006–2007	Mohamedan Sporting
2007–2011	Mumbai FC
International career
1998	India B
1998 - 2001	India
Managerial career
2019–2020	South United FC
2020–2024	Jamshedpur FC Reserves and Academy
2024–	Chennaiyin (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated January 26, 2025

Noel Anthony Wilson (born 24 December 1979) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Kochin, Churchill Brothers, Mohun Bagan, Mohamedan Sporting and Mumbai FC,^[2] in the I-League. He has represented the India national team on numerous occasions and also is a former graduate of Tata Football Academy.He currently the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC.

Club career

Tata Football Academy

Wilson began attending the Tata Football Academy in 1996, graduating in 1998 as part of the third batch of cadets alongside Mahesh Gawli and Deepak Kumar Mondal.^[7]

International career

Wilson represented the Blue Tigers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. His debut came in the AFC Qualifying tournament in Bangalore in the year 1998. The qualifiers also consisted of Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan. Upon qualifying and reaching the final round which was held in Thailand, India had to fend off strong teams like Qatar, Thailand, Kuwait & Uzbekistan. Wilson was a regular starter in this tournament.^[8]

Wilson then went onto representing the senior team in the 50yrs Independence Cup held in Sri Lanka in 1999. India played against Sri Lanka, Maldives, Malaysia. India had then played Sri Lanka in the final of the tournament. Wilson then played the SAFF Games held in Nepal in 1999.

After playing the Pre Olympics between Thailand in 2000, Wilson was a part of the team that played the Millennium Cup in Kochi in 2000. It involved teams such as Uruguay, Iceland and Indonesia.

He also played the World Cup Qualifiers held in Bangalore in 2001 vs UAE, Yemen, and Brunei, playing both the home and away legs.

Managerial career

After retiring from football, Wilson started to work as a mentor and youth coach at SUFC in March 2013.^[9]

Currently he is a regular at Roots Football Academy in Bangalore.

After successfully completing AFC C licence and AFC B licenses he is now an AFC A licence^[10] holder which only a handful of Indian coaches possess. Wilson was recently appointed as the head coach of South United FC, he took over from the Spanish coach Miki Lladó. His first managerial victory came against Fateh Hyderabad AFC when his side beat the later 1-0. This was also SUFC's first victory in 2018-19 I-League 2nd Division.

Wilson was appointed as Jamshedpur FC B Head Coach in January 2020. The team participated in the I-League 2nd Division and were on a good trajectory before the COVID-19 Pandemic stopped all football activities. Later in the year, Wilson was added to the senior team Technical Staff of Jamshedpur FC as Assistant Coach to Owen Coyle. Wilson also led the Jamshedpur FC B team in the 2021 Durand Cup in September 2021.

Honours

India

South Asian Games Bronze medal: 1999

Notes

↑ Does not include his appearance against Uruguay B on 15 January 2001.

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[2] Does not include his appearance against Uruguay B on 15 January 2001.

[1] "Noel Wilson". Goal. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[3] "Goan bashing for Mumbai FC". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times. 18 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.

[dh-4] 1 2 "'Football House' is cynosure of all eyes". Deccan Herald. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

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[6] "13 Indian footballers clear AFC 'C' license course". Goal. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[7] "Real Madrid Foundation to conduct soccer clinics in Mumbai". The Times of India. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[8] "List of ex-cadets by batch". Tata Football Academy. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[9] Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Wilson, Noel". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[10] "SUFC rope in Wilson as team mentor". Deccan Herald. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[15_COACHES_CLEAR_AFC_A_LICENSE,_9_CLEAR_AFC_B_CERTIFICATE_COURSE-11] "15 COACHES CLEAR AFC A LICENSE, 9 CLEAR AFC B CERTIFICATE COURSE". AIFF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

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