Raman Vijayan

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Raman Vijayan
Personal information
Full name Raman Vijayan
Date of birth (1973-06-04) 4 June 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth Kandramanickam, Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala Women (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996-1997 East Bengal
1997–1998 Kochin 18 (10)
1998–1999 East Bengal 29 (14)
2000–2001 Mahindra United 25 (7)
2001–2002 Dempo 12 (1)
2002–2003 East Bengal 1 (0)
2004–2005 Mohammedan 36 (15)
International career
1996–2001 India 30 (7)
Managerial career
2012 Delhi Dynamos
2012–2014 South United
2015 Chennai
2015–2016 Delhi Dynamos (assistant coach)
2017–2018 Chennai United
2023–2025 Chennaiyin
2025– Gokulam Kerala Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raman Vijayan (born 4 June 1973) is an Indian football coach and former footballer. He is the founder of Noble Football Academy and Raman Vijayan Soccer School. He is currently serving as the head coach of the Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala.

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Raman is one of two Indian footballers, the other being Baichung Bhutia, to be the top scorer in the old National Football League after he scored 10 goals during the 1997–98 season.

Club career

Raman started his footballing career with East Bengal FC 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. [1]

Later in his career, he went on to play for CPT in the Calcutta Football League. [2]

International

Raman has represented the India national football team during his playing career.[ citation needed ]

Coaching career

For the 2012 I-League 2nd Division Raman was hired to coach Bangalore side KGF Academy. [1]

After coaching South United, Vijayan went back to Tamil Nadu to coach Chennai FC. [3]

In July 2015, it was announced that Vijayan would become the assistant coach at Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos. He would also be the technical director of the team's grassroots program. [4]

Honours

India

Bengal

East Bengal

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 ":::: The Aiff ::::". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Season ending transfers 2008". Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Raman Vijayan to use his wealth of experience". The Hindu. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Former India footballer Raman Vijayan signs as Delhi Dynamos assistant coach". FirstPost. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava; Jönsson, Mikael; Bobrowsky, Josef (13 February 2014). "India 1996/97 – List of Champions: Santosh Trophy". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 18 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bengal lift record sixth crown". tribuneindia.com. The Tribune India. Press Trust of India. 5 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "From the History Book". All India Football Federation. the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Leading Goal Scorers". Rediff.com. 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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