Shilton Paul

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Shilton Paul
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Paul during a practice session in Mohun Bagan
Personal information
Full name Shilton Paul
Date of birth (1988-06-10) 10 June 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Maslandapur, West Bengal
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Asos Rainbow
Youth career
2000–2006 Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2020 Mohun Bagan 257 (0)
2014Chennaiyin (loan) 4 (0)
2015Kerala Blasters (loan)
2016ATK (loan)
2020–2022 Churchill Brothers 23 (0)
2020Bhawanipore (loan) 3 (0)
2024Asos Rainbow 11 (0)
International career
2006 India U-20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Calcutta Football League club Asos Rainbow. [1]

Contents

Career

Mohun Bagan AC

After graduating from Tata Football Academy, Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan 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. [2]

Chennaiyin FC

In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohun Bagan in first Indian Super League season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League. [3]

Kerala Blasters FC

Shilton represented Kerala Blasters FC 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. [4]

Churchill Brothers

After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal. [5] He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over Indian Arrows in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021. [6]

International

He made 3 appearances for India in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup and was on the bench for qualifiers for the 2007 Asian Cup.

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

As of 6 May 2022 [7]
ClubSeasonLeague CFL Cup AFC OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2006–07 NFL 50?000
2007–08 I-League 60?0
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13 190701 [lower-alpha 1] 03 [lower-alpha 2] 0300
2013–14 1301004 [lower-alpha 1] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 0280
2014–15 60504 [lower-alpha 1] 000150
2015–16 1050001 [lower-alpha 4] 00070
2016–17 30001 [lower-alpha 1] 06 [lower-alpha 4] 000100
2017–18 170103 [lower-alpha 5] 0210
2018–19 11000110
2019–20 00001 [lower-alpha 6] 010
Total60028014070401230
Chennaiyin (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 400040
Kerala Blasters (loan) 2015 000000
ATK
(loan)
2016 000000
Churchill Brothers 2020–21 I-League900090
Bhawanipore (loan) 2020 I-League 2nd Division 300030
Churchill Brothers 2021–22 I-League14000140
Career total1000507011212
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearance in All Airlines Gold Cup
  3. Appearance in IFA Shield
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  6. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan

Atletico de Kolkata

Individual

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References

  1. "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". Times of India. 23 July 2020.
  2. "Mohun Bagan's Shilton Paul delighted to be best goalkeeper of I-League – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. Dunn, Carrie; Welford, Joanna (1 December 2014). Football and the FA Women's Super League. doi:10.1057/9781137480323. ISBN   9781137480323.
  4. "আই লিগের দ্বিতীয় ডিভিশনে ভবানীপুরের দূর্গ সামলাবেন শিল্টন". bangla.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. Ganguly, Abhishek (23 July 2020). "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. Ghosh, Riju (11 January 2021). "Indian Arrows 2-5 Churchill Brothers FC: Post-match Analysis". Football Express. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. Shilton Paul at Soccerway
  8. "I-League 2017–18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. Chandigarh: The FirstPost News. Press Trust of India. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.