Shilton Paul

Shilton Paul

Personal information
Full name	Shilton Paul
Date of birth	(1988-06-10) 10 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Maslandapur, West Bengal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
2000–2006	Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2020	Mohun Bagan	257	(0)
2014	→ Chennaiyin (loan)	4	(0)
2015	→ Kerala Blasters (loan)
2016	→ ATK (loan)
2020–2022	Churchill Brothers	23	(0)
2020	→ Bhawanipore (loan)	3	(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 I-League club Churchill Brothers. ^[1]

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]

Club	Season	League			CFL		Cup		AFC		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mohun Bagan	2012–13	I-League	19	0	7	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	30	0
	2013–14		13	0	10	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	28	0
	2014–15		6	0	5	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		0	0	15	0
	2015–16		1	0	5	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	7	0
	2016–17		3	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	6 [lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	10	0
	2017–18		17	0	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 5]	0	—		—		21	0
	2018–19		11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	2019–20		0	0	1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	—		1	0
Chennaiyin (loan)	2014	Indian Super League	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Kerala Blasters (loan)	2015		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
ATK (loan)	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Churchill Brothers	2020–21	I-League	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Bhawanipore (loan)	2020	I-League 2nd Division	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
Churchill Brothers	2021–22	I-League	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
Career total			100	0	5	0	7	0	112	12

1. 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. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
6. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan

• I-League (2): 2014–15, 2019–20
• Federation Cup (3): 2006, 2008, 2015–16
• Calcutta Football League (3): 2008, 2009, 2018
• Sikkim Governors Gold Cup (1): 2017

Atletico de Kolkata

• Indian Super League: 2016

Individual

• I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2017–18 ^[8]
• Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018
• Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018
• Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019

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.

• Mukherjee, Soham (28 August 2018). "CFL 2018: Mohun Bagan face stern test against Aryan before Kolkata Derby". Goal.com. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

External links

• Interview in Mohun Bagan Official Website, dated 10 October 2007