Crispin Chettri

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Crispin Chettri
Personal information
Full name Crispin Chettri
Date of birth (1975-01-20) 20 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Kurseong, West Bengal, India
Team information
Current team
Odisha (head coach)
Youth career
Willamson Magor Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Mohun Bagan
Tollygunge Agragami
United
International career
1999–2000 India U19
Managerial career
2020–2021 Mohammedan (assistant)
2021– Odisha (state)
2021–2022 Sethu
2022– Odisha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Crispin Chettri (born 20 January 1975) is an Indian professional football manager and former footballer, who is currently the head coach of Indian Women's League club Odisha. [1] He has also represented India at the youth level internationally. [2]

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Early life

Chettri hails from Kurseong, located in the Darjeeling district.

Playing career

Chettri has represented the clubs Mohun Bagan, Tollygunge Agragami and United SC in the domestic leagues. [2] [3] He represented Assam at the state level in Santosh Trophy and also later represented Bengal, Maharashtra and Sikkim.

International career

Chettri was selected for the Indian youth team that toured Mauritius in 1999. He represented the Indian U19 team at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers held at Sri Lanka in 2000. [4] [5]

Coaching career

Chettri had his first coaching job as the assistant manager of the Kolkata club Mohammedan SC which was playing in the I-League. [6]

Sethu FC

Chettri was named the head coach of the Sethu FC for the 2021–22 Indian Women's League season. They finished as runners-up for the season behind Gokulam Kerala. [7]

Odisha FC

Chettri was named the head coach of the Odisha FC Women for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season. Under his coaching, Odisha FC won their first domestic trophy Odisha Women's League in the 2022–23 season. [8] They qualified for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League, where they finished as quarter-finalists in their debut appearance at the first tier.

Chettri led Odisha to their maiden Indian Women's League title in the 2023–24 season. [9]

Managerial statistics

As of 24 March 2024

All competitive games (league, domestic and continental cups) are included.

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Sethu 20212022111001090.9
Odisha 2022present302532083.3
Total413533085.4

Honours

Player

United SC

Manager

Sethu FC

Odisha FC

Odisha

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