Football Players' Association of India

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Football Players' Association of India
AbbreviationFPAI
Founded13 August 2006;17 years ago (2006-08-13)
Type Professional football player organisation
Location
Region served
Flag of India.svg  India
Official language
English
President
 Renedy Singh
Affiliations FIFPro (since 2007)
Website www.thefpai.net

The Football Players' Association of India or (FPAI) is an association for Indian association footballers. [1] Created in 2006, it aims to "look after the welfare of players and educate and advice them by engaging professionals". [2] [3] It was created by former Indian national team captain Bhaichung Bhutia. In 2007, it got affiliated to FIFPro. [4]

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History

The FPAI was formed on 13 August 2006 as a brainchild of India national football team's then captain Bhaichung Bhutia. He said that the body would "function as the parent body of the players" and added that it would "work with the national and state associations for the game's development" and ensure "fair treatment for footballers". [2] Membership was opened to players, both Indian and foreign.

FPAI became an affiliate of FIFPro on 18 November 2009 at the FIFPro Congress in Budapest.

FPAI Awards

In 2009, the FPAI announced annual awards in four categories. [5] In 2022, awards in women's category were introduced. Current FPAI awards are the following:

Winners

2009–2021
Year Indian Player
of the Year 		Foreign Player
of the Year		Young Player
of the Year		Coach of the YearRef
2008–09 Sunil Chhetri Flag of Nigeria.svg Odafa Okolie Baljit Sahni Flag of England.svg Dave Booth [6]
2009–10 Mohammed Rafi Flag of Nigeria.svg Odafa Okolie Joaquim Abranches Flag of India.svg Armando Colaco [7]
2010–11 Mehtab Hussain Flag of Brazil.svg Beto Jeje Lalpekhlua Flag of Morocco.svg Karim Bencherifa [8]
2011–12 Syed Rahim Nabi Flag of Nigeria.svg Ranti Martins Manandeep Singh Flag of England.svg Trevor Morgan [9]
2012–13 Lenny Rodrigues Flag of Nigeria.svg Ranti Martins Alwyn George Flag of India.svg Derrick Pereira [10]
2013–14 Balwant Singh Flag of Scotland.svg Darryl Duffy Alwyn George Flag of England.svg Ashley Westwood [11]
2014–15 Eugeneson Lyngdoh Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Nordé Thongkhosiem Haokip Flag of India.svg Santosh Kashyap [12]
2015–16 Jeje Lalpekhlua Flag of Nigeria.svg Ranti Martins Udanta Singh Kumam Flag of England.svg Ashley Westwood [13]
2016–17 Anas Edathodika Flag of Liberia.svg Alfred Jaryan Udanta Singh Kumam Flag of India.svg Khalid Jamil [14]
2017–18 Sunil Chhetri Flag of Colombia.svg Miku Jerry Mawihmingthanga Flag of Spain.svg Albert Roca [15]
2018–19 Sunil Chhetri Flag of Spain.svg Coro Lallianzuala Chhangte Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eelco Schattorie [16]
2019–20 Sunil Chhetri Flag of Fiji.svg Roy Krishna Jerry Mawihmingthanga Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Lobera [17]
2020–21 Arindam Bhattacharya Flag of Spain.svg Igor Angulo Lalengmawia Ralte Flag of India.svg Khalid Jamil [17]
2022–present
Year Indian Player
of the Year
(Men's) 		Indian Player
of the Year
(Women's) 		Foreign Player
of the Year		Young Player
of the Year
(Men's)		Young Player
of the Year
(Women's)		Coach of the YearRef
2021–22 Liston Colaco Anju Tamang Flag of Nigeria.svg Bartholomew Ogbeche Akash Mishra Manisha Kalyan Flag of Spain.svg Manolo Márquez [18]
2022–23 Lallianzuala Chhangte Grace Dangmei Flag of Scotland.svg Greg Stewart Sivasakthi Narayanan Naketa Bishnoi Flag of England.svg Des Buckingham [19]

Key personnel

Management committee

Past Presidents

See also

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