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I. M. Vijayan

Inivalappil Mani Vijayan is a former professional Indian football player. Playing in the striker position, he formed a successful attacking partnership with Baichung Bhutia for the Indian national team in the late nineties and early 2000s. Vijayan was crowned Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 1999,the first player to win the award multiple times.He was also awarded the Arjuna award in 2003. Vijayan started out as a seller of soda in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kerala earning 10 paise (0.02 Cents) a bottle. Eventually he was chosen to play for the Kerala Police club and rose to become one of the top names in domestic football. A highly aggressive player, he eventually became the highest earner in Indian club football as well as a regular in the India team. He scored one of the fastest ever international goals in a match against Bhutan in the 1999 SAF Games, when he managed to do the same in 12 seconds. Faster international goals on record include ones by Davide Gualtieri in 8 seconds and Hakan Şükür in 11 seconds. Vijayan's talents attracted interest from clubs in Malaysia and Thailand, although he spent his entire career in India until retirement. By the end of his career he had scored 40 international goals in 79 matches for India. Since retiring from international football Vijayan has set up a football academy to train young players in his home town.Since a short gap presently he is playing for Kerala Police.


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Born:
Apr 25, 1969 In Thrissur, Kerala, India
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie Shantham 2001-02-27
Latest Project:
Movie Idiyan Chandhu 2024-07-19
Known For
Poster of Abrahaminte Santhathikal
Poster of Mattancherry
Poster of Mythily Veendum Varunnu...
Poster of Quotation
Filmography
Movie Idiyan Chandhu 2024-07-19
Movie Lovefully Yours Veda 2023-03-03
Movie Siddy 2022-10-07
Movie The Teacher Gunashekharan 2022-12-02
Movie Ganesha Meendum Santhippom 2019-04-05
Movie Bigil Alex 2019-10-17
Movie Porinju Mariam Jose Kuriyachira George 2019-08-23
Movie Mattancherry 2018-03-09
Movie Abrahaminte Santhathikal Jalal 2018-06-15
Movie The Great Father Anto 2017-03-30
Movie Mythily Veendum Varunnu... 2017-07-21
Movie Gethu Rajendran 2016-01-14
Movie Komban Muthukalai 2015-03-27
Movie KQ 2013-09-27
Movie Gulmohar Kariyathan 2008-10-07
Movie Kisan Himself 2006-07-01
Movie Thimiru Chinna Karuppu 2006-08-04
Movie Ben Johnson 2005-06-01
Movie Quotation 2004-12-30
Movie Shantham 2001-02-27