Sunil Chhetri, Indian football legend who still exists. Photo: Getty Images.
INDOSPORT.COM – If Sweden has Zlatan IbrahimovicIndia is also not inferior to the figure of Sunil Chhetri who still exists to play until he is no longer young.
Not much different from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sunil Chhetri is also a big star in his country.
The 38-year-old striker’s name is flying around the Asian football world fairly quickly, even though India itself is best known for its cricket.
He is currently wearing the Bengaluru club uniform after traveling to many places including Sporting Lisbon.
Sunil Chhetri also listed as a member of the Indian national team since 2005. With this team, he traveled the world for various competitions ranging from the AFC Cup to the South Asian Games.
Not just a player
While playing at the national team level, he had repeatedly caught the public’s attention with his actions on the pitch.
If you have to remember one thing, let’s say his actions when he participated in the 2019 Asian Cup. The existence he showed in that time even took him beyond the star record of Argentina national team, Lionel Messi.
Sunil Chhetri played for the Indian national team in the match against Thailand scoring two goals against Milovan Rajevac’s team.
Thanks to these goals, he exceeded Lionel Messi in the list of top scorers in international matches, namely 67 out of 105 appearances.
La Pulga himself scored 65 goals in 128 international appearances for the Argentina national team, then below him is Didier Drogba with 65 goals in 104 international appearances.
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