Sunil Chhetri, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Indian national team who doesn’t know the word tired

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 name of the 38-year-old striker is flying quite quickly in the world of Asian football even though India itself is best known for its sport of cricket.

He currently wears the Bengaluru club uniform after migrating to a number of places including Sporting Lisbon.

Sunil Chhetri also listed as a member of the Indian national team since 2005. With this team, he participated in various competitions ranging from the AFC Cup to the South Asian Games.

Not a random player

While playing at the national team level, he had repeatedly caught the public’s attention with his actions on the pitch.

If you must remember one thing, let’s call it his actions during the 2019 Asian Cup competition. The existence he showed in that time even took him beyond the records of the Argentina national team star Lionel Messi.

Sunil Chhetri became the star of the Indian national team in the match against Thailand by scoring two goals against Milovan Rajevac’s team.

Thanks to the goal, he exceeded Lionel Messi in the list of top scorers in international matches, which is 67 out of 105 appearances.

La Pulga himself scored 65 goals in 128 international matches for the Argentine national team, then Didier Drogba with 65 goals in 104 international matches.

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