Profile details
- Born
- 25 Apr 1969
- Birthplace
- Thrissur
- State listed
- Kerala
- Country
- India
- Position
- forward
- Sport
- Football
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Arjuna Award
Statistics
About
Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (Malayalam: [ɐjɐniʋɐɭɐpːil mɐɳi ʋidʒɐjɐn], born 25 April 1969), also known by the nickname Kalo Harin (Blackbuck), is an Indian former professional footballer who captained the India national football team. He played as a striker, where he formed a successful attacking partnership with Bhaichung Bhutia for the India national football team in the late nineties and early 2000s. Vijayan started his career with the Kerala Police football club and rose to become one of the top names in domestic football.
Biography adapted from I. M. Vijayan on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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