Profile details
- Born
- 28 Jan 1918
- Birthplace
- Kohima
- State listed
- Nagaland
- Country
- India
- Position
- defender
- Sport
- Football
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1948 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1948Competed at 1948 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Talimeren Ao (28 January 1918 – 13 September 1998) was an Indian footballer and physician from Nagaland. He is best known as the captain of the India national football team in their first ever match after independence. One of the most famous Nagas, he was a figurehead of India's football history, and his name is resonant in the collective memory of the people.
Biography adapted from Talimeren Ao 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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