Carlton Chapman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlton Anthony Chapman | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bangalore, Karnataka State, India | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1991 | Southern Blues | ||
| 1991–1993 | Tata Football Academy | ||
| 1993–1995 | East Bengal | ||
| 1995–1997 | JCT Mills | ||
| 1997–1998 | Kochin | ||
| 1998–2001 | East Bengal | ||
| National team | |||
| 1995–2001 | India | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2008 | Tata Football Academy | ||
| 2008 | Royal Rangers | ||
| 2009–2013 | Royal Wahingdoh | ||
| 2013–2014 | Bhawanipore FC | ||
| 2014– | Students Union | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Carlton Chapman (born 13 April 1971) is an Indian football coach and a former player who captained of the Indian national team. As a midfielder, he played for India between 1995 and 2001, when he announced his retirement. At the club level, he had a successful career, having had two spells with East Bengal and one with JCT Mills.
As a coach, he had a 6-year spell with I-League 2nd Division club Tata Football Academy from 2002 to 2008, and then with Royal Wahingdoh FC.
He is currently the head coach of Students Union of the Bangalore Super Division.[2]
Playing career
Chapman began his club career with Sai Centre, Bangalore in the mid-1980s. He then played for Southern Blues, a Bangalore club, and Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur, before signing for East Bengal in 1993. He had a fruitful two years at Bengal until signed by JCT Mills in 1995. In 1993, his first season with Bengal, he scored a hat-trick against the Iraqi club Al-Zawra at the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, a match that Bengal won 6-2.[3][4]
During his spell at JCT Mills, the team won 14 tournaments, with a team that had I. M. Vijayan and Baichung Bhutia, both of who are regarded as India's all-time greats.[5] After one season with Kochi in 1997–98, Chapman returned to his former club, East Bengal in 1998. The team won the I-League under his captaincy in 2001, before he annunced his retirement from professional football.
In the Santosh Trophy, Chapman played for Karnataka, Punjab and West Bengal.
Coaching career
2002–2013
Following his retirement from playing, Chapman coached the Tata Football Academy team, then in I-League 2nd Division, from 2002 to 2008. He quit in 2008, after the team was not allowed to play in the first division by its management even after having qualified. During these years, he had stints with the Indian under-19 team as an assistant coach and with the Jharkhand under-19 team in 2003 and 2005. Following his departure from Tata Football Football Academy, he had a stint with a New Delhi club, Royal Rangers, in 2008.[4][6] He was then approached by Royal Wahingdoh, a club based in Shillong. He guided the team to three successive Shillong Premier League wins and the Bordoloi Trophy win in 2011.[7]
2013–present
In 2013, he was signed by Bhawanipore FC, a Kolkata based club, that plays in the I-League 2nd Division, after having missed qualifying to the first division by a point in the 2013 season.[8]
References
- ↑ "Carlton Chapman". indianfootball.de. indianfootball.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Babu Cyriac, Biju. "Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian up Winners' Cup 1993/94". rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- 1 2 "TheHardTackle Exclusive Interview – Carlton Chapman". thehardtackle.com. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alex Ferguson model inspires Carlton Chapman". The Times of India. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Carlton Chapman (Provisional B License)". The Times of India. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Dribbling success". The Hindu. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Chapman joins Kolkata's Bhawanipore as head coach". goal.com. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.