Tamil Nadu football team

Tamil Nadu Football Team
Full name	Tamil Nadu Football Team
Ground	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Owner	Tamil Nadu Football Association
League	Santosh Trophy

The Tamil Nadu football team is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, in 1972–73 and 2012, and have never won. Tamil Nadu team reached Semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy in the year 2009,^[1]^[2] where they lost to the Goa football team. Prior to 1972, the team competed as 'Madras'.

Tamil Nadu Squad

The team selected for 2013 Santosh Trophy;^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Arun Pradeep (Customs)
—	GK	IND	Alex (AGORC)
—	GK	IND	Vignesh (FCI)
—	DF	IND	Sathish (Postal)
—	DF	IND	Hariharan (SAI)
—	DF	IND	Dinakaran (IT)
—	DF	IND	Naveen (AGORC)
—	DF	IND	Prasad (Arrows)
—	DF	IND	Nirmal (Customs)
—	MF	IND	Sudhakar (Customs)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	S. Karthik (Indian bank)
—	MF	IND	Sathish kumar (Customs)
—	MF	IND	Charles (Railways)
—	MF	IND	Vikram Vishwas Patil (Indian bank)
—	MF	IND	Stejin (AGORC)
—	FW	IND	Raegan Albarnas (IT)
—	FW	IND	Amiruddin (SAI)
—	FW	IND	David (ICF)
—	FW	IND	Azeem (Central Excise)
—	FW	IND	Jayakumar (Customs)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Orlando Rayan^[4]
Head Coach	D. Sekaran
Assistant Coach	Unni (SAI)

Player history

Some of the former Tamil Nadu state football players are Samson Gunapandian, Simon Sundararaj,^[5] J. Krishnaswamy, Raman Vijayan, Syed Sabir Pasha, Kalia Kulothungan,^[6] Robin Charles Raja, V. Soundararajan, P.M. Radhakrishnan, P. Nageshwara Rao,^[7] M. Thangaraj,^[8] Gandhi (RBI), Edwin Ross (Winger), D'Cruz (ICF), Orlando Rayen, A.U. Celestine (Goal Keeper), P.V. Sriramulu, A. Satyanarayanan, Guna Singh, Koshy, Kumar, Thomas, Arumaiyanayagam, Thanikachalam, Chandran Jeypal, Dhanapathy, Gurunathan, Viswanathan, and Rajamanickam (Goal Keeper).^[9]

Simon Sundararaj from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu scored the last Indian goal at the Olympics, in Rome in 1960.^[10]

Most of these former players were employees of State or Central government institutions. All India Football Federation and Tamil Nadu Football Association were coordinating these players participation at the National level. In the past, to attend preparatory camps to get selected for the Indian national football team, it was difficult for these players to obtain leave from the institutions in which they were employed.^[11] Some Tamil Nadu football players use their football talent and achievements to get jobs in Government institutions like Southern Railways, Indian Bank, and Chennai Customs.^[12]

The following is an incomplete list of Tamilnadu footballers.

Dhanpal Ganesh
Dharmaraj Ravanan^[13]
Nallappan Mohanraj
Kali Alaudeen
C. S. Sabeeth
Pradeep Mohanraj
Michael Soosairaj
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
Nanda Kumar
Raegan Albarnas
P. Sudhakar^[14]
A. Arun Pradeep - Goal keeper
M. Manikandan - Goal keeper
Vijay Nagappan
G. Praveendran
H. Ameerudeen
Michael Regin
L. Charles Anandraj
Pravitto Raju
Sinivasan Pandiyan
Antony Beautin
Alexander Romario Jesuraj
F. Jegan
P.C. Riju
P. Muthu
D. Joffin
S. Santha Kumar
Ajith Kumar Kamaraj

References

^ Football, DC. "The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy". Deccan Chronicle.
^ Roy, Anshuman. "Goa oust TN, fans lose temper". The Telegraph.
^ Correspondent, Special. "Tamil Nadu team for Santhosh Trophy". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^ http://footballnewsindia.in/tamil-nadu-announces-santosh-trophy-squad/
^ Frederick, Prince (April 2011). "Memories of Madras – Football's field day". The Hindu.
^ Rayan, Stan (19 November 2005). "Raw diamonds from the seashore". The Hindu.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Chronicle, Deccan. "Players from yesteryear return to football's heyday".
^ Thiagarajan, Shantha. "When Ooty had a 'dribbler par excellence'". The Times Of India. No. July 2018.
^ Metro Plus Chennai, The Hindu (26 September 2002). "Memories of a different era". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2003.
^ RS, Prasad. "Meet the footballer who scored India's last Olympic goal". The Times of India.
^ Week, Sports (1 September 1974). Who cares for the players?. Bombay: Khalid Ansari. p. 236.
^ Hore, Abhishek. "Leading scorer Riju mulls EB option". Hindustan Times.
^ Krishnaswamy, Karthik. "A happy homecoming for stars". The Hindu.
^ Raghu, T.N. "Sudhakar will be TN's key man". Deccan Chronicle.

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[1] Football, DC. "The pain of 2009 in Santosh Trophy". Deccan Chronicle.

[2] Roy, Anshuman. "Goa oust TN, fans lose temper". The Telegraph.

[3] Correspondent, Special. "Tamil Nadu team for Santhosh Trophy". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

[4] ttp://footballnewsindia.in/tamil-nadu-announces-santosh-trophy-squad/

[5] Frederick, Prince (April 2011). "Memories of Madras – Football's field day". The Hindu.

[6] Rayan, Stan (19 November 2005). "Raw diamonds from the seashore". The Hindu.^{[dead link‍]}

[7] Chronicle, Deccan. "Players from yesteryear return to football's heyday".

[8] Thiagarajan, Shantha. "When Ooty had a 'dribbler par excellence'". The Times Of India. No. July 2018.

[9] Metro Plus Chennai, The Hindu (26 September 2002). "Memories of a different era". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2003.

[10] RS, Prasad. "Meet the footballer who scored India's last Olympic goal". The Times of India.

[11] Week, Sports (1 September 1974). Who cares for the players?. Bombay: Khalid Ansari. p. 236.

[12] Hore, Abhishek. "Leading scorer Riju mulls EB option". Hindustan Times.

[13] Krishnaswamy, Karthik. "A happy homecoming for stars". The Hindu.

[14] Raghu, T.N. "Sudhakar will be TN's key man". Deccan Chronicle.

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