V. P. Sathyan

V. P. Sathyan

Personal information
Full name	Vatta Parambath Sathyan
Date of birth	(1965-04-29)29 April 1965 80
Place of birth	Mekkunnu, Kannur, Chokli, Kerala, India
Date of death	18 July 2006(2006-07-18) (aged 41)
Place of death	Chennai, India
Position(s)	Full-back, Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1982	Spirited Youth Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983	Lucky Star Club
1984–1992	Kerala Police (football club)
1992–1993	Mohun Bagan
1994–1995	Kerala Police (football club)
1996	Kerala Police (football club)
International career
1985–1995	India	81	(4)
Managerial career
2001	Indian Bank (football club)
2002	India (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vatta Parambath Sathyan (29 April 1965 – 18 July 2006), popularly known as V. P. Sathyan, was a former Indian professional footballer who played the centre back position. He was the captain of the India national football team from 1991 to 1995. He was named the 1995 All India Football Federation (AIFF) player of the year.,,,

Career

Sathyan started his career in 1983 representing Kerala in the Santosh Trophy National Championship. He attended the South Zone camp for Indian probables under Amar Bahadur in 1985. Strongly built and a capable defender, he joined the national team going to the 1985 SAF Games in Dhaka. By 1986, he had represented the country in the Nehru Cup in Thiruvananthapuram and in the Seoul Asian Games.

Sathyan was a key member of the Kerala Police Football team which won the Federation Cup twice, in 1989–90 and in 1990–91. He went from the Kerala Police team to Kolkata in 1991, where he played for two seasons, one in Mohammedan Sporting Club and one in Mohun Bagan before returning to the Kerala Police again and then moving to Indian Bank in 1996. Sathyan served first as a player from 1995 to 2001 and then as the team's coach.

In 1991, Sathyan became the captain of the Indian team for the World Cup qualifiers in Beirut and Seoul. He led the Indian team to a gold medal in the 1995 SAF Games in Chennai. He also led Kerala to the Santosh Trophy title in 1992.

Sathyan was the AIFF player of the year in 1995. As a coach, he was an assistant to Stephen Constantine in 2002 when India toured South Korea.

International goals

Scores and results list India's goal tally first..

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 July 1986	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	South Korea	3–3	4–3	1986 Pestabola Merdeka
2.	30 January 1993	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India	Cameroon	1–2	2–2	1993 Nehru Cup
3.	7 May 1993	Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	2–2	2–2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
4.	15 May 1993	Beirut, Lebanon	Bahrain	1-2	1-2	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Personal life

VP Sathyan was born on 29 April 1965 in Mekkunnu near Chokli, Kannur district, to Vatta Parambath Gopalan Nair and Narayani Amma. He was married to Anitha and had a daughter, Athira. Suffering from depression, he committed suicide by jumping on to an oncoming train in Chennai on 18 July 2006.,

Film

The 2018 Indian biographical film Captain is based on Sathyan's life. Jayasurya portrayed Sathyan in the film, while Anu Sithara played his wife, Anitha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/281016/jaysurya-in-movie-on-v-p-sathyan.html/ |title=Jaysurya in movie on V P Sathyan | work=Deccan Chronicle In 2019, Jayasurya won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Captain and Njan Marykutty along with Soubin Shahir.

External links

• V. P. Sathyan – FIFA competition record (archived)

His photo by Telegraph India.com His photo (in black and white) by The Hindu News His photo in Kerala Police's website Article on Sathyan [[1]]