Sunil Chhetri
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2015
The Times of India, May 9, 2015
The striker has been the mainstay of the national football team for quite some time now and more often than not makes the difference for his team. With 14 strikes in last season's I-League, Sunil was the top-scorer and played a pivotal role in Bengaluru FC clinching the I-League title.Highest scorer for India at the international level, Sunil has won AIFF's Player of the Year award four times and was recently included by World Soccer magazine in a list of 500 most important players on the planet.
Indian Super League (ISL), Mumbai: 2015
The Times of India, Jul 10, 2015
Jamie Alter
Sunil Chhetri, Eugeneson Lyngdoh become millionaires at ISL auction
India national football captain Sunil Chhetri was the biggest earner at the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) auction in Mumbai, going to Mumbai City FC for Rs 1.20 crore. Chhetri's team-mate at Bengaluru FC, central midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh, had become the ISL's first millionaire when was purchased by Pune FC for 1.05 crore from a base price of Rs 27 lakh, but it wasn't long before the Indian captain fetched the highest price of the auction. These two names, among ten of Indian football's best to go under the hammer for the first time after missing the 2014 ISL, were the only players to attract bids in excess of a crore. Coming in at third with a price of Rs 90 lakh was India defender Rino Anto, sold to defending ISL champions Atletico de Kolkata from a starting price of just 17 lakh.
A total of Rs 7.22 crore was spent on the ten players at the auction, with FC Goa and Kerala Blasters the only teams not to buy any player.
Chhetri, a four-time AIFF Player of the Year and India's leading goal scorer, had a base price of Rs 80 lakh. Surprisingly, there was hardly any bidding for the ace striker once his name was announced by the auctioneer, and Mumbai City FC bagged him for Rs 1.20 crore; a price which co-owner and Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor expressed surprise.
Chhetri's stake in July 2015
The Times of India, Jul 11 2015
INGLORIOUS UNCERTAINTIES OF INDIAN SPORTS - With ISL bids, footballers turn crorepatis overnight
Marcus Mergulhao
In July 2015, India captain Sunil Chhetri's stake for the season rose to Rs 1.55 crore after ISL franchise Mumbai City FC paid his base price of Rs 80 lakh and the balance of Rs 75 lakh was to be footed by his I-League club Bengaluru FC.
