Shilton Paul
![]() Paul during a practice session in Mohun Bagan | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shilton Paul | ||
Date of birth | 10 June 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Maslandapur, West Bengal | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Tata Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2020 | Mohun Bagan | 257 | (0) |
2014 | → Chennaiyin (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2015 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) | ||
2016 | → ATK (loan) | ||
2020–2022 | Churchill Brothers | 23 | (0) |
2020 | → Bhawanipore (loan) | 3 | (0) |
→ Asos Rainbow FC | 11 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2006 | India U-20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for I-League club Churchill Brothers.[1]
Career
[edit]Mohun Bagan AC
[edit]After graduating from Tata Football Academy, Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan in 2006. He got to play his first match in an AFC Cup encounter. Since his debut, Shilton has been an integral part of the Mohun Bagan team every year. Although an excellent goalkeeper, he sometimes got to play the second fiddle when the likes of Sangram Mukherjee, Sandip Nandy and Debjit Majumder were present in the team. He was handed over the Captaincy of Mohun Bagan in 2014 and led his side to victory in the 2014-15 I-League campaign.[2]
Chennaiyin FC
[edit]In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohun Bagan in first Indian Super League season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.[3]
Kerala Blasters FC
[edit]Shilton represented Kerala Blasters FC in ISL Season 2.
Atletico De Kolkata
[edit]Shilton represented Atletico De Kolkata in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach José Francisco Molina for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.
Bhawanipore FC
[edit]Shilton joined Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore F.C. in September 2020.[4]
Churchill Brothers
[edit]After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal.[5] He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over Indian Arrows in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021.[6]
International
[edit]He made 3 appearances for India in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup and was on the bench for qualifiers for the 2007 Asian Cup.
He represented India in the 22nd JRD Tata Cup at Jamshedpur in 2003.
He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship(U-16) at Japan in 2004.
He represented India in the 10th South Asian Games at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006.
He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship at Kolkata in 2006.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 6 May 2022[7]
Club | Season | League | CFL | Cup | AFC | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mohun Bagan | 2006–07 | NFL | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
2007–08 | I-League | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | |||||||||
2008–09 | ||||||||||||||
2009–10 | ||||||||||||||
2010–11 | ||||||||||||||
2011–12 | ||||||||||||||
2012–13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 60 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
Chennaiyin (loan) | 2014 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
Kerala Blasters (loan) | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
ATK (loan) |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Churchill Brothers | 2020–21 | I-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
Bhawanipore (loan) | 2020 | I-League 2nd Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
Churchill Brothers | 2021–22 | I-League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 12 |
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
- ^ 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearance in All Airlines Gold Cup
- ^ Appearance in IFA Shield
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Mohun Bagan
- I-League (2): 2014–15, 2019–20
- Federation Cup (3): 2006, 2008, 2015–16
- Calcutta Football League (3): 2008, 2009, 2018
- Sikkim Governors Gold Cup (1): 2017
Atletico de Kolkata
[edit]- Indian Super League: 2016
Individual
[edit]- I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2017–18[8]
- Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018
- Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018
- Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019
References
[edit]- ^ "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". Times of India. 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Mohun Bagan's Shilton Paul delighted to be best goalkeeper of I-League – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Dunn, Carrie; Welford, Joanna (1 December 2014). Football and the FA Women's Super League. doi:10.1057/9781137480323. ISBN 9781137480323.
- ^ "আই লিগের দ্বিতীয় ডিভিশনে ভবানীপুরের দূর্গ সামলাবেন শিল্টন". bangla.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Ganguly, Abhishek (23 July 2020). "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Ghosh, Riju (11 January 2021). "Indian Arrows 2-5 Churchill Brothers FC: Post-match Analysis". Football Express. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Shilton Paul at Soccerway
- ^ "I-League 2017–18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. Chandigarh: The FirstPost News. Press Trust of India. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- Mukherjee, Soham (28 August 2018). "CFL 2018: Mohun Bagan face stern test against Aryan before Kolkata Derby". Goal.com. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from North 24 Parganas district
- Footballers from West Bengal
- Indian men's footballers
- I-League players
- Mohun Bagan Super Giant players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Indian Super League players
- Chennaiyin FC players
- Kerala Blasters FC players
- ATK (football club) players
- Churchill Brothers FC Goa players
- Calcutta Football League players
- Indian football biography stubs