I. M. Vijayan

I. M. Vijayan

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I. M. Vijayan Profile

  • Name:
  • I. M. Vijayan
  • Other Name:
  • Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
  • Born:
  • April 25, 1969

I. M. Vijayan Biography

I. M. Vijayan is an Indian football player who is showing incredible performance in the modern day football. He was born on 25th April 1969 in backward Pulaya community at Thrissur in Kerala. He belonged to a very poor family and was selling soda bottles at the Thrissur Municipal Stadium to help out his family.

 

As a soda bottle seller he was earning 10 paise per bottle and eventually developed a passion for football game and wanted to become a player. The DGP of Kerala, M. K. Joseph selected him for the Kerala Police when he was 17 years old and he showed brilliant performance at the Quilon Nationals 1987 playing for the Kerala Police team.

 

His impeccable skills and aggressive sporting style impressed everyone and in 1991 he started to play for Mohun Bagan A. C. Again he shifted to Kerala Police team in 1992 and then to Mohun Bagan. He played for JCT Mills Fagwara for three years until 1997. He also played for East Bengal Club, FC Cochin, Churchill Brothers SC, etc.

 

His international debut was in 1989 and since then he had played in a number of trophies like Nehru Cup, Pre-Olympics, Pre-World Cup, SAAF Cup and SAF Games. He was crowned as the Indian Player of the Year in 1992, 1997 and 1999. He took part in the South Asian Football Federation Cup 1999 and scored a goal against Bhutan in 12 seconds which was the third fastest one in the history.

 

After his retirement he started a football academy in Thrissur to train young players interested to play the game. His life was made as a film Kalo Harin directed by Cherian Joseph. This portrayed his life as struggle for existence by a poor Dalit boy. The songs of the film were huge hits. He also acted in the film Shantham and this film won national award for best film. He won Arjuna Award from Government of India, the first one from Kerala to achieve this. 

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Updated: September 22, 2011

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