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Sunil Chhetri adjudged 2017 AIFF Player of the Year

| @indiablooms | Jul 22, 2018, at 09:59 pm

New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): Indian football team skipper Sunil Chhetri was named the  2017 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year on Sunday.

In the women's category,  Kamala Devi was named the player of the year for 2017.

Chhetri recently played 100 international matches for India.

He is the second Indian player to play 100 international games after former star  Baichung Bhutia.

Anirudh Thapa has been named as the  2017 Emerging Player of the Year.

The full list of the 2017 Awards are as follows:

2017 AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Development Programme: Kerala FA.

2017 AIFF Award for long-time contribution to Indian Football: Hero Motocorp.

2017 AIFF Award for Best Assistant Referee: Sumanta Datta (Assam).

2017 AIFF Award for Best Referee: CR Srikrishna.

2017 AIFF Emerging Woman Footballer of the Year: E Panthoi.

2017 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year: Anirudh Thapa.

2017 AIFF Woman Footballer of the Year:  Kamala Devi.

2017 AIFF Player of the Year:  Sunil Chhetri.

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