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Bhaichung Bhutia

1976 - Today

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Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Vijayan described Bhutia as "God's gift to Indian football". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bhaichung Bhutia is the 1,933rd most popular soccer player (up from 9,314th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from India (up from 1,196th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 1,933 out of 21,273. Before him are Norberto Alonso, Zdeněk Zikán, Emre Belözoğlu, Ernst Albrecht, Yumi Watanabe, and Jaroslav Bouček. After him are Gallego, Luuk de Jong, Neto, Luis Cruz, Jakub Błaszczykowski, and Zezé Moreira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 79. Before him are Wagner Moura, Maïwenn, Juan Pablo Sorín, Paz Vega, Tera Patrick, and Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia. After him are Sage Stallone, Marcos Senna, Elīna Garanča, August Diehl, Shawn Fonteno, and Yulia Navalnaya.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 530 out of 1,861. Before him are Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Rajinikanth (1950), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Mastani (1699), and Kadambini Ganguly (1861). After him are Cerverí de Girona (1259), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), Jhalkaribai (1830), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), and Sharmila Tagore (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In India

Among soccer players born in India, Bhaichung Bhutia ranks 1. After him are Harold Walden (1887), Sunil Chhetri (1984), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (1992), Pritam Kotal (1993), Jeje Lalpekhlua (1991), Sandesh Jhingan (1993), and Anirudh Thapa (1998).

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