New Delhi. Veteran Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri announced his retirement from international football on Thursday. The FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait in Kolkata on June 6 will be Sunil’s last international match. The Indian captain announced his decision through a video posted on his social media account.
Let us tell you that India is currently in second place in Group A after top-running Qatar with four points. Sunil (Sunil Chhetri), 39, posted a video on X on Thursday in which he recalled his career which started in 2005 with a friendly match against Pakistan on June 12. In a career spanning over 19 years, Chhetri, the Arjuna Award winner, has scored 94 goals in 150 matches on the international stage.

Sunil Chhetri said, “There is a day which I never forget and often remember when I played for my country for the first time, man it was incredible. But a day before, that morning, Sukhi sir, my first coach, a member of the national team, came to me in the morning and he said, you are going to start? I can’t tell you how I felt, I took my jersey, I sprayed some perfume on it, I don’t know why Once he told me everything that happened that day, from breakfast to lunch to the game and my From the first goal to conceding a goal in the 80th minute, that day is probably one that I will “never forget and one of the best days of my national team journey.”
Let us tell you that Sunil Chhetri started his professional football journey with Mohun Bagan in 2002. Chhetri helped India win the 2007, 2009 and 2012 Nehru Cup, as well as the 2011, 2015, 2021 and 2023 SAFF Championship. He led India to victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, helping India qualify for their first AFC Asian Cup in 27 years.