Is Sunil Chhetri the Greatest Indian Footballer of All Time?

While India is not a footballing country yet, every once in a while there comes along a player who has the chutzpah to lift your heart. PK Banerjee, I.M. Vijayan, and Bhaichung Bhutia have all achieved legendary status, and then there is Sunil Chhetri, who, for the last 19 years, has been playing in a league of his own.

94 goals in 150 games for India makes him the third-highest active international goalscorer behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

He's the only Indian to have played domestic football in three continents, with stints at Kansas City and Sporting Lisbon. Obviously, he is the top Indian goalscorer in both the ISL and the I League, with 61 and 90 goals, respectively.

India's No. 11 is also the first Indian footballer to win the Khel Ratna, which is the highest sporting honour in the country, and he's also the recipient of the Padma Shri, which is India's fourth-highest civilian award.