2012 FPAI Awards - The winners...

The 4th edition of the Indian Football Awards organised by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) was held at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa at Miramar Beach in Panjim, Goa last night.

The first announcement of the night was made about the FPAI Team of the Year which included Karanjit Singh; Deepak Kumar Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Uga Okpara, Syed Rahim Nabi; Rocus Lamare, Douhou Sey Djidja Pierre, Roberto Mendes Silva, Penn Ikechukwu Orji; Odafe Onyeka Okolie, Ranty Martins Soleye. These eleven where chosen by their peers.

Awards were handed out in six different categories with the Dempo SC trio of Mahesh Gawli, Climax Lawrence and Samir Naik being felicitated for their service to the nations football after retiring from Team India independently over the last few months.


This Years Winners

FPAI Team of the Year
Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC); Deepak Kumar Mondal (Prayag United SC), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Uga Okpara (East Bengal Club), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC); Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Douhou Sey Djidja Pierre (Pune FC), Roberto Mendes Silva (Churchill Brothers SC), Penn Ikechukwu Orji (East Bengal Club); Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Mohun Bagan AC), Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC)

Best Young Player
Manandeep Singh (Air India)

Best Foreign Player
Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC)

Best Indian Player
Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC)

Best Coach
Trevor James Morgan (East Bengal Club)

Fans Player of the Year
Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC)

Team of the Year
Dempo Sports Club

2012 FPAI Football Awards Nominees announced

The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) has announced the Top 3 nominees in the categories - Indian Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Foreign Player of the Year and Coach of the Year - for the fourth FPAI Indian Football Awards to be held in Goa this Saturday. About 230 votes have been collected from players across the 14 I-League clubs.

The pick of the players is young striker Manandeep Singh, who has been nominated across three categories - Indian Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Fans Player of the Year.


THE NOMINEES

Indian Player of the Year Nominees
- Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC)
- Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC)
- Manandeep Singh (Air India)

Young Player of the Year
- Lanrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers SC)
- C.S. Sabeeth (Pailan Arrows)
- Manandeep Singh (Air India)

Foreign Player of the Year
- Pierre Djidjia Douhou (Pune FC)
- Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Mohun Bagan AC)
- Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC)

Coach of the Year
- Armando Colaco (Dempo SC)
- Trevor Morgan (Kingfisher East Bengal)
- Derrick Pereira (Pune FC)


The FPAI had earlier announced the candidates for the 'Fans Player of the Year' award.
You can still vote and more information about it here: FPAI Announces nominations for "Fans' Player of the Year 2012" .

For the first time there would be a 'Best Managed Club' award chosen by the 15 Executive Committee Members of the FPAI, which has already been decided. The winning club will be announced at the FPAI Indian Football Awards on Saturday night.

At the FPAI Indian Football Awards there will be a special memento handed on stage to Mahesh Gawli, Climax Lawrence and Samir Naik all of whom have announced their retirement from international duty for Team India this year.

FPAI Announces nominations for "Fans' Player of the Year 2012"

The Football Players' Association of India (FPAI) has announced the nominees for the "Fans' Player of the Year 2012" for the fourth FPAI Indian Football Awards to be held in Goa next month.

The players have been nominated for their strong performances for their respective clubs in the I-League in the 2011/12 season. Now the Indian football fans have the chance to chose their "Fans' Player of the Year 2012". The winner will be announced at the FPAI Indian Football Awards on May 12 in Goa.

The players who have been named as the top six candidates all had a great season!


The Candidates (more infos on their Wikipedia pages)

- Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC, Nigeria) [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Ranty_Martins_Soleye]

- Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal Club, India) [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Sanju_Pradhan]

- Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Mohun Bagan AC, Nigeria) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Odafe_Onyeka_Okolie]

- Manandeep Singh (Air India, India) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Manandeep_Singh]

- Tolgay Özbey (East Bengal Club, Australia) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tolgay_Özbey]

- Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC, India) [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Francis_Fernandes]


The voting opens tomorrow Tuesday, April 24 at 22.00 IST (17.30 GMT / 18.30 CET).
You can all cast your vote at www.thefpai.net !


About FPAI

The FPAI (Football Players Association of India), India's apex football players' body, was set up with Baichung Bhutia as its president in 2006 and represents the interests of all I-League and first division footballers. FPAI is formally affiliated to the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (FIFPro), the worldwide representative organization for professional football players.

Australia's Colosimo to attend FPAI Awards 2012 in Goa

Melbourne Heart defender Simon Colosimo will be present at the FPAI organised Indian Football Awards 2012 on May 12 at the Marriott Resort & Spa Hotel in Panjim, Goa. He will be representing the Australian Professional Footballers Association as its president at the FIFPro Asia Conference on May 10/11.

Simon Colosimo has played 26 times for Australia and knows Indian defender Gouramangi Singh, who had been on trial at Melbourne Hearts a couple of seasons back.

Simon Colosimo will be able to give feedback on how the League is structured in Australia and what all is done for the players there. The A-League is a franchise based league so it will be interesting for players from India to learn from him and exchange ideas

Simon is looking forward to playing either a beach soccer match and/or attending some junior training at one of the Football Clubs in Goa.

Ex-Kiwi Captain to attend FPAI Awards 2012 in Goa

Former New Zealand national team (All Whites) player Timothy Oliver Brown will be present at the FPAI organised Indian Football Awards 2012 on May 12 at the Marriott Resort & Spa Hotel in Panjim, Goa. He will be representing the New Zealand Professional Footballers Association at the FIFPro Asia Conference on May 10/11.

Better knows as Tim Brown, he will also be visiting Kolkata and Darjeeling as part of his journey through India. In Kolkata he will be playing a match between the Debanjan Sen Foundation XI and the Howrah Veterans Club XI on May 19. He will also be conducting a short camp for the Debanjan Sen Foundation and interact with their students the day before the match.

Tim is later set to travel to Darjeeling where he will do some training and coaching in the famous Tea Gardens for children of tea plantation workers.

Tim Brown, who has played 29 internationals for his country, was the captain of the New Zealand Team that played the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup against the likes of Brasil, Italy and hosts South Africa.

Only recently Tim retired from active football following the conclusion of the 2011-12 A-League season in Australia to pursue a Masters degree in Management at either the London School of Economics or Cambridge University.

4th FPAI Awards 2012 on Saturday, May 12

The 4th edition of the Indian Football Awards organised by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) will be held on Saturday, May 12 at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa at Miramar Beach in Panjim. It will be the first time that the FPAI awards will be held in Goa after the first and third editions were held in Kolkata and in-between New Delhi played hosts to the awards.

This years FPAI Awards would have five different categories - best Young Player, best Foreign Player, best Indian Player, best Coach and Fans Player of the Year. The players of I-League clubs will be asked to cast their vote on performances in the I-League and Federation Cup with votes to be collected from April 1 onwards. The last category will be chosen by the fans through an online voting on the FPAI website which will be held from April 1 to 30.

The last few editions has seen Bollywood stars like John Abraham, Neha Dhupia and Rahul Bose grace the occasion likewise Tennis legend Leander Paes. And with Goa not too far away from Mumbai the organising FPAI hopes that the glamour factor will be also there at this years event.

The FPAI has already gotten support from the V.M. Salgaocar Group and Churchill Brothers SC Pvt. Ltd, who both have agreed to partially sponsor the official awards dinner on May 12, which the FPAI is thankful but the FPAI are still on the lookout for further sponsorship to host another great evening for the Indian footballers.

Besides the players the FPAI expects the owners and management of the I-League clubs from Goa as well from across India to attend the awards evening besides attendees of the FIFPro Asia Congress will be held prior to the awards on May 10/11 in Goa.

3rd FPAI Awards held last night, the winners are...

The 3rd edition of the Indian Football Awards organised by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) was held at the ITC Sonar in Kolkata last night. The big winner of the awards was Mehtab Hossain, who was named 'Indian Player of the Year' and he also won the 'Fans Player of the Year' award.

The gala evening was hosted by Mayanti Langer with the Governor of West Bengal M.K. Narayanan being the chief guest of the event with Bollywood/Tollywood stars like Raima Sen, Rituparna Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee attending besides Indian Tennis legend Leander Paes. Attending from the football field where AIFF Vice-President Subrata Datta, Churchill Brothers supremo Churchill Alemao, Lajong General Secretary Larsing Ming, Mohammedan Sporting Club president Sultan Ahmed and others.

The evening was opened by striker Sunil Chhetri in the absence of Baichung Bhutia, who is currently in Sikkim to help with the rehabilitation work in his home state after the shocking earthquake. And in honour of those killed a minute of silence was observed which was followed by a speech from M.K. Narayanan.

The first announcement of the night was made about the FPAI Team of the Year which included Subrata Pal; Thokchom Naoba Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Uga Okpara, Syed Rahim Nabi; Steven Benedic Dias, Ryuji Sueoka, Mehtab Hossain, Lenny Rodrigues; Roberto Mendes Silva, Odafe Onyeka Okolie. These eleven where chosen by their peers.

The first award of the night was for the Best Foreign Player of the Year which Brazilian Roberto Mendes Silva received from actress Rituparna Sengupta and IMG-Reliance's Ashu Jindal. The Best Coach of the Year award was handed over by Sultan Ahmed to Salgaocar's Karim Bencharifa who surprised everyone by winning the I-League title last season. Then Sunil Chhetri was felicitated by the FPAI for receiving the prestigious Arjuna Award by Larsing Ming and former international Sumit Mukherjee.

Then India's representative at the 2011 Homeless World Cup from Slum Soccer spoke about their experiences in Paris and a video was shown to the audience to highlight what football means to them in their lives.

The next award was the Fans Indian Player at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and the award went to India goalkeeper Subrata Pal. The following award was handed over by Apurba Saha from the Pailan Group for the Best Young Player and it went to Jeje Lalpekhlua, but he wasn't there to receive his award. The same is sadly the case for Baichung Bhutia, whose special award is accepted on his behalf by Jose Ramirez Barreto. Now it was the turn of the 'Fans Player of the Year' award and went to Mehtab Hossain, while the final award of the night, the Best Indian Player of the Year, was handed over by Subrata Dutta and Leander Paes to Mehtab Hossain.

There was entertainment during the evening from Sanjeev & Sandip Vyas, a fashion show involving footballers and an auction of a Baichung Bhutia India jersey for the earthquake victims and that went for Rs 50,000 to Churchill Alemao.


This Years Winners

FPAI Team of the Year
Subrata Pal (Pune FC), Thokchom Naoba Singh (Churchill Brothers SC/East Bengal Club), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Uga Okpara (East Bengal Club), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal Club/Mohun Bagan AC), Steven Benedic Dias (Churchill Brothers SC), Ryuji Sueoka (Salgaocar SC), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers SC), Roberto Mendes Silva (Dempo SC/Churchill Brothers SC), Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers SC/Mohun Bagan AC)

Fans Indian Player at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup
Subrata Pal (Pune FC)

Best Young Player
Jeje Lalpekhula (Indian Arrows/Pune FC)

Best Foreign Player
Roberto Mendes Silva (Dempo SC/Churchill Brothers SC)

Best Indian Player
Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club)

Best Coach
Karim Bencherifa (Salgaocar SC)

Fans Player of the Year
Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club)

3rd FPAI Awards 2011 on Monday, September 26

The 3rd edition of the Indian Football Awards organised by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) will be held on Monday, September 26 at the ITC Sonar in Kolkata. This was announced today at a press conference at the Saltlake Stadium ahead of today's matches in the Federation Cup attended by FPAI president Baichung Bhutia and member Alvito D'Cunha.

The chief guest this year will be the M.K. Narayanan, the Governor or West Bengal. Stars from Bollywood and other walks of life will also attend, but the FPAI could not mention names as it depends on the schedule of the stars. Last year John Abraham, Rahul Bose and Nandana Sen had attended the awards evening, which had been organised at the Taj Palace in New Delhi.

The Indian Football Awards will be taken to another level as there will be a lot of entertainment besides the awards. This year the FPAI have organized a fashion show for the players across the country along with other sources of entertainment with Sandeep and Sanjeev, Francis Lepcha and a dancing Tollywood superstar who will entertain those attending.

This years awards would have six categories - best Young Player, best Foreign Player, best Indian Player, best Coach, Fans Player of the Year and Fans Indian Player of the Asian Cup. The last two categories were chosen by the fans through an online voting on the FPAI website.


This Years Top Three Nominees

Best Young Player
Raju Eknath Gaikwad (Indian Arrows/East Bengal Club), Jeje Lalpekhula (Indian Arrows/Pune FC), Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers SC)

Best Foreign Player
Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers SC/Mohun Bagan AC), Roberto Mendes Silva (Dempo SC/Churchill Brothers SC), Ryuji Sueoka (Salgaocar SC)

Best Indian Player
Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC)

Best Coach
Karim Bencherifa (Salgaocar SC), Armando Colaco (Dempo SC), Trevor James Morgan (East Bengal Club)

Fans Player of the Year
Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC), Tolgay Ozbey (East Bengal Club), Luciano Sabrosa (Salgaocar SC), Yakubu Yusif (Salgaocar SC/Prayag United SC)

FPAI Announces nominations for "Fans' Player of the Year 2011"

The Football Players’ Association of India (FPAI) has announced the nominations for the "Fans' Player of the Year 2011" for the third FPAI Indian Football Awards.

The players have been nominated for their strong performances for their respective clubs in the I-League in the 2010/11 season. Now the Indian football fans have the chance to chose their "Fans' Player of the Year 2011". The winner will be announced at the FPAI Indian Football Awards.

The players who have been named as the top five candidates all had a great season. There are two players each from champions Salgaocar SC and runners-up East Bengal Club, while one of the nominees plays for Dempo SC.


The Candidates

- Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club, India)

- Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo SC, Nigeria)

- Tolgay Ozbey (East Bengal Club, Australia)

- Luciano Sabrosa (Salgaocar SC, Brazil)

- Yakubu Yusif (Salgaocar SC, Ghana)

You can all cast your vote at www.fpaofindia.com . I have done so and I wish all five players all the best!


About FPAI

The FPAI (Football Players Association of India), India's apex football players' body, was set up with Baichung Bhutia as its president in 2006 and represents the interests of all I-League and first division footballers. FPAI is formally affiliated to the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (FIFPro), the worldwide representative organization for professional football players.

VIDEO: Prelude to the FPAI Indian Football Awards 2011

The third edition of the FPAI Indian Football Awards is set to be held in mid-September 2011. After Kolkata and New Delhi it looks that Mumbai is likely to be hosting the gala evening this year.

The voting amongst the players has already started while the Fans Player of the Year is set to happen very soon.

Last year striker Mohammed Rafi had been named as the Best Indian Player of the Year while goalkeeper Subrata Pal won the Fans player of the Year. I-League champions Dempo SC had two winners amongst them in Joaquim Abranches as the Best Young Player of the Year while Armando Colaco won the Coach of the Year, while for a second time Odafe Onyeka Okolie was also chosen as the Best Foreigner of the Year.

Here the promotional video for the FPAI Indian Football Awards 2011






Here the report from last years FPAI Awards Nite 2010 .

VIDEOS from the FPAI Awards 2010

I know that the "Football Players Association of India" awards were held exactly a month back on September 12 at the Taj Palace in New Delhi, but only last week someone uploaded the videos of the whole awards function onto YouTube.
It was a memorable evening. So I would say watch and enjoy!


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News Video from the FPAI Awards 2010

Hindi News channel Sahara Samay had a crew at the FPAI Awards 2010 on Sunday night.

Here the news video on the awards show:




My report on the FPAI Awards 2010: http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/fpai-awards-nite-2010.html

FPAI Awards Nite 2010

The second annual "Lucozade Sports" Football Players Association of India awards were held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi last night. I had the pleasure of hosting it along with Ayesha Sindhu infront of a full house. And it was impressive to see the media covering the event in such a big way with some channels even showed the event live.

This year Indian film stars like John Abraham, Rahul Bose and Nandana Sen graced the event besides Minister of Sports M.S Gill; Aviation Minister/AIFF president Praful Patel; Dr. Mukul M. Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya; besides a delegation from the AFC/FIFA headed by AFC president Mohammed bin Hamman besides representatives from FIFpro, the international football players body.

The evening started with a special welcome to the dignitaries, then Ayesha and I had a chit-chat with the FPAI president Baichung Bhutia about the work FPAI has been doing over the last few years since its inception in 2006. It was about what FPAI does for youngsters, the current professionals and ex-players. Baichung also explained that about 90% of the players had taken part in this years voting, a considerable increase with last year only Team India and the Under-23 boys taking part in the exercise.

Then came the first highlights of the evening, the felicitation of special achievements in the past year. Striker Sunil Chhetri got one for making the move across to the US to sign for MLS side Kansas City Wizards, defender Deepak Kumar Mondal for being the first footballer in eight years to get an Arjuna Award, while the third and final felicitation went to Baichung Bhutia for playing more then 100 matches for Team India.

But the evening was not only about felicitations and awards but also performances. Sadly this year the players didn't prepare any show acts like last year in Kolkata, but still there were some enthralling performances. The first one came from the Street Kings of India, four boys who are India's first professional freestylers. Thereafter the first award of the evening, "Young Player of the Year", was presented to Dempo's Joaquim Abranches by national coach Bob Houghton and Udit Sheth (MD/CEO of TransStadia). The second award was the "Fan Player of the Year" award for which the fans could vote online on the FPAI website and choose amongst five candidates. The award went to our international goalkeeper Subrata Pal, who received the awards from Sports Minister M.S. Gill and Subhojit Sen (GSK India). The third award was the "Coach of the Year" and the winner Armando Colaco, Dempo's successful coach, received it from AFC president Mohammed bin Hamman and FIFpro Asia chairman Brendan Schwab.

Thereafter it was another break and the duo of Sandeep and Sanjeev Vyas pelted out of Desi and international numbers which really got the crowd going. We were three awards down and three more to go. The next award was handed over by the Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr. Mukul M. Sangma along with actor Rahul Bose. It was the "Foreign Player of the Year" award which once more went to Churchill Brothers' Nigerian sharp shooter Odafe Onyeka Okolie. Then came the newly constituted "Fittest Player of the Year" award which winger Anthony Pereira received from actress Nandana Sen and Subhojit Sen (GSK India). The last and final award of the night was the "Indian Player of the Year" which talented striker Mohammed Rafi received from AIFF president Praful Patel and Bollywood star John Abraham.

Thereafter Joy Bhattacharjya thanked everyone involved and the finale saw the winners and film stars return on stage with Sandeep and Sanjeev Vyas singing a couple of songs before the photographers had a chance to do a group photo with everyone still on stage. This marked the end of the official proceedings. Thereafter was the official dinner and the after party for invited guests, while some of us had to rush across next door for the official press conference. First I had to conduct one with Baichung Bhutia and the film stars John Abraham, Rahul Bose and Nandana Sen; while thereafter it was with all the winners.

I would like to congratulate Baichung, Jahan, Debanjan, Joy and all others involved with the FPAI Awards for a grand evening! You have set a high benchmark for next year. Thanks Bhai & Jahan for allowing me to be a part of it.
And it was great fun working with you Ayesha!


Pictures from the FPAI Awards evening .

FPAI Announces nominations for "Fans' Player of the Year 2010"

The Football Players’ Association of India (FPAI) yesterday announced the nominations for the "Fans' Player of the Year 2010" for the second Lucozade FPAI Indian Football Awards. The Awards night will be held on Sunday, September 12 in New Delhi and AFC president Mohammed bin Hamman has been invited as chief guest.

The players have been nominated by the Indian football team currently training in Portugal. "All the players got together and nominated the names unanimously. We want lots and lots of people to come to our website www.fpaofindia.com and vote for their favourable player," FPAI president Baichung Bhutia said.

The players nominated are Anthony Pereira (Dempo), Subrata Paul (Pune FC), Mohammed Rafi (Mahindra United), Edmar Figueria (Pune FC) and Ogba Kalu Nnanna (Churchill Brothers). The voting lines are opened from August 18 and will continue to be open till September 10.

"The footballer who garners the highest number of votes will be elected as the Fans' Player of the Year 2010. Last time Sunil Chhetri was elected in the same category. He beat Jose Ramirez Barreto who had to settle for the second position," Jahan Mehta FPAI secretary said.

"I am very happy to be elected for the fans' player award. It is a great honour to be the most popular footballer in the country," Pereira said on being nominated.

Mohammed Rafi, also echoed the same sentiments. "I am very excited. This is my first nomination. I feel good," Rafi said.

You can all cast your vote at www.fpaofindia.com . I have done so and I wish all five players all the best!


About the Candidates

Anthony Pereira: Born in 1982, he is a player in Team India and is currently playing for Dempo SC in the I-League. Anthony is an integral part of the Dempo SC squad and his lightning pace and accurate crosses makes him a dangerous winger. He was part of the successful Dempo SC team which won back to back league titles.

Subrata Paul: Born in 1986, Paul is currently the goalkeeper of Team India and plays I-league for Pune FC. He has previously played for TFA before rising to prominence with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. In August 2007 he was part of the Indian team that won the Nehru Cup for the first time.

Mohammed Rafi: Born in 1982 Mohammed Rafi hailing from the north most district of Kerala – Kasargod – is the new face in Team India. Currently playing for Churchill Brothers, Rafi shot to fame last season when he scored 14 goals for Mahindra United becoming the club's player of the year.

Edmar Figueria: Born in 1984, the Brazilian striker after playing in Brazil, Switzerland, Germany and Costa Rica arrived in India in 2009 and played I-league for Pune FC. He immediately made his mark as the most successful striker for this new I-League entrant.

Ogba Kalu Nnanna: is an Nigerian football player who's a midfielder for I-League side Dempo SC. Ogba Kalu played a key role for Churchill Brothers SC in their maiden I-League triumph. He has been adjudged the best midfielder of I-League for two consecutive times. He has signed for champions Dempo SC for the new season.


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