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Bijay Chhetri

Indian footballer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Bijay Chhetri (born 7 July 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Uruguayan Segunda División club Colón.

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Youth career

Bijay started his footballing career at Shillong Lajong in 2016 playing for their Under-16 team and got promoted to the Under 18 and played 2 years at Lajong. He moved to Indian Arrows in 2018-2019 season but because of serious injury could not play any match.[citation needed]

Club career

Chennai City FC

Chhetri made his professional debut for Chennai City against Aizawl on 17 December 2019, He started and played full match which drew 1–1.[1]

Colón FC

On 27 March 2024, Chhetri signed for Uruguayan Segunda División club Colón on loan for rest of the year.[2][3] Chhetri made his debut that November in a 5–0 win over La Luz, coming on as a substitute and becoming only the second Indian to play in South America's professional leagues after Romeo Fernandes.[4]

Following a brief limited playing spell, Colón opted to sign Chhetri permanently. He announced this transfer on social media, becoming the first Indian player to move full-time to a South American club.[5][6]

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Personal life

He has an older brother Ajay Chhetri who is also a professional footballer currently playing at Sreenidi Deccan FC.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 April 2023[7]
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  1. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
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References

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