Football Players' Association of India

The Football Players' Association of India or (FPAI) is an association for Indian association footballers.^[1] Created in 2006, it aims to "look after the welfare of players and educate and advice them by engaging professionals".^[2][3] It was created by former Indian national team captain Bhaichung Bhutia. In 2007, it got affiliated to FIFPro.^[4]

Football Players' Association of India

Abbreviation	FPAI
Founded	13 August 2006; 18 years ago (2006-08-13)
Type	Professional football player organisation
Location	Kolkata, India
Region served	India
Official language	English
President	Renedy Singh
Affiliations	FIFPro (since 2007)
Website	www.thefpai.net

History

The FPAI was formed on 13 August 2006 as a brainchild of India national football team's then captain Bhaichung Bhutia. He said that the body would "function as the parent body of the players" and added that it would "work with the national and state associations for the game's development" and ensure "fair treatment for footballers".^[2] Membership was opened to players, both Indian and foreign.

FPAI became an affiliate of FIFPro on 18 November 2009 at the FIFPro Congress in Budapest.

FPAI Awards

In 2009, the FPAI announced annual awards in four categories.^[5] In 2022, awards in women's category were introduced. Current FPAI awards are the following:

• FPAI Indian Player of the Year (Men's and Women's)
• FPAI Foreign Player of the Year (Men's)
• FPAI Young Player of the Year (Men's and Women's)
• FPAI Coach of the Year (Men's)

Winners

2009–2021

Year	Indian Player of the Year	Foreign Player of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Coach of the Year	Ref
2008–09	Sunil Chhetri	Odafa Okolie	Baljit Sahni	Dave Booth	[6]
2009–10	Mohammed Rafi	Odafa Okolie	Joaquim Abranches	Armando Colaco	[7]
2010–11	Mehtab Hussain	Beto	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Karim Bencherifa	[8]
2011–12	Syed Rahim Nabi	Ranti Martins	Manandeep Singh	Trevor Morgan	[9]
2012–13	Lenny Rodrigues	Ranti Martins	Alwyn George	Derrick Pereira	[10]
2013–14	Balwant Singh	Darryl Duffy	Alwyn George	Ashley Westwood	[11]
2014–15	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Sony Nordé	Thongkhosiem Haokip	Santosh Kashyap	[12]
2015–16	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Ranti Martins	Udanta Singh Kumam	Ashley Westwood	[13]
2016–17	Anas Edathodika	Alfred Jaryan	Udanta Singh Kumam	Khalid Jamil	[14]
2017–18	Sunil Chhetri	Miku	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Albert Roca	[15]
2018–19	Sunil Chhetri	Coro	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Eelco Schattorie	[16]
2019–20	Sunil Chhetri	Roy Krishna	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Sergio Lobera	[17]
2020–21	Arindam Bhattacharya	Igor Angulo	Lalengmawia Ralte	Khalid Jamil	[17]

2022–present

Year	Indian Player of the Year (Men's)	Indian Player of the Year (Women's)	Foreign Player of the Year	Young Player of the Year (Men's)	Young Player of the Year (Women's)	Coach of the Year	Ref
2021–22	Liston Colaco	Anju Tamang	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Akash Mishra	Manisha Kalyan	Manolo Márquez	[18]
2022–23	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Grace Dangmei	Greg Stewart	Sivasakthi Narayanan	Naketa Bishnoi	Des Buckingham	[19]

Key personnel

Management committee

• President: Renedy Singh (IMG-Reliance)^[20]
• Vice-presidents:
  • Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC, ISL)
  • Abhishek Yadav (AIFF)
  • Clifford Miranda (FC Goa, ISL)
  • Alvito D'Cunha

Past Presidents

• Bhaichung Bhutia (2006–2014)

See also

• Football in India
• All India Football Federation