Shanmugam Venkatesh

Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 23 November 1978) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer^[3] and currently, the assistant manager of East Bengal. He is an AFC A license coach.^[4]

Shanmugam Venkatesh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	ADE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Indian Telephone Industries
1997–2000	Salgaocar
2000–2002	Mahindra United
2002–2003	East Bengal	17	(2)
2003–2007	Mahindra United	77	(12)
2007–2008	Mohun Bagan	12	(1)
2008–2014	Pune	105	(9)
International career‡
2002	India U23
1997–2006	India
Managerial career
2015—2019	India (assistant coach)
2019−2022	Indian Arrows
2022	India U20
2022	East Bengal (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013

Playing career

In club football, Venkatesh appeared with Pune.^[5]

Managerial career

He managed India U20 national team at the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship.^[6][7][8] He guided them clinching title beating Bangladesh 5–2 in final.^[9][10][11] he also managed the team in 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification in September.^[12] They travelled to Kuwait in October, faced Australia, Iraq and Kuwait, winning a single match, against hosts.^[13][14]

Honours

Player

Salgaocar

• National Football League: 1998–99
• Federation Cup: 1997
• Durand Cup: 1999

East Bengal

• National Football League: 2002–03
• Durand Cup: 2002–03

Mahindra United

• National Football League: 2005–06
• Federation Cup: 2005
• Durand Cup: 2008

India

• SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; third place: 2003

India U23

• LG Cup: 2002^[15]

Individual

• National Football League Best Player: 2001, 2003
• Karnataka Olympic Association Award: 2004
• AIFF Player of the Year: 2004–05^[1][16][17]

Manager

India U20

• SAFF U-20 Championship: 2022^[9][18]