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Shilton Paul

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Shilton Paul
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Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is a retired Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Calcutta Football League club Asos Rainbow.[1][2]

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Club Career

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Mohun Bagan AC

After graduating from Tata Football Academy, Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan in 2006. He got to play his first match in an AFC Cup encounter]l. Since his debut, Shilton has been an integral part of the Mohun Bagan team every year. Although an excellent goalkeeper, he sometimes got to play the second fiddle when the likes of Sangram Mukherjee, Sandip Nandy and Debjit Majumder were present in the team. He was handed over the Captaincy of Mohun Bagan in 2014 and led his side to victory in the 2014-15 I-League campaign.[3]

Chennaiyin FC

In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohun Bagan in first Indian Super League season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.[4]

Kerala Blasters FC

Shilton represented Kerala Blasters FC in ISL Season 2.

Atletico De Kolkata

Shilton represented Atletico De Kolkata in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach José Francisco Molina for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.

Bhawanipore FC

Shilton joined Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore F.C. in September 2020.[5] On 8 October, he captained the side on his debut and kept a cleansheet in a 2-0 win over FC Bengaluru United.[6]

Churchill Brothers

After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal.[7] He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over Indian Arrows in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021.[8]

Rainbow AC

On 29 June 2023, Paul joined Calcutta Premier Division side Rainbow AC.[9] He was ruled out of opening six matches due to an ankle injury. But finally on 7 August, he made his debut and first appearance after 15 months, when he captained Rainbow in a 2-1 win over West Bengal Police. After the match, he also expressed his disappointment with the ground his team was allotted to play.[10]

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International

He made 3 appearances for India in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup and was on the bench for qualifiers for the 2007 Asian Cup.

He represented India in the 22nd JRD Tata Cup at Jamshedpur in 2003.

He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship(U-16) at Japan in 2004.

He represented India in the 10th South Asian Games at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006.

He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship at Kolkata in 2006.

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Career statistics

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As of 1 September 2024[11]
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  1. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. Appearance in Indian Super Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  4. 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearance in All Airlines Gold Cup
  5. Appearance in IFA Shield
  6. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  7. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan

Atletico de Kolkata

Individual

  • I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2017–18[12]
  • Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018
  • Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018
  • Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019
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