Question

Who is the highest goal scorer for India in football?
1. P K Banerjee
2. I M Vijayan
3. Baichung Bhutia
4. Sunil Chettri

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Sunil Chettri

The correct answer is Sunil Chettri.

• Sunil Chhetri has become the highest goalscorer in Indian football, known as 'Goal Machine'.
  • With 47 goals in six editions, the poster boy of Indian football is the top goal-scoring Indian in the Indian Super League
  • He has been the pivot on which Indian football has made most of its moves in recent years.​

• Baichung Bhutia is a retired Indian footballer of the Sikkim-Bhutia dynasty.
• PK Banerjee was declared India's greatest footballer in the 20th century by FIFA.
• Former Indian striker IM Vijayan is a footballer who made his India debut in the 90s.
  • He was given the Arjuna Award in 2003. He was given India's best player of the year award in 1993, 1997, and 1999.