T. K. Chathunni
{{Short description|Indian footballer and coach (1944 or 1945 2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = T. K. Chathunni
|full_name =
|birth_date = 1944 or 1945
|birth_place = Chalakudy, Kingdom of Cochin, British India
(present day Thrissur, Kerala, India)
|death_date = {{Death date and given age|2024|06|12|80|df=yes}}
|death_place = Karukutty, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
|height =
|position = Defender
|years1 =
|clubs1 = EME Centre
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|years2 =
|clubs2 = Vasco
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|years3 =
|clubs3 = Orkay Mills Mumbai
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|manageryears1 =
|managerclubs1 = Kochin
|manageryears2 =
|managerclubs2 = Dempo
|manageryears3 =
|managerclubs3 = Salgaocar
|manageryears4 =
|managerclubs4 = Mohun Bagan
|manageryears5 =
|managerclubs5 = Churchill Brothers
|manageryears6 =
|managerclubs6 = Chirag United Club Kerala
|manageryears7 =
|managerclubs7 = Josco
}}
T. K. Chathunni (1944 or 1945 – 12 June 2024) was an Indian football coach and a player from Chalakudy, Kerala.{{Cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|title=Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football: Part Four – Modern Era (1999—2011)|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/|location=Kolkata|date=13 July 2011|access-date=11 October 2022|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|language=en-US|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918041621/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-four-modern-era/}}
Playing career
A defender,{{cite news |last1=Tennyson |first1=Rayson |title=Chathunni, the man who shaped India's finest football careers, dies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/chathunni-the-man-who-shaped-indias-finest-football-careers-dies/articleshow/110947582.cms |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=Times of India |date=12 June 2024 |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612192006/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/chathunni-the-man-who-shaped-indias-finest-football-careers-dies/articleshow/110947582.cms |url-status=live }} Chathunni played for Kerala and Goa.
Coaching career
Chathunni managed most football clubs in India like Kochin,{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html|title=Season ending Transfers 1999: India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=1 July 2021|url-status=dead}} Dempo,{{cite web|url=https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/coaches/|title=Dempo Sports Club » List of Coaches|access-date=19 October 2023|website=demposportsclub.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224203445/https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/coaches/|archive-date=24 February 2024}} Salgaocar, Mohun Bagan, Churchill Brothers,{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2001.html|title=Season ending Transfers 2001: India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217030450/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2001.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=1 July 2021|url-status=dead}} Chirag United Club Kerala,{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/viva/20040408.htm|title=31 players selected for 'Viva Kerala'|date=8 April 2004|access-date=9 January 2024|website=rediff.com|publisher=Rediff Mail|location=Kochi|agency=Press Trust of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108180427/https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/viva/20040408.htm|archive-date=8 November 2015}} Josco and others.{{Cite web|title=Josco FC to build soccer city|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2010/mar/26/josco-fc-to-build-soccer-city-142534.html|date=26 March 2010|location=Kochi|access-date=23 September 2021|website=newindianexpress.com|publisher=The New Indian Express|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924170722/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2010/mar/26/josco-fc-to-build-soccer-city-142534.html}}{{Cite web|date=26 April 2010|title=Josco Football Club coach T.K. Chathunni and his deputy T.G. Purushothaman at a training session in Kochi|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=115140137&highlights=Sport|url-status=live|access-date=23 September 2021|website=The Hindu Images|publisher=The Hindu|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924170658/https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=115140137&highlights=Sport}} He was the coach for various clubs in the National Football League from 1997–98.{{cite web
|url = http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|title = FC Kochin rope in coach Chathunni
|website = expressindia.indianexpress.com
|publisher = The Indian Express
|date = 7 December 1999
|first1 = Ravi
|last1 = Menon
|location = Kochi
|access-date = 28 January 2014
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219071340/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/ie/daily/19991208/isp08032.html
|archive-date = 19 February 2014
|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/12/stories/2004021201140400.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040430205606/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/12/stories/2004021201140400.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=30 April 2004
|work=The Hindu
|title=The business of football
|date=12 February 2004
|accessdate=28 January 2014}}{{cite news
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/big-lessons-for-a-young-club/article3197415.ece
|title=Big lessons for a young club
|work=The Hindu
|date=4 August 2006 |accessdate=28 January 2014
|archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203155020/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/big-lessons-for-a-young-club/article3197415.ece
|url-status=live
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-home-for-josco/article786397.ece
|title=A home for Josco
|work=The Hindu
|date=28 April 2010 |accessdate=28 January 2014
|archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203155013/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-home-for-josco/article786397.ece
|url-status=live
|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-29/top-stories/27913630_1_foreign-coaches-indian-football-armando-colaco
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202194218/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-29/top-stories/27913630_1_foreign-coaches-indian-football-armando-colaco
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2 February 2014
|work=The Times of India
|title=The League of foreign coaches
|access-date=28 January 2014}} He represented both Kerala and Goa in the Santosh Trophy.{{Cite web|first=Novy|last=Kapadia|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/memorable-moments-in-the-santosh-trophy-2|website=www.sportskeeda.com|publisher=Sportskeeda|date=27 May 2012|access-date=7 March 2021|title=Memorable moments in the Santosh Trophy|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412140304/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/memorable-moments-in-the-santosh-trophy-2}}
Death
Chathunni died on 12 June 2024, at Appolo Adlux hospital in Karukutty, Ernakulam succumbing to cancer. He was 80.{{Cite web |date=12 June 2024 |title=Renowned Kerala football coach TK Chathunni no more |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/football/renowned-kerala-football-coach-tk-chathunni-no-more-1.9631964 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613161231/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/football/renowned-kerala-football-coach-tk-chathunni-no-more-1.9631964 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Noted football coach Chathunni passes away |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2024/06/12/noted-football-coach-tk-chathunni-passes-away.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Onmanorama |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612041132/https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2024/06/12/noted-football-coach-tk-chathunni-passes-away.html |url-status=live }}
Honours
=Manager=
Salgaocar
Mohun Bagan
- National Football League: 1997–98{{cite web|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane - Mohun Bagan's first NFL win in 1997-98|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-mohun-bagans-first-nfl-win-in-1997-98/3x2wb0n1e97r1xcnqks9eqeqn|website=Goal.com|first=Soham|last=Mukherjee|date=9 April 2020|access-date=26 December 2022|archive-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226050535/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-mohun-bagans-first-nfl-win-in-1997-98/3x2wb0n1e97r1xcnqks9eqeqn|url-status=live}}
References
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Thrissur
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:India men's international footballers
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