# List of Chennaiyin FC players

Chennaiyin Football Club is a professional association football club based in Chennai, India, that plays in Indian Super League. The club was formed in 2014 and played its first competitive match on 15 October 2014 and defeated FC Goa by 2-1 due well anticipated the goals of Balwant Singh and Elano. The club won two ISL titles, and appeared as the runner-ups of the Super Cup. The club was the first ISL to appear in AFC Cup and went up to Group stage in 2019 edition whereby they made second rank on the table. They failed to make into knockouts .

## List of players

* Appearances and goals are for Indian Super League and Super Cup matches only.
* Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. Only players with at least one appearance are included.
Statistics correct as of 28 August 2020

### Table headers

* Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
* Career span – The year of the player's first appearance for Chennaiyin FC to the year of his last appearance.
* Matches – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute
The list includes all the players registered under a Chennaiyin FC contract. Some players might not have featured in a professional game for the club.
| Name | Pos | Chennaiyin FC career | Apps | Goals |
| Gennaro Bracigliano | Goalkeeper | 2014–2015 | 13 | 0 |
| Elano | Midfielder | 2014–2015 | 26 | 12 |
| Alessandro Nesta | Defender | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| Bojan Djordjic | Midfielder | 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| Bernard Mendy | Defender | 2014–2016 | 39 | 5 |
| Eric Djemba-Djemba | Midfielder | 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| Stiven Mendoza | Forward | 2014–2015 | 25 | 17 |
| Jairo Suárez | Defender | 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| Jean-Eudes Maurice | Forward | 2014 | 8 | 1 |
| Marco Materazzi | Defender | 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| Mikaël Silvestre | Defender | 2014 | 14 | 1 |
| Abhijit Mondal | Goalkeeper | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Cristian Hidalgo | Midfielder | 2014 | 7 | 1 |
| Bruno Pelissari | Midfielder | 2014–2015 | 25 | 7 |
| Francesco Franzese | Goalkeeper | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Shilton Paul | Goalkeeper | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | Forward | 2014–2020 | 77 | 25 |
| Dhanachandra Singh | Defender | 2014–2018 | 28 | 3 |
| Sukhwinder Singh | Midfielder | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Khelemba Singh | Defender | 2014–2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Dane Pereira | Defender | 2014–2015 | 2 | 0 |
| Eduardo Silva Lerma | Midfielder | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Jonas Folke Tillman | Midfielder | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Denson Devadas | Midfielder | 2014 | 15 | 0 |
| Abhishek Das | Defender | 2014–2015 | 8 | 0 |
| Jayesh Rane | Forward | 2014–2017 | 20 | 1 |
| Balwant Singh | Forward | 2014–2016 | 20 | 1 |
| Harmanjot Khabra | Midfielder | 2014–2017 | 34 | 0 |
| Gouramangi Singh | Defender | 2014–2015 | 11 | 0 |
| Jaison Vales | Forward | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barbosa | Midfielder | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Pappachen Pradeep | Midfielder | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Ismail | Defender | 2014–2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Karanjit Singh | Goalkeeper | 2015–present | 63 | 0 |
| Éder | Defender | 2015–2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Dhanpal Ganesh | Midfielder | 2015–present | 33 | 2 |
| Justin Stephen | Defender | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuele Blasi | Midfielder | 2015–2016 | 19 | 0 |
| Godwin Franco | Midfielder | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| Fikru | Forward | 2015 | 11 | 1 |
| Nidhin Lal | Goalkeeper | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Raphael Augusto | Midfielder | 2015–2019 | 69 | 7 |
| Sena Ralte | Defender | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| Zakeer Mundampara | Midfielder | 2015–2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Apoula Edel | Goalkeeper | 2015 | 13 | 0 |
| Mehrajuddin Wadoo | Defender | 2015–2016 | 27 | 1 |
| Maílson Alves | Defender | 2015–2019 | 57 | 8 |
| Alessandro Potenza | Defender | 2015 | 10 | 0 |
| Pawan Kumar | Goalkeeper | 2015–2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilbert Oliveira | Midfielder | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Nallappan Mohanraj | Defender | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| Hans Mulder | Midfielder | 2016 | 12 | 2 |
| John Arne Riise | Defender | 2016 | 10 | 1 |
| Davide Succi | Forward | 2016 | 13 | 3 |
| Thoi Singh | Forward | 2016–present | 72 | 4 |
| Eli Sabiá | Defender | 2016, 2018–present | 60 | 3 |
| Daniel Lalhlimpuia | Forward | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Siam Hanghal | Midfielder | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| Maurizio Peluso | Forward | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Uttam Rai | Forward | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Duwayne Kerr | Goalkeeper | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Baljit Sahni | Forward | 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Lalrinzuala | Defender | 2016–present | 76 | 1 |
| Dudu Omagbemi | Forward | 2016 | 13 | 5 |
| Henrique Sereno | Defender | 2017–2018 | 14 | 1 |
| Bikramjit Singh | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 16 | 0 |
| Gregory Nelson | Forward | 2017–2019 | 33 | 3 |
| Jaime Gavilán | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 11 | 0 |
| Jude Nworuh | Forward | 2017–2018 | 9 | 0 |
| Rene Mihelič | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 14 | 2 |
| Iñigo Calderón | Defender | 2017–2019 | 32 | 4 |
| Anirudh Thapa | Midfielder | 2016–present | 69 | 5 |
| Mohammed Rafi | Forward | 2017–2019 | 21 | 5 |
| Baoringdao Bodo | Forward | 2017–2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Germanpreet Singh | Midfielder | 2017–present | 36 | 0 |
| Fulganco Cardozo | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Francis Fernandes | Midfielder | 2017–2019 | 37 | 1 |
| Keenan Almeida | Defender | 2017–2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Shahinlal Meloly | Defender | 2017–2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Sanjay Balmuchu | Defender | 2017–2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Aimol Reamsochung | Defender | 2018–present | 2 | 0 |
| Bibin Boban | Midfielder | 2018–present | 0 | 0 |
| Prosenjit Chakraborty | Defender | 2018–2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedashwor Singh | Midfielder | 2018–2019 | 1 | 0 |
| Saurabh Meher | Midfielder | 2018–2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Laldinliana Renthlei | Defender | 2018–2020 | 34 | 0 |
| Aman Chetri | Forward | 2018–2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Tondonba Singh | Defender | 2018–2020 | 26 | 0 |
| Carlos Salom | Forward | 2018–2019 | 11 | 1 |
| Andrea Orlandi | Forward | 2018–2019 | 9 | 0 |
| Sinivasan Pandiyan | Midfielder | 2018–present | 0 | 0 |
| Halicharan Narzary | Forward | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| C. K. Vineeth | Midfielder | 2019 | 18 | 4 |
| Isaac Vanmalsawma | Defender | 2018–2019 | 20 | 2 |
| Zohmingliana Ralte | Midfielder | 2018–2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Sanjiban Ghosh | Goalkeeper | 2018–present | 3 | 0 |
| Zonunmawia | Midfielder | 2018–present | 0 | 0 |
| Hendry Antonay | Defender | 2018–present | 0 | 0 |
| Nikhil Bernard | Goalkeeper | 2018–2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Nerijus Valskis | Forward | 2019–2020 | 20 | 15 |
| Chris Herd | Forward | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Rafael Crivellaro | Midfielder | 2019–present | 20 | 7 |
| Lucian Goian | Defender | 2019–2020 | 20 | 2 |
| André Schembri | Forward | 2019–2020 | 18 | 5 |
| Dragoș Firțulescu | Midfielder | 2019–2020 | 16 | 0 |
| Edwin Sydney Vanspaul | Defender | 2019–present | 18 | 0 |
| Masih Saighani | Midfielder | 2019–2020 | 12 | 1 |
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | Midfielder | 2019–present | 21 | 7 |
| Vishal Kaith | Goalkeeper | 2019–present | 20 | 0 |
| Deepak Tangri | Defender | 2018–present | 5 | 0 |
| Bawlte Rohmingthanga | Forward | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Ali | Forward | 2019–present | 6 | 0 |
| Enes Sipović | Defender | 2020–present | 0 | 0 |
| Memo | Midfielder | 2020–present | 0 | 0 |
| Reagan Singh | Defender | 2020–present | 0 | 0 |
| Lalchhuanmawia | Defender | 2020– | 0 | 0 |
| Aman Chetri | Forward | 2020– | 0 | 0 |
| Isma | Forward | 2020– | 0 | 0 |

## List of marquee players

| Year signed | Marquee | ref |
| 2014–2015 | Elano | |
| 2016 | John Arne Riise | |

## By nationality

As of 25 October 2020.

### All Players

| Country | Number of players |
| India | 70 |
| Brazil | 8 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Spain | 5 |
| France | 3 |
| Colombia | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2 |
| Romania | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 1 |
| Armenia | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Bosnia | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 1 |
| Guinea Bissau | 1 |
| Haiti | 1 |
| Jamaica | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Malta | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Palestine | 1 |
| TOTAL | 118 |