Baichung Bhutia

**Baichung Bhutia** (born 15 December 1976) is an former Indian professional footballer.   He played for the India national football team.

Bhutia retired from international competition in 2011.

### Club career statistics

|-
|1993–94||rowspan="2"|East Bengal||||||
|-
|1994–95||||||
|-
|1995–96||rowspan="2"|JCT Mills||||||
|-
|1996–97||rowspan="3"|I-League||20||14
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="2"|East Bengal||16||8
|-
|1998–99||15||7

|-
|1999–2000||rowspan="3"|Bury||rowspan="3"|Second Division||14||2
|-
|2000–01||20||1
|-
|2001–02||3||0

|-
|2002–03||Mohun Bagan||I-League||11||6

|-
|2003||Perak||Premier 1||8||4

|-
|2003–04||rowspan="2"|East Bengal||rowspan="2"|I-League||20||12
|-
|2004–05||18||9

|-
|2005||Selangor||Super League||5||1

|-
|2005–06||East Bengal||rowspan="6"|I-League||16||12
|-
|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Mohun Bagan||12||4
|-
|2007–08||16||9
|-
|2008–09||||
|-
|2009–10||rowspan="2"|East Bengal||||
|-
|2010–11||||
|-
|2011–12||rowspan="2"|United Sikkim||rowspan="2"|I-League 2nd Div.||
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|2012–13||||
144||81
37||3
13||5
194||89
|}

### National team statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="17"|India|1995|7|2|
|1996|5|1|||
|1997|8|4|||
|1998|5|0|||
|1999|4|4|||
|2000|1|0|||
|2001|5|2|||
|2002|2|0|||
|2003|1|0|||
|2004|5|0|||
|2005|5|2|||
|2006|7|1|||
|2007|7|3|||
|2008|12|5|||
|2009|5|3|||
|2010|2|0|||
|2011|1|0|||

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|29 March 1995|Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo||1–0|2–2|1995 SAFF Championship||||||||
|2|2–0|||||||||||||
|3|6 March 1996|National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lampur||2–5|2–5|1996 Asian Cup qualifier||||||||
|4|11 April 1997|Nehru Stadium, Cochin||1–2|1–2|1997 Nehru Cup||||||||
|5|7 September 1997|Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu||3–0|3–0|1997 SAFF Championship||||||||
|6|9 September 1997|Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu||1–0|2–2|1997 SAFF Championship||||||||
|7|13 September 1997|Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu||2–0|5–1|1997 SAFF Championship||||||||
|8|26 April 1999|Fatorda Stadium, Margao||1–0|2–0|1999 SAFF Championship||||||||
|9|2–0|||||||||||||
|10|29 April 1999|Fatorda Stadium, Margao||1–0|2–1|1999 SAFF Championship||||||||
|11|1 May 1999|Fatorda Stadium, Margao||2–0|2–0|1999 SAFF Championship||||||||
|12|15 April 2001|Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore||1–1|1–1|2002 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|13|20 May 2001|Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore||3–0|5–0|2002 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|14|10 December 2005|Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi||1–0|3–0|2005 SAFF Championship||||||||
|15|17 December 2005|Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad||2–0|2–0|2005 SAFF Championship||||||||
|16|18 February 2006|Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|17|17 August 2007|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||2–0|6–0|2007 Nehru Cup||||||||
|18|20 August 2007|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||1–0|1–0|2007 Nehru Cup||||||||
|19|26 August 2007|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||1–0|3–0|2007 Nehru Cup||||||||
|20|3 June 2008|Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé||2–0|4–0|2008 SAFF Championship||||||||
|21|22 July 2008|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|22|3 August 2008|Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad||1–0|2–1|2008 AFC Challenge Cup||||||||
|23|2–0|||||||||||||
|24|13 August 2008|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||2–0|4–1|2008 AFC Challenge Cup||||||||
|25|14 January 2009|Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai||1–1|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|26|23 August 2009|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||1–0|2–1|2009 Nehru Cup||||||||
|27|26 August 2009|Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi||1–0|3–1|2009 Nehru Cup||||||||

## Honours

**East Bengal**
- ASEAN Club Championship: 2003
- National Football League: 2003–04
- Federation Cup: 2009–10, 2010
- Indian Super Cup: 2011
- Calcutta Football League: 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
- IFA Shield: 1994, 1995, 1997
- Wai Wai Cup: 1993
- San Miguel International Cup: 2004

**Mohun Bagan**
- Calcutta Football League: 2007, 2008, 2009
- IFA Shield: 2003
- Federation Cup: 2006, 2008

**Bengal**
- Santosh Trophy: 1995, 1998–99

**India**
- AFC Challenge Cup: 2008
- SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; runner-up: 1995, 2008
- Nehru Cup: 2007, 2009
- South Asian Games gold medal: 1995
- Afro-Asian Games silver medal: 2003

**India U23**
- LG Cup: 2002

**Individual**
- AIFF Player of the Year: 1995, 2008
- Arjuna Award: 1998
- Padma Shri: 2008
- AFC Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player: 2008
- Banga Bhushan: 2014
- Asian Football Hall of Fame: 2014
- IFFHS 48 Football Legend Players: 2016
- ASEAN Club Championship Top Scorer: 2003
- _Sportskeeda_ All time Indian Football XI

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Bhaichung Bhutia
- **image**: Bhaichung Bhutia at the NDTV Marks for Sports event 21.jpg
- **caption**: Bhutia in 2012
- **fullname**: Bhaichung Bhutia
- **birth place**: Tinkitam, Sikkim, India
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1993–1995
- **clubs1**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps1**: 9
- **goals1**: 17
- **years2**: 1995–1997
- **clubs2**: JCT FC, JCT
- **caps2**: 20
- **goals2**: 15
- **years3**: 1997–1999
- **clubs3**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps3**: 31
- **goals3**: 15
- **years4**: 1999–2002
- **clubs4**: Bury F.C., Bury
- **caps4**: 37
- **goals4**: 8
- **years5**: 2002–2003
- **clubs5**: Mohun Bagan A.C., Mohun Bagan
- **caps5**: 11
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 2003
- **clubs6**: → Perak FA, Perak F.A. (loan)
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 4
- **years7**: 2003–2005
- **clubs7**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps7**: 38
- **goals7**: 21
- **years8**: 2005
- **clubs8**: MK Land FC, Selangor MK Land
- **caps8**: 5
- **goals8**: 3
- **years9**: 2005–2006
- **clubs9**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps9**: 16
- **goals9**: 12
- **years10**: 2006–2009
- **clubs10**:  Mohun Bagan
- **caps10**: 45
- **goals10**: 19
- **years11**: 2009–2011
- **clubs11**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps11**: 3
- **goals11**: 2
- **years12**: 2012–2013
- **clubs12**: United Sikkim F.C., United Sikkim
- **caps12**: 3
- **goals12**: 1
- **years13**: 2015
- **clubs13**: East Bengal F.C., East Bengal
- **caps13**: 0
- **goals13**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 226
- **totalgoals**: 100
- **nationalyears1**: 1992–1996
- **nationalteam1**: India national under-23 football team, India U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1995–2011
- **nationalteam2**: India national football team, India
- **nationalcaps2**: 82
- **nationalgoals2**: 27
- **manageryears1**: 2012
- **managerclubs1**: United Sikkim F.C., United Sikkim
- **manageryears2**: 2018
- **managerclubs2**: Sikkim football team, Sikkim