| Fullname | Shilton Paul |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 10 June 1988 (age 38) |
| Birth place | Maslandapur, West Bengal |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Position | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears 1 | 2000–2006 |
| Youthclubs 1 | Tata Football Academy |
| Years 1 | 2006–2020 |
| Clubs 1 | Mohun Bagan |
| Caps 1 | 257 |
| Goals 1 | 0 |
| Years 2 | 2014 |
| Clubs 2 | → Chennaiyin (loan) |
| Caps 2 | 4 |
| Goals 2 | 0 |
| Years 3 | 2015 |
| Clubs 3 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) |
| Caps 3 | 0 |
| Goals 3 | 0 |
| Years 4 | 2016 |
| Clubs 4 | → ATK (loan) |
| Caps 4 | 0 |
| Goals 4 | 0 |
| Years 5 | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs 5 | Churchill Brothers |
| Caps 5 | 23 |
| Goals 5 | 0 |
| Years 6 | 2020 |
| Clubs 6 | → Bhawanipore (loan) |
| Caps 6 | 3 |
| Goals 6 | 0 |
| Years 7 | 2024 |
| Clubs 7 | ASOS Rainbow |
| Caps 7 | 11 |
| Goals 7 | 0 |
| Nationalyears 1 | 2006 |
| Nationalteam 1 | India U-20 |
| Nationalcaps 1 | 3 |
| Nationalgoals 1 | 0 |
Shilton Paul (Bengali: শিল্টন পাল; 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]
Club career
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]
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.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | CFL | Cup | AFC | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mohun Bagan | 2006–07 | NFL | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | I-League | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | |||||||
| 2012–13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | — | 3[f] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 1[g] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[h] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[i] | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Chennaiyin (loan) | 2014 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Kerala Blasters (loan) | 2015 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| ATK (loan) | 2016 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Churchill Brothers | 2020–21 | I-League | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Bhawanipore (loan) | 2020 | I-League 2nd Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Rainbow AC | 2024 | Calcutta Premier Division | — | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 12 | ||||||
- ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
- ^ Appearance in Indian Super Cup
- ^ Appearance in Indian Super Cup
- ^ Appearance in IFA Shield
- ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
- ^ 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearance in All Airlines Gold Cup
- ^ Appearance in IFA Shield
- ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
Honours
Club
Mohun Bagan
- I-League (2): 2014–15, 2019–20
- Federation Cup (3): 2006, 2008, 2015–16
- Calcutta Football League (3): 2008, 2009, 2018
- Sikkim Governors Gold Cup (1): 2017
Atletico de Kolkata
- Indian Super League: 2016
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
References
- ^ Gupta, Sabyasachi (2024-08-31). "গ্লাভস তুলে রাখলেন শিল্টন পাল: সমাপ্ত হলো এক গৌরবময় অধ্যায়". Bong Football. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". Times of India. 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Mohun Bagan's Shilton Paul delighted to be best goalkeeper of I-League – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Dunn, Carrie & Welford, Joanna (1 December 2014). Football and the FA Women's Super League. doi:10.1057/9781137480323. ISBN 9781137480323.
- ^ "আই লিগের দ্বিতীয় ডিভিশনে ভবানীপুরের দূর্গ সামলাবেন শিল্টন". bangla.hindustantimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Bhawanipore FC beat FC Bengaluru Utd in opener". 8 October 2020.
- ^ Ganguly, Abhishek (23 July 2020). "Goalkeeper Shilton Paul joins Churchill Brothers". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Ghosh, Riju (11 January 2021). "Indian Arrows 2-5 Churchill Brothers FC: Post-match Analysis". Football Express. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "ASOS Rainbow AC Celebrates the Joining of Shilton Paul". 29 June 2023.
- ^ "SHILTON PLAYED AFTER A YEAR, DISAPPOINTED WITH THE GROUND". 7 August 2023.
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- ^ "I-League 2017–18: Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". firstpost.com. Chandigarh: The FirstPost News. Press Trust of India. 22 March 2018. Archived 23 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- Mukherjee, Soham (28 August 2018). "CFL 2018: Mohun Bagan face stern test against Aryan before Kolkata Derby". Goal.com. Archived 9 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 December 2023.