Carlton Anthony Chapman (13 April 197112 October 2020) was an Indian professional footballer who also served as technical director of Quartz International Football Academy. As player, Chapman played as a

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for the Indian national team between 1995 and 2001 and also captained the side. At the club level, he had a successful career, having had two spells with

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and one with JCT Mills. As a coach, Chapman had a six-year spell with

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club

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from 2002 to 2008, followed by Royal Wahingdoh FC and Students Union of the

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. Between 2016 and 2017 he was the head coach of Sudeva Moonlight FC, a Delhi-based

football club and residential academy.

Playing career

Chapman began his club career with Sai Centre, Bangalore, in the mid-1980s. He then played for Southern Blues, a Bangalore club, before joining the

as a cadet in 1990. He stayed with the club until 1993 after graduating the previous year, before signing for

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = Eas ...

. He had a fruitful two years at East Bengal captaining the team in 1999–2000, until signed by JCT Mills in 1995. In 1993, his first season with Bengal, he scored a hat-trick against the

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i club Al-Zawra at the

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, a match that Bengal won 6–2. During his spell at JCT Mills, the team won 14 tournaments, with a team that had I. M. Vijayan and

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, both of whom are regarded as India's all-time greats. After one season with

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in 1997–98, Chapman returned to his former club East Bengal in 1998. The team won the

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under his captaincy in 2001, before he announced his retirement from professional football. In the

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, Chapman played for

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and

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Coaching career

2002–2013

Following his retirement as a player, Chapman coached the

team, then in

, from 2002 to 2008. He was signed in December 2002 on a one-year contract as an assistant to head coach Ranjan Choudhary and assistant coach Vijay Kumar. He quit in 2008, after the team was not allowed to play in the first division by its management even after having qualified. During these years, he had stints with the Indian under-19 team as an assistant coach and with the Jharkhand under-19 team in 2003 and 2005. Following his departure from Tata Football Academy, he had a stint with a

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club, Royal Rangers, in 2008. He was then approached by Royal Wahingdoh, a club based in

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. He guided the team to three successive

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wins, and the

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win in 2011.

2013–2017

In 2013, Chapman was signed by Bhawanipore FC, a

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-based club, that played in the I-League 2nd Division, after they failed to qualify for the first division by a point in the previous season. In 2014, he joined Students Union that competed in the

. In 2017, he joined Sudeva Moonlight, a club based in

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, as an assistant coach. Under him, the club got promoted to the I-League 2nd Division. In December 2017, Chapman was appointed the Technical Director of the

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-based Quartz International Football Academy.

Death

Chapman died of a heart attack in

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on 12 October 2020.

Honours

India *

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; runner-up:

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Gold medal:

East Bengal *

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: 2000 Bengal *

: 1998–99

References

External links

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Charlton Chapman, Indian football Hall of famer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Carlton 1971 births Indian footballers Footballers from Bangalore Anglo-Indian people Association football midfielders India international footballers Indian football coaches 2020 deaths Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Sudeva Delhi FC managers South Asian Games medalists in football South Asian Games gold medalists for India