Muttath Suresh (born 19 May 1978) is a former Indian footballer. He is a defender, former indian player, former east bengal club captain, federation cup winning captain for east bengal, two time national league winner,

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is a football competition organized by the Indian Football Association, the football governing body in the Indian state of West Bengal. The IFA came into existence in 1893, and was named after the association. The IFA Shield to ...

winner,

ASEAN Club Championship The ASEAN Club Championship or ACC, also known as the Shopee Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an international club football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) between domestic champion clubs. The competition is backed by ...

winner.

Career

Suresh Muttath, commonly known as Suresh Dada to Kolkata football fans, was born on May 19, 1978, id Etatumma l, Kasargod district, who has been the defender of India for many years, and has impress ed Mohun Baga n, East Bengal and several other clubs across india with his style of play. History has it that Suresh Muttath, who combined his strength, height, shape, shape and body with a desire for success and sincerity, started hitting the ball on the field from the peak of poverty by following the path of his father Krishnan, who was a former player of Madras regiment. His footballing journey started from Thrikkarippur, his native place. Suresh was only fifteen years old when he stepped into the Indian school team camp after a great start to his playing career. He left his childhood and played football with full maturity in the school team. He was involved in many achievements of the school team. Suresh, who joined the Kozhikode University team fr om Nehru College Kanhangad, was groomed by Usman and Victor Manjila. In those years, Suresh worked his magic in the under-21 state team and the junior team with his well laced boots. Under the tutelage of Sreedharan and Peethambaran, he performed well in the U21 kerala team. He scored an excellent goal too in the opening game. Even before the end of that season, he made his name echoed across Kerala by participating in the Kerala team for the National Games and the preparations for the Madras-Coimbatore Santosh Trophy matches. After the Santosh Trophy held at Thrissur, Suresh was called up by Mohan Bagan. A move from wing-back to stopper-back at the hands of Subrota Bhattacharya there, and a Durant Cup win in his first season, were all enough to make Suresh a notable star of the Kolkata side. He then won his second Durant Cup at Mahindra United the following year. Later, on the way back to Kolkata, he joined the Mohun Bagan's arch-rivals East Bengal. Suresh was able to win the Durant Cup for 3 consecutive seasons. When East Bengal won the Federation Cup after twenty-two long years, the captain of that ship was none other than this legend. Again the ASEAN Cup,

and two National League titles came to him. He was able to guard the defense of his country from 2000 to 2007 due to his playing excellence and discipline on the field. Suresh had also netted a couple of goals for India too. One against Rwanda at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Suresh won the 2005 SAF Championship too in his playing years. Suresh Muttath, joined the United Sikkim Football Club in 2010.

Honours

India *

SAFF Championship The SAFF Championship (erstwhile SAARC Gold Cup and SAFF Gold Cup), is the primary association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the South Asian Football Fede ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

; third place:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

East Bengal *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh, Muttah Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Living people 1978 births East Bengal Club players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Kerala Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Mahindra United FC players