Raman Patrick Sisupalan is an English former professional

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of Indian descent who is currently working as foreign coaches liaison at Kovalam FC of the

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. He played as a

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and last played for Viva Kerala FC of the

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as a player of Indian origin.

Personal life

Born in England, Sisupalan began his football career in

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and spent some years teaching at Alexandra Park School before moving to India to play professional football. He also worked at the Petchey Academy and at Northumberland Park Community School.

Club career

During his early career, he played

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for

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and

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for FC White Bear. He later switched to football predominantly, as his professional career.

Viva Kerala

He signed for

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-based

side

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in 2009. Under the coaching of A M Sreedharan, he was all set to be debuted for Viva Kerala in the

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in Kolkata, against

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. But later, the club withdrew from the tournament due to failure to register players on time and Sisupalan missed the debut opportunity.

Managerial career

From 2010 to 2012, Sisupalan managed the soccer team of Petchey Academy in Kingsland School,

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. Sisupalan is currently in the managing committee of the

outfit Kovalam FC from 2012. He works as a foreign coaches liaison in the

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

-based side. He along with Ebin Rose, coordinates the training facilities of the Kovalam FC, which is currently set up in the newly formed stadium at Arumanoor near

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sisupalan, Raman Patrick Indian men's footballers Living people 1981 births Men's association football midfielders British people of Indian descent