Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is a retired Indian professional

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who last played as a

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for

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club Asos Rainbow.

Club Career

Mohun Bagan AC

After graduating from

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, Paul signed with

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club

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

in 2006. He got to play his first match in an

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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.

Chennaiyin FC

In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohun Bagan in first

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season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.

Kerala Blasters FC

Shilton represented

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in ISL Season 2.

Atletico De Kolkata

Shilton represented

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in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach

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for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.

Bhawanipore FC

Shilton joined

side

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in September 2020. On 8 October, he captained the side on his debut and kept a cleansheet in a 2-0 win over

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Churchill Brothers

After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal. He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over

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in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021.

Rainbow AC

On 29 June 2023, Paul joined

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side

Rainbow AC Rainbow Athletic Club is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Calcutta Football League, Calcutta Premier Division. The club was formerly known as Rainbow Athletic Club o ...

. 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

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. After the match, he also expressed his disappointment with the ground his team was allotted to play.

International

He made 3 appearances for

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in the

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and was on the bench for qualifiers for the

2007 Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its hi ...

. 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

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan *

(2): 2014–15, 2019–20 * Federation Cup (3): 2006, 2008, 2015–16 *

(3): 2008, 2009, 2018 * Sikkim Governors Gold Cup (1): 2017

Atletico de Kolkata

: 2016

Individual

*I-League Best Goalkeeper Award (1): 2017–18 *Mohun Bagan Player of the Year (1): 2018 *Sports Journalist Best Player Award (1): 2018 *Times Sports Man of the Year (1): 2019

References

External links

Interview in Mohun Bagan Official Website, dated 10 October 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Shilton 1988 births Living people People from Barasat Sadar subdivision Footballers from West Bengal Indian men's footballers 21st-century Indian sportsmen I-League players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Men's association football goalkeepers Indian Super League players Chennaiyin FC players Kerala Blasters FC players ATK (football club) players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Calcutta Football League players