It will be the end of an era in Indian football after legendary player and captain Sunil Chhetri announced his desire to retire from the game on Thursday (May 16). Chettri, one of India’s greatest will hang his boots on June 6 when he takes the field for one final time against Kuwait in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier. After his decision, fans took to their X handle and paid tribute to him and hailing his impact on Indian football. Here are all the reactions from X.
““When I did decide that this is going to be my last game, I told my family about it. Dad was normal. He was relieved, happy, everything. It was my wife, strangely. I told her. ‘You always used to bug me that there are too many games, there’s too much of pressure. Now I am telling you that I’m not going to play for my country anymore after this game.’ Even they couldn’t tell me why there were tears. It’s not that I was feeling tired, not that I was feeling this or that. When the instinct came that this should be my last game, I thought about it a lot, eventually I came to this decision,” Chhetri has said in a video posted on his X handle.
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Chhetri will have one last dance against Kuwait on June 6 where he can add to his already impressive 94 international goals. He is currently the third highest active goal-scorer after Cristiano Ronaldo (128) and Lionel Messi (106). He remains the fourth-highest all-time top scorer in men’s international football after Ronaldo, Ali Daei (109) and Messi. Chhetri will also retire as the second-highest goal-scorer from the continent of Asia, underling his legendary status.
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