5 Most Followed Footballers Of India


5 Most Followed Footballers Of India

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Just like India is a developing country, football is also a game that has slowly but steadily developed itself in India. Although, there was a time in Indian History when Football was a highly celebrated sport in the country and surprisingly Indian’s who played football were referred to as the ‘Brazilians of Asia’.

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But coming of age, people certainly started losing intrest towards this game as all the attention shifted to ‘Cricket’ once India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Still, there were enough fans in the country to keep the game alive. And, now when ‘Indian Football’ is the second most watched/followed sport in the country, there are players who have established themselves as the torch bearers of this game. Be it a child, a youngster or even a fan, everyone who’s connected to the game, tries to copy these players and dream of becoming someone like them once they grow up.

Today in this article, let’s find out who are the most followed football players in the country, currently!

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Jackichand Singh

Being born on 17 March 1992, Telem Jackichand Singh is an Indian professional footballer who is a Midfielder for The India national football team as well as club Jamshedpur.

Singh has a total of 76k followers on Social Media.

Bhaichung Bhutia

Bhaichung Bhutia is a former Indian professional footballer who played as a striker for the national team. In the international fold, Bhutia is considered the ‘torchbearer’ of Indian football. Interestingly, due to his shooting skills in football, he was named as ‘The Sikkimese Sniper’.

Bhutia has a total fanbase of 203.5k followers over Social Media.

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who’s probably the best goalkeeper in the country, hails from Chamkaur Sahib, Punjab. Being a professional footballer he plays for Bengaluru FC and India national football team. Besides being a star player, Sandhu has also won ‘The Arjuna Award for Football’ in the year 2019.

Currently, Sandhu has a fanbase of 114k on Facebook, 57k on Twitter & 129k on Instagram, which makes it a total of 300k.

Jeje Lalpekhlua

Coming from a small state of Mizoram, this lad has shown his potential while playing for his club Chennaiyin FC as well as while representing India. Jeje also holds the record for being the 6th highest scorer of The Indian Super League, since it’s inaugration in 2013.

Currently, Jeje has a total fanbase of 341.7k, which includes 215k followers on Instagram, 80k on his Facebook page and 40.7k on his Twitter handle.

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Sunil Chhetri

The Indian Captain, probably the most followed Indian football player in the current era. Chhetri holds the record for the second most no. of International goals by a player in the history of the game. Also, Chhetri was named as the ‘Asian Icon’ on his 34th Birthday.

Being the Indian Captain & a star striker, Chhetri has a fanbase of over 3.2 million, with 618k of them on Facebook, 1.6M of them on Twitter and 1M of them on Instagram.