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{{short description|Indian footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bino George
| image = 
| image_size = 150
| caption = 
| fullname = Bino George Chiramal Padinjarathala
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| height = 
| position = 
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1997
| clubs1 = MPT Goa
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 2000–2001
| clubs3 = UB Club Bangalore
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 2002
| clubs4 = [[FC Kochin]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| manageryears1 = 2006–2010
| managerclubs1 = [[Chirag United Club Kerala|Viva Kerala]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs2 = [[Chirag United Club Kerala|Chirag United]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2012
| managerclubs3 = [[Quartz S.C.|Quartz SC]]
| manageryears4 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs4 = [[United S.C.]]
| manageryears5 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs5 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
| manageryears6 = 2019– 
| managerclubs6 = [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
| manageryears7 = 2019–
| managerclubs7 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]](Technical Director)
}}
'''Bino George''' (born 22 November 1976) is an Indian former [[association football|footballer]] and football manager. He is the first [[AFC Professional Coaching Diploma]] holder in [[Kerala]].<ref name="BinoAFC">{{cite web|last1=News Service|first1=Express|title=Dribbling past hurdles, Bino completes AFC's elite coaching course|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2016/sep/21/Dribbling-past-hurdles-Bino-completes-AFCs-elite-coaching-course-1522078.html|website=The New Indian Express|publisher=The New Indian Express|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Non-league===
Bino started playing at the age of 14, when he was studying in Govt. Model Boys School, Thrissur. Then he went on to play Inter-Collegiate and District level Football tournaments. He was a member of Tamilnadu State Under-21 Football Team and represented [[Annamalai University]] Football Team in All India Inter University Championship held at [[Karaikudi]], [[Tamilnadu]] in 1998.

===Professional career===
Bino started his professional career by playing for [[Mormugao]] Port Trust, [[Goa]] in 1997. Then he moved to [[Kolkata]], which is considered to be the [[Mecca]] of Indian football. He joined [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]] in 1998. Then in 2000, he moved to [[Bangalore]] and joined UB Club. After a season long stay in Bengaluru, he returned to [[Kerala]] to join [[FC Kochin]] in 2002.

==Coaching career==
Bino served as the assistant coach of the now defunct Viva Kerala FC as well as the Kerala state team in the 35th National Games and 2015 Santosh Trophy nurturing footballers like Vineeth C K, Rino Anto, Zakeer Mundampara and C S Sabeeth.<ref name=BinoAFC /> He is currently working as a football coach in Kerala State Sports Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportscouncil.kerala.gov.in/images/pdf/coaches.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123014758/http://www.sportscouncil.kerala.gov.in/images/pdf/coaches.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 24 July 2015, it was announced that the [[United S.C.]] appointed Bino George as the head coach of the first team.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bharat|first1=Khelchandra|title=Bino George appointed as the Chief Coach of United SC football team|url=http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2015/07/24/bino-george-appointed-as-the-chief-coach-of-united-sc-football-team/|website=Indian Football Network|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref>

On 13 September 2016, Bino George passed the [[AFC Professional Coaching Diploma]] and became the first AFC Pro Licence Holder in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Media|first1=AIFF|title=EIGHT CANDIDATES CLEAR AFC PRO LICENSE COURSE|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7394|website=www.the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref>

In January 2017, a new football team [[Gokulam FC]] based in [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]] roped in Bino George as the head coach.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chandran|first1=M R Praveen|title=Gokulam FC attempts to swim against tide|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Gokulam-FC-attempts-to-swim-against-tide/article17093409.ece|website=thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref> Gokulam FC subsequently bid for the place in [[I-League]] and joined the league from [[2017–18 I-League]].

==Statistics==
===Managerial statistics===
{{updated|2 February 2018}}.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From
!rowspan=2! width=120|To
!colspan=7|Record
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|align=left|{{nobreak|08 October 2017}}
|align=left|{{nobreak|Present}}
{{WDL|40|10|11|19}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|40|10|11|19}}
|}

==References==
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{{I-League managers}}

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