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This is a '''list of Indian international footballers''', who have played for the [[India national football team]] since its foundation in 1938, before the country's independence. Players with 20 or more official [[cap (football)|cap]]s are listed here.<ref>{{cite web |title=India (2018) National football teams |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/country/86/2018/India.html}} retrieved 10 November 2018</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=The Indian National Team in International Football |url= http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/indianteam.html}} retrieved 10 November 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509033915/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=ind/men/matches/index.html#year1998|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2016|title=Live Scores - India - Matches - FIFA.com|last=FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>

*'''Bold''' denotes players still playing professional football.
All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 10 September 2019.<!-- Do not remove this line! -->
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|-  style="background:blue; text-align:center; color:white;"
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Sunil Chhetri]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12944/Sunil_Chhetri.html|title=Chhetri,Sunil|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2005– 
|125
|80
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bhaichung Bhutia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bhutia-intlg.html|title=Baichung Bhutia - Century of International Appearances|website=www.rsssf.com|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>
|1995–2011
|82
|41
|-
|rowspan="2"| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Shabbir Ali]]<ref name=SK>{{Cite news|url=https://m.sportskeeda.com/football/top-5-indian-national-team-strikers-all-time|title=The top 5 Indian national team strikers of all time|date=2016-08-15|access-date=2019-01-10|language=en}}</ref>
|1974–84
|72
|23
|- |_row_count_hold
| align="left" |[[Climax Lawrence]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3127/Climax_Lawrence.html|title=Lawrence,Climax|website=www.nationalfootballteams|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2003–11
|72
|3
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Gouramangi Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/9554/Gouramangi_Singh.html|title=Singh,Gouramangi|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2006–13
|71
|6
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Subrata Pal]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12942/Subrata_Pal.html |title=Pal,Subrata
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com
|access-date=2019-01-03    }}</ref>
|2007–
|67
|92 (conceded)
|-
|rowspan="2"| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |[[I. M. Vijayan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/imvijayan-intlg.html|title=Invalappil Mani Vijayan - Goals in International Matches|website=www.rsssf.com|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref>
|1989–2004
|66
|29
|-|_row_count_hold
|align="left" |[[Mahesh Gawli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3101/Mahesh_Gawli.html|title=Gawli,Mahesh|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27 }}</ref>
|2000–11
|66
|1
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Syed Rahim Nabi]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/9553/Syed_Rahim_Nabi.html|
title=Nabi,Syed Rahim|
website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2004–13
|61
|7
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Renedy Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3123/Renedy_Singh.html|title=Singh,Renedy|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|1999–2011
|59
|4
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Jeje Lalpekhlua]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42684/Jeje_Lalpekhlua.html|title=Lalpekhlua,Jeje|
website=www.nationalfootballteams|access-date=27 November 2018
}}</ref>
|2011–
|56
|23
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Irungbam Surkumar Singh|Surkumar Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3099/Irrungbam_Surkumar_Singh.html|title=Singh,Irrungbam Surkumar|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27 }}</ref>
|2001–11
|52
|2
|-
| _row_count
|  align="left" |[[Steven Dias]]<ref>{{Cite web
| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3121/Steven_Dias.html
|title=Dias,Steven|
website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=27 November 2018 }}</ref>
|2004–11
|51
|7
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Deepak Mondal]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3102/Deepak_Kumar_Mondal.html
|title=Mondal,Deepak Kumar|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
|1999–2011
|47
|0
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Clifford Miranda]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=
https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12941/Clifford_Miranda_Rayes.html
|title=Miranda Rayes,Clifford|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2005–14
|45
|6
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Pappachen Pradeep|N. P. Pradeep]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12936/N_P_Pradeep.html
|title=Pradeep,N.P.|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2005–11
|42
|9
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42773/Gurpreet_Singh_Sandhu.html
|title=Singh Sandhu,Gurpreet
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
|2008–
|48
|57 (conceded) 
|-
|rowspan="2"|_row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Sandesh Jhingan]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58436/Sandesh_Jhingan.html
|title=Jhingan,Sandesh
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2015–
|40
|4
|-| _row_count_hold
| align="left" |'''[[Pritam Kotal]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58435/Pritam_Kotal.html
|title=Kotal,Pritam
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2015–
|43
|0 
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Samir Subash Naik]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3097/Samir_Subash_Naik.html
|title=Naik,Samir Subhash|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2002–12
|38
|0
|-
| _row_count
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Pradip Kumar Banerjee|P. K. Banerjee]]<ref name=SK/>
|1952–67
|36
|19
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |[[Abhishek Yadav (footballer)|Abhishek Yadav]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3091/Abhishek_Yadav.html
|title=Yadav,Abhishek|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2002–11
|35
|4
|-
|rowspan="3"| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Rowllin Borges]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60278/Rowllin_Borges.html
|title=Borges,Rowllin
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2015–
|34
|2
|-|_row_count_hold
| align="left" |[[Jo Paul Ancheri]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3119/Jo_Paul_Ancheri.html
|title=Ancheri,Jo Paul|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|1992–2004
|33
|7
|- |_row_count_hold
| align="left" |'''[[Anwar Ali (footballer, born 1984)|Anwar Ali]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/27486/Anwar_Ali.html
|title=Ali,Anwar|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2008–
|33
|0
|-
|_row_count 
| align="left" |[[Mehrajuddin Wadoo]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12940/Mehrajuddin_Wadoo.html
|title=Wadoo,Mehrajjudin|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date= 27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2005–11
|32
|2
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Udanta Singh]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63494/Udanta_Singh.html
|title=Singh,Udanta
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>
|2016–
|34
|1
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Anirudh Thapa]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/68683/Anirudh_Thapa.html
|title=Thapa,Anirudh
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>
|2017–
|32
|3
|-
|rowspan="2" |_row_count 
| align="left"| [[Mehtab Hossain]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12939/Mehtab_Hossain.html|title=Hossain,Mehtab|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
|2005–15
|31
|2
|- |_row_count_hold
| align="left" |'''[[Francis Fernandes]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45793/Francis_Fernandes.html
|title=Fernandes,Francis
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com
|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2005-15
|31
|1
|-
|_row_count  
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/48443/Robin_Singh.html
|title=Singh,Robin
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2012–
|30
|5
|- 
|rowspan="2"  |_row_count 
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Narayan Das (footballer)|Narayan Das]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/54126/Narayan_Das.html
|title=Das,Narayan
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2011–
|29
|1
|- |_row_count_hold
| align="left" |[[Anthony Pereira]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/29822/Anthony_Pereira.html
|title=Pereira,Anthony
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2009–13
|29
|3
|- 
| _row_count
|   align="left" |'''[[Jewel Raja]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42688/Jewel_Raja_Shaikh.html
|title=Shaikh,Jewel Raja
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2010–
|28
|3
|-
|rowspan="2"| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Sushil Kumar Singh]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/27489/Sushil_Kumar_Singh.html
|title=Singh,Sushil Kumar
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2008–
|27
|2
|- |_row_count_hold
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Arnab Mondal]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/53442/Arnab_Mondal.html
|title=Mondal,Arnab
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2013–
|27
|1
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Halicharan Narzary]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58440/Holicharan_Narzary.html
|title=Narzary,Holicharan
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2015–
|27
|1
|- 
| _row_count 
|align="left" |'''[[Raju Gaikwad]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42685/Raju_Gaikwad.html
|title=Gaikwad,Raju
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2011–
|25
|0
|-
| _row_count  
| align="left" |'''[[Eugeneson Lyngdoh]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58437/Eugeneson_Lyngdoh.html
|title=Lyngdoh,Eugeneson
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2015–
|24
|0
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Lenny Rodrigues]]'''<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46670/Lenny_Rodrigues.html
|title=Rodrigues,Lenny
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>
|2012–
|23
|0
|-

| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Anas Edathodika]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/67479/Anas_Edathodika.html
|title=Edathodika,Anas
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>
|2017–
|21
|0
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Pronay Halder]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/60275/Pronay_Halder.html
|title=Halder,Pronay
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>
|2017–
|22
|1
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Manvir Singh (footballer, born 1995)|Manvir Singh]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/68669/Manvir_Singh.html
|title=Manvir Singh
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
|2017–
|26
|5
|-
| _row_count
| align="left" |'''[[Subhasish Bose]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71305/Subhasish_Bose.html
|title=Bose,Subashish
|website=www.nationalfootballteams.com|access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>
|2017–
|26
|0

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: <small>'''''Note.''' There might be more footballers who have played 20 or more official international matches for India.''</small>
{{for|a complete list of players with a wikipedia article who have played for India|:Category:India international footballers}}

== References ==
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{{India national football team}}
{{Association football players}}
[[Category:India international footballers| ]]
[[Category:Indian footballers|*]]
[[Category:Lists of association football players by national team|India]]
[[Category:Association football player non-biographical articles]]
[[Category:Lists of Indian sportspeople]]