Jahidul Islam Joy at 23:33, 23 December 2025

2025-12-23T23:33:47Z

New page

{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anil Chawan
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Anil Chawan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|4|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Karnataka]], India
| height = 182 cm
| currentclub = [[Inter Kashi]]
| clubnumber = 27
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Centre-Back and Right-Back]]
| youthyears1 = 2012
| youthclubs1 = [[SC de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| youthyears2 = 2013
| youthclubs2 = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
| youthyears3 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs3 = [[Sesa Football Academy|Sesa FA youth]]
| youthyears4 = 2017
| youthclubs4 = Bardez
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = [[Sesa Football Academy|Sesa]]
| caps1 = 12
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = [[ATK (football club)|ATK]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2020
| clubs3 = → [[ATK (football club)|ATK B]] (loan)
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020–2021
| clubs4 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2022
| clubs5 = [[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]]
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2023
| clubs6 = [[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]]
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–
| clubs7 = [[Inter Kashi]]
| caps7 = 8
| goals7 = 0
| club-update = 07:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
}}

'''Anil Chawan''', born 27 April 1999 is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[I-League]] club [[Inter Kashi]].

==Club career==
===Youth===
Hailing from Karnataka, Chawan's professional career journey began in the neighbouring state of [[Goa]], where the then fifteen-year-old was selected for [[Sesa Football Academy]]. As a defender, he was regarded as one of the bright talents from the Sesa Academy's batch by the coaches which soon led to his promotion to the Sesa's senior squad two years later.

===Sesa===
At the age of eighteen, Chawan was promoted to the senior side of Sesa which participated in the [[Goa Football League|Goa First Division League]], the second-tier league of Goa. He captained the Sesa's side in the 2018–19 season where he delivered a notable performance with two goals and five assists to his name over twelve games played, thus helping the team in promotion to [[Goa Football League|Goa Professional League]], the top-tier league of the state. In the league's campaign, Chawan also bagged three man of the match awards. The 2018–19 season with Sesa was noticed by the [[Indian Super League]] side [[ATK (football club)|ATK]] who signed him for the 2019–20 season, marking a leap in the Chawan's career.<ref name="news18_sesa_atk">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-24 |title=ATK Sign Goa-based Sesa Academy Captain Anil Chawan for Developmental Squad |url=https://www.news18.com/news/football/atk-sign-goa-based-sesa-academy-captain-anil-chawan-for-developmental-squad-2244857.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

===ATK===
On 24 July 2019, Chawan was signed by the then ISL side ATK for the 2019–20 season of club's campaign. Marking him as the only second player after [[Denzil Franco]] from Sesa to have ever signed for ATK. He was registered into the ATK squad led by [[Antonio López (footballer, born 1957)|Antonio Habas]] for the club's preseason and was on the bench for ATK's opening game against [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]] away at Kochi. He was then selected for ATK's Reserve side where he was handed over the captain's armband for [[I-League 2|I-League 2nd Disvision]]. He also played all three matches in the [[2019 Durand Cup]] for ATK including the famous victory over one of the Kolkata giants, [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammmedan SC]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Amitabha Das |date=2019-08-16 |title=Durand Cup: ATK downs Mohammedan Sporting, helps Mohun Bagan enter semis |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/durand-cup-atk-downs-mohammedan-sporting-result-mohun-bagan-enter-semis/article29112776.ece |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=SNS |date=2019-08-17 |title=Durand Cup 2019: ATK beat Mohammedan Sporting as Mohun Bagan bag semifinal spot |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/sports/durand-cup-2019-atk-beat-mohammedan-sporting-mohun-bagan-bag-semifinal-spot-1502789389.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref> He made eleven appearances in total for the ATK Reserves side and was also part of the ATK senior squad that clinched the [[2019–20 Indian Super League]] title.<ref name="news18_sesa_atk"/><ref>{{cite news |title=ATK best Chennaiyin in Hero ISL 2019-20 final to clinch record third title |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/atk-best-chennaiyin-in-hero-isl-2019-20-final-to-clinch-record-third-title |access-date=14 March 2020 |work=ISL |date=14 March 2020 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318194935/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/atk-best-chennaiyin-in-hero-isl-2019-20-final-to-clinch-record-third-title |url-status=live }}</ref>

===East Bengal===
After his stint at three-time champions ATK and their Reserve side, Chawan then signed for East Bengal and was announced to be part of the squad in 2020–21 season. Like the previous stint, Chawan in East Bengal lacked of any match time in the senior team and spent his time with reserves side. However, not much is known of his time at the club. In the next season he would then move to I-League side [[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-25 |title=Anil eager to change the Goan success story at East Bengal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/anil-eager-to-change-the-goan-success-story-at-east-bengal/articleshow/76602948.cms |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

===Rajasthan United===
Chawan signed for [[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]] in December 2021 as part of the club's winter signings in the 2021-22 I-League campaign. Chawan made fourteen appearances for the club and scored his first I-League goal that came in a winning encounter against [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan United 2-1 Sreenidi Deccan (2 de May., 2022) Resultado Final - ESPN (AR) |url=https://www.espn.com.ar/futbol/partido/_/juegoId/634483/rajasthan-united-sreenidi-deccan |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>

===Bengaluru United===
Returning to his state in 2023, Chawan signed for [[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]] and captained the side four times in the club's I-League 2nd Division where the club went on to qualify for the final round but was unable to make a cut for the I-League promotion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCBU Set to Take on Delhi FC in 2nd Division I-League Qualifiers - |url=https://kheltoday.com/football/fcbu-set-to-take-on-delhi-fc-in-2nd-division-i-league-qualifiers-2/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=kheltoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=The Bridge |date=2023-05-05 |title=High-flying FC Bengaluru United set eyes on I-League promotion |url=https://thebridge.in/football/high-flying-fc-bengaluru-united-set-eyes-on-i-league-promotion-41642 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Defender Anil Chawan relishes leadership at FC Bengaluru United |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/defender-anil-chavan-relishes-leadership-at-fc-bengaluru-united/articleshow/100022094.cms |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

===Inter Kashi===
Although Chawan was unable to taste the success of I-League promotion with Bengaluru United, he was then signed by [[Inter Kashi]] which enabled him to return to the league after a season's gap.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-13 |title=Inter Kashi have a strong side: Chawan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/inter-kashi-have-a-strong-side-chawan/articleshow/103616406.cms |access-date=2024-03-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Chawan has made eleven appearances so far for the Varanasi-based club in the [[2023–24 I-League|ongoing season of I-League]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/90967?type=club AIFF profile]
*[https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/defender-68795-anil-chawan-profile ISL profile]

{{I-League}}
{{Indian Super League}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chawan, Anil}}
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:India men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Inter Kashi FC players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Goa Professional League players]]
[[Category:ATK (football club) players]]

Anil Chawan - Revision history

Jahidul Islam Joy at 23:33, 23 December 2025