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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Bineesh Balan<br />
| image =<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| fullname = Bineesh Thottunkal Balan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|1|1}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| currentclub = FC Kerala<br />
| clubnumber = <br />
| height = {{height|m=1.69}}<br />
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]<br />
| youthyears1 = 2004–2008<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Tata Football Academy|TFA]]<br />
| years1 = 2010–2014<br />
| clubs1 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]<br />
| caps1 = 49<br />
| goals1 = 14<br />
| years2 = 2014–15<br />
| clubs2 = [[Pune FC|Pune]]<br />
| years3 = 2016–18<br />
| clubs3 = FC Kerala<br />
| years4 = 2018<br />
| clubs4 = FC Thrissur<br />
| nationalyears1 = <br />
| nationalteam1 = India U14<br />
| nationalcaps1 = <br />
| nationalgoals1 = <br />
| nationalyears2 =<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]<br />
| pcupdate = 14 June 2014<br />
| ntupdate =<br />
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'''Bineesh Thottunkal Balan''' (born 1 January 1989) is an [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]] who plays for FC Thrissur.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Early career===<br />
Bineesh started his career very early at his school days playing for Panampally Nagar School, [[Ernakulam]] and winning a lot of awards and appreciations. He represented his district [[Thrissur]] and [[Kerala]] at sub junior levels.<br />
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He made a lot of good performances at [[Tata Football Academy]] after joining them in 2004. He was top scorer in the JRD Cup, [[Jharkhand]] League and many more competitions and has captained the Academy. He managed to score an impressive 19 goals from 7 matches in [[Jharkhand]] League for TFA.<br />
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This consistent performances led him to the Goan giants [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]] who captured him in 2009.<br />
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He has represented India U14 and [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]] levels and has played in many major tournaments like [[Wales]] International Soccer Tournament, [[England]] and has scored against the youth teams of [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] and Airhot United.<ref name="Bineesh Kerala">{{cite web|title=Bineesh Balan|url=http://footballkerala.com/players/current-players/bineesh-balan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009175627/http://footballkerala.com/players/current-players/bineesh-balan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2009|accessdate=30 November 2013|work=Football Kerala}}</ref><br />
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===Churchill Brothers===<br />
Balan started his career with [[Churchill Brothers S.C.]] during the [[I-League 2010-11]] season. That season he played in 12 matches while scoring in six of them.<ref name="Bineesh Kerala"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Soccerway|t-bineesh-balan/100140}}<br />
* [http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/34719/bineesh-balan Bineesh Balan] at goal.com<br />
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[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:I-League players]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Thrissur]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Churchill Brothers FC Goa players]]<br />
[[Category:1989 births]]<br />
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Association football forwards]]</div>>JJMC89 bot III