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{{short description|Indian association footballer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|fullname = Carlton Anthony Chapman
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1971|04|13|df=yes}}<ref name=indianfootball />
|birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|12|1971|04|13|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
|height = {{height|m=1.65}}<ref name=indianfootball>{{cite web|title=Carlton Chapman|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/chapman_carlton.html|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=indianfootball.com|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref>
|position = [[Midfielder]]
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|years1 = ?–1991
|clubs1 = Southern Blues
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|years2 = 1991–1993
|clubs2 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
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|years3 = 1993–1995
|clubs3 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
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|years4 = 1995–1997
|clubs4 = [[JCT FC|JCT Mills]]
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|goals4 =
|years5 = 1997–1998
|clubs5 = [[FC Kochin|Kochin]]
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|years6 = 1998–2001
|clubs6 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
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|nationalyears1 = 1991–2001
|nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
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|manageryears1 = 2002–2008
|managerclubs1 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
|manageryears2 = 2008
|managerclubs2 = Royal Rangers
|manageryears3 = 2009–2013
|managerclubs3 = [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
|manageryears4 = 2013–2014
|managerclubs4 = [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore FC]]
|manageryears5 = 2014–2016
|managerclubs5 = [[Students Union]]
|manageryears6 = 2016–2017
|managerclubs6 = [[Sudeva Moonlight F.C.|Sudeva Moonlight FC]]
|manageryears7 = 2017–2020
|managerclubs7 = [[Quartz FC]]
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'''Carlton Anthony Chapman''' (13 April 1971{{spnd}}12 October 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/ | title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away | work=The Indian Express | date=12 October 2020 | accessdate=13 October 2020}}</ref> was an Indian professional [[Association football|football]]er who also served as technical director of [[Quartz S.C.|Quartz International Football Academy]]. As player, Chapman played as a [[midfielder]] for the [[India national football team|Indian national team]] between 1995 and 2001 and also captained the side. At the club level, he had a successful career, having had two spells with [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and one with [[JCT FC|JCT Mills]].<ref name=":0" />

As coach, Chapman had a six-year spell with [[I-League 2nd Division]] club [[Tata Football Academy]] from 2002 to 2008, followed by [[Royal Wahingdoh FC]] and Students Union of the [[Bangalore Super Division]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Babu Cyriac|first1=Biju|title=Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms|website=The Times of India|accessdate=11 January 2015}}</ref> Between 2016 and 2017 he was the head coach of [[Sudeva Moonlight F.C.|Sudeva Moonlight FC]], a Delhi-based [[I-League 2nd Division]] football club and residential academy.<ref name=":1" />

==Playing career==
Chapman began his club career with Sai Centre, Bangalore, in the mid-1980s. He then played for Southern Blues, a Bangalore club, before joining the [[Tata Football Academy]] as a cadet in 1990. He stayed with the club till 1993 after graduating the previous year,<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlton Chapman|url=http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/ex_cadetscomments.asp|publisher=tatafootballacademy.com|accessdate=19 February 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219082445/http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/ex_cadetscomments.asp|archivedate=19 February 2018}}</ref> before signing for [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]. He had a fruitful two years at Bengal until signed by [[JCT FC|JCT Mills]] in 1995. In 1993, his first season with Bengal, he scored a hat-trick against the [[Iraq]]i club [[Al-Zawra'a SC|Al-Zawra]] at the [[1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winners' Cup]], a match that Bengal won 6–2.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stokkermans, Karel|title=Asian up Winners' Cup 1993/94|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup94.html#cwc|publisher=rsssf.com|accessdate= 12 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="tht2">{{cite web|title=TheHardTackle Exclusive Interview – Carlton Chapman|url= http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/thehardtackle-exclusive-interview-carlton-chapman/ |publisher=thehardtackle.com|date=22 March 2011|accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref>

During his spell at JCT Mills, the team won 14 tournaments, with a team that had [[I. M. Vijayan]] and [[Baichung Bhutia]], both of whom are regarded as India's all-time greats.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alex Ferguson model inspires Carlton Chapman|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/interviews/Alex-Ferguson-model-inspires-Carlton-Chapman/articleshow/8576596.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date=26 May 2011|accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Former India football captain Carton Chapman is dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-india-football-captain-carton-chapman-is-dead/1953662|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Outlook India}}</ref> After one season with [[FC Kochin]] in 1997–98, Chapman returned to his former club East Bengal in 1998. The team won the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] under his captaincy in 2001, before he announced his retirement from professional football.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-12|title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman dies aged 49|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/india/story/4206369/former-india-football-captain-carlton-chapman-dies-aged-49|access-date=2020-10-13|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[Santosh Trophy]], Chapman played for [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]], [[Punjab football team|Punjab]] and [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Indian football captain Carlton Chapman passes away at 49|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/sports/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-at-49-ayh-qi2yc8|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=en}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==

===2002–2013===
Following his retirement as a player, Chapman coached the [[Tata Football Academy]] team, then in [[I-League 2nd Division]], from 2002 to 2008. He was signed in December 2002 on a one-year contract as an assistant to head coach Ranjan Choudhary and assistant coach Vijay Kumar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-cadet back as TFA coach – Carlton Chapman takes up new job|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1021211/asp/jamshedpur/story_1468169.asp|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=11 December 2002}}</ref>

He quit in 2008, after the team was not allowed to play in the [[I-League|first division]] by its management even after having qualified. During these years, he had stints with the [[India national under-19 football team|Indian under-19 team]] as an assistant coach and with the Jharkhand under-19 team in 2003 and 2005. Following his departure from Tata Football Academy, he had a stint with a [[New Delhi]] club, Royal Rangers, in 2008.<ref name="tht2" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Carlton Chapman (Provisional B License) |url= http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM/2010/09/04&ID=Pc01705 |newspaper= The Times of India |date= 4 September 2010 |accessdate= 12 October 2014}}</ref> He was then approached by [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]], a club based in [[Shillong]]. He guided the team to three successive [[Shillong Premier League]] wins, and the [[Bordoloi Trophy]] win in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title= Dribbling success |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/dribbling-success/article4867630.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 1 July 2013 |accessdate= 12 October 2014}}</ref>

===2013–2017===
In 2013, Chapman was signed by [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore FC]], a [[Kolkata]]-based club, that played in the I-League 2nd Division, after they failed to qualify for the first division by a point in the [[2013 I-League 2nd Division|previous season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/13/4114040/chapman-joins-kolkatas-bhawanipore-as-head-coach|title=Chapman joins Kolkata's Bhawanipore as head coach}}</ref> In 2014, he joined Students Union that competed in the [[Bangalore Super Division]].<ref name="goal1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms|title=Chapman joins Students Union|date=13 July 2013|publisher=goal.com|accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref> In 2017, he joined [[Sudeva Moonlight F.C.|Sudeva Moonlight FC]], a club based in [[Delhi]], as an assistant coach. Under him, the club got promoted to the I-League 2nd Division.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.feverpitch.in/articles/news/sudeva-moonlight-fc-appoints-shantha-kumar-head-coach|title=Sudeva Moonlight FC Appoints Carlton Chapman as Assistant Coach|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219073240/http://www.feverpitch.in/articles/news/sudeva-moonlight-fc-appoints-shantha-kumar-head-coach|archivedate=19 February 2018}}</ref> In December 2017, Chapman was appointed the Technical Director of the [[Kozhikode]]-based Quartz International Football Academy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rajan |first1=Adwaidh |title=Indian football legend Carlton Chapman relishing new challenge in his 'third home' Kerala |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2018/may/03/indian-football-legend-carlton-chapman-relishing-new-challenge-in-his-third-home-kerala-1809706.html |website=The New Indian Express |date=3 May 2018}}</ref>

===Death===
Chapman died of a heart attack in [[Bangalore]] on 12 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=മുന്‍ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഫുട്‌ബോള്‍ ടീം ക്യാപ്റ്റന്‍ കാള്‍ട്ടന്‍ ചാപ്മാന്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/sports/news/former-indian-football-team-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-1.5123925 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=12 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{NFT|3117}}
* [http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/chapman_carlton.html Charlton Chapman, Indian football Hall of famer]

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian football coaches]]
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[[Category:Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]

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