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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Lijo Francis <br />
| image = <br />
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| fullname = Lijo Francis<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|8|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Eraviputhenthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| height = <br />
| currentclub = [[Chennai City F.C.]]<br />
| clubnumber = 32<br />
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]] <br />
| youthclubs1 = <br />
| years1 = 2019–<br />
| clubs1 = [[Chennai City F.C.]]<br />
| caps1 = 1<br />
| goals1 = 0<br />
| nationalyears1 = <br />
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| nationalcaps1 = <br />
| nationalgoals1 = <br />
| club-update = 26 December 2019 (UTC)<br />
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'''Lijo Francis''' (born 15 August 1999) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]] for [[Chennai City F.C.]] in the [[I-League]].<br />
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==Career== <br />
Lijo hails from a little fishing village in [[Kanyakumari]] called [[Eraviputhenthurai]], had travelled to Madrid. He was selected from hundreds taking part in a trial organized by Spanish second division club [[AD Alcorcon]] at the Nehru Park and trained under coaches at the Spanish club for a month.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanyakumari duo Lijo & Shyjin set to live Spanish dream|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/kanyakumari-duo-lijo-shyjin-set-to-live-spanish-dream/articleshow/67561257.cms|newspaper=Times of India|date=16 January 2019|first=Damayanti|last=Dasgupta|accessdate=15 July 2020}}</ref><br />
He made his professional debut for the [[Chennai City F.C.]] against [[Aizawl F.C.]] on 17 December 2019, He was brought in the 75th minute as Chennai City drew 1–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aizawl 1-1 Chennai City|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/12/17/india/i-league/aizawl-fc/chennai-city/3183673/|work=Soccerway}}</ref><br />
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==Career statistics==<br />
{{updated|26 December 2019}}<ref>{{soccerway|lijo-francis/645480}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Club<br />
!rowspan="2"|Season<br />
!colspan="3"|League<br />
!colspan="2"|Cup<br />
!colspan="2"|Continental<br />
!colspan="2"|Total<br />
|-<br />
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="1"|[[Chennai City F.C.]]<br />
|[[2019–20 I-League|2019–20]]<br />
|[[I-League]]||1||0||0||0||—||—||1||0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="3"|Career total<br />
!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chennai City F.C. squad}}<br />
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[[Category:1999 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nagercoil]]<br />
[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Chennai City FC players]] <br />
[[Category:Footballers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:I-League players]]<br />
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]<br />
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