Crispin Chettri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Crispin Chettri | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Kurseong, West Bengal, India | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Odisha India (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Willamson Magor FA | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Mohun Bagan | ||
| Tollygunge Agragami | |||
| United | |||
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | India U19 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Mohammedan (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2024 | Odisha (state) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sethu | ||
| 2022– | Odisha | ||
| 2025– | India | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Crispin Chettri (born 20 January 1975) is an Indian professional football manager and former footballer, who is currently the head coach of Indian Women's League club Odisha[1] and the India national team.[2] He has also represented India at the youth level internationally.[3]
Early life
[edit]Chettri hails from Kurseong, located in the Darjeeling district, West Bengal.
Playing career
[edit]Chettri has represented the clubs Mohun Bagan, Tollygunge Agragami and United SC in the domestic leagues.[3][4] He represented Assam at the state level in Santosh Trophy and also later represented Bengal, Maharashtra and Sikkim.
International career
[edit]Chettri was selected for the Indian youth team that toured Mauritius in 1999. He represented the Indian U19 team at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers held at Sri Lanka in 2000.[5][6]
Coaching career
[edit]Chettri had his first coaching job as the assistant manager of the Kolkata club Mohammedan SC which was playing in the I-League.[7]
Sethu FC
[edit]Chettri was named the head coach of the Sethu FC for the 2021–22 Indian Women's League season. They finished as runners-up for the season behind Gokulam Kerala.[8]
Odisha FC
[edit]Chettri was named the head coach of the Odisha FC Women for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season. Under his coaching, Odisha FC won their first domestic trophy Odisha Women's League in the 2022–23 season.[9] They qualified for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League, where they finished as quarter-finalists in their debut appearance at the first tier.
Chettri led Odisha to their maiden Indian Women's League title in the 2023–24 season.[10]
Odisha FC Women represented India in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League after winning the national league. In the preliminary stage, they won against Etihad (UAE) and Lion City Sailors (Singapore). Odisha advanced to the group stage and were drawn into Group C with Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Ho Chi Minh City FC (Vietnam), and Taichung Blue Whale (Chinese Taipei). They were eliminated in the group stage after a series of defeats, including a 17–0 loss to Urawa Red Diamonds.
Odisha FC Women, the defending champions of the Indian Women's League (IWL), were relegated to IWL 2 in the 2024–25 season following a disappointing campaign. Despite winning the IWL title in 2023–24 under head coach Crispin Chettri, the team endured a poor run, finishing with only 12 points from 11 matches. Their relegation was confirmed after a 3–0 loss to Sreebhumi FC on April 16, 2025, marking a dramatic fall from grace for the club.
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 16 April 2025
All competitive games (league, domestic and continental cups) are included.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Sethu | 2021 | 2022 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 90.9 |
| Odisha | 2022 | present | 43 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 62.8 |
| India | 2025 | present | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Total | 57 | 38 | 5 | 14 | 66.7 | ||
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]United SC
- Kalinga Cup: 2005[11]
Manager
[edit]Sethu FC
- Indian Women's League runner-up: 2021–22
Odisha FC
Odisha
- National Games Gold medal: 2023; Silver medal: 2022[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Odisha FC launch women's team; Crispin Chettri named new coach". The Times of India. 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Crispin Chettri to be Indian Women's Football Team's head coach for Pink Ladies Cup". Khel Now. 20 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Crispin Chettri". Orisports. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Crispin Chettri appointed as coach to Mohammedan Sporting Club". The Darjeeling Chronicle. 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Indian U19 National Team at the 2000 Asian Junior Cup Qualifiers:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
- ^ "AFC Youth Championship 2000". RSSSF.
- ^ "Kurseong player made coach of Mohammedan". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Invincible Gokulam Kerala FC pip Sethu FC to win the IWL 2021-22 title". Sportskeeda. 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Odisha FC crowned OWL champions; ECoR runners-up". Orisports.com. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease". i-league.org. I-League. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Eveready edge out Bada Jagarini | Football News - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. PTI. 29 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "National Games 2022, October 10 HIGHLIGHTS: Manipur wins women's football gold; Tamil Nadu tops Group A in men's volleyball". Sportstar. 10 October 2022.