Shanmugam Venkatesh

Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 23 November 1978) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer^[3] and currently, the assistant manager of East Bengal. He is an AFC A license coach.^[4]

Shanmugam Venkatesh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	ADE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Indian Telephone Industries
1997–2000	Salgaocar
2000–2002	Mahindra United
2002–2003	East Bengal	17	(2)
2003–2007	Mahindra United	77	(12)
2007–2008	Mohun Bagan	12	(1)
2008–2014	Pune	105	(9)
International career‡
2002	India U23
1997–2006	India
Managerial career
2015—2019	India (assistant coach)
2019−2022	Indian Arrows
2022	India U20
2022	East Bengal (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013

Playing career

In club football, Venkatesh appeared with Pune.^[5]

Managerial career

He managed India U20 national team at the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship.^[6][7][8] He guided them clinching title beating Bangladesh 5–2 in final.^[9][10][11] he also managed the team in 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification in September.^[12] They travelled to Kuwait in October, faced Australia, Iraq and Kuwait, winning a single match, against hosts.^[13][14]

Honours

Player

Salgaocar

• National Football League: 1998–99
• Federation Cup: 1997
• Durand Cup: 1999

East Bengal

• National Football League: 2002–03
• Durand Cup: 2002–03

Mahindra United

• National Football League: 2005–06
• Federation Cup: 2005
• Durand Cup: 2008

India

• SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; third place: 2003

India U23

• LG Cup: 2002^[15]

Individual

• National Football League Best Player: 2001, 2003
• Karnataka Olympic Association Award: 2004
• AIFF Player of the Year: 2004–05^[1][16][17]

Manager

India U20

• SAFF U-20 Championship: 2022^[9][18]

References

1. "Shanmugam Venkatesh". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. "Shanmugam Venkatesh". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "FIRST TIME IN INDIAN FOOTBALL : Pune FC set transfer fee trend, release medio Lester". kolkatafootball.com. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
4. "RESULTS OF AFC A LICENSE COURSE DECLARED". AIFF. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
5. "Durand Cup: Pune FC held to goalless draw by CRPF". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. New Delhi: The Times of India. PTI. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
6. "India beat Maldives, book spot in SAFF U20 C'ship final with Bangladesh". thestatesman.com. Bhubaneswar: The Statesman. IANS. 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
7. "Venkatesh announces squad of 23 for SAFF U20 Championship". the-aiff.com. Bhubaneswar: All India Football Federation. 23 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
8. Mukherjee, Soham (5 August 2022). "2022 SAFF U-20 Championship: Gurkirat scores four as India beat Bangaldesh 5–2 in the final". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
9. TEAM SPORTSTAR, 21:34 IST (5 August 2022). "India beats Bangladesh to clinch U20 SAFF Championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
10. Mukherjee, Soham (7 August 2022). "NXGN India: Who is Gurkirat Singh? The starlet that won the golden boot and MVP award in SAFF U-20 Championship". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
11. Sarkar, Sattyik (5 August 2022). "India defeat Bangladesh to win SAFF U-20 Championship 2022". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
12. TEAM SPORTSTAR, 15:29 IST (23 July 2022). "India announces 23-member squad for SAFF U20 Championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
13. Chatterjee, Triyasha (18 October 2022). "AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers LIVE: India brace for ULTIMATE Kuwait test — Check Out India U20 vs Kuwait U20 Preview, Prediction, LIVE Stream-Follow LIVE". insidesport.in. Kolkata: Inside Sport India News. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
14. "India beat Kuwait 2–1, win but fail to qualify for next year's AFC U-20 Asian Cup". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times. PTI. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
15. "Ho Chi Minh City Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
16. "Jeje Lalpekhlua is 2016 AIFF Player of the Year". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
17. "All India Football Federation Awards: Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi win Player of the Year Trophy". India Today. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
18. Sarkar, Uttiyo (7 August 2022). "SAFF U-20 Championship 2022 review: India retain title". khelnow.com. Bhubaneswar: Khel Now News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.