The captain of the Indian football team, Sunil Chhetri, turned 34 today. The Bengaluru FC star has been named ‘Asian Icon’ by the AFA on his birthday. Celebrities took to twitter to wish the talisman of the Indian football team- from Sachin Tendulkar to ArjunKapoor.
"In the era of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, to be the third highest scoring international footballer in the world is no mean feat, and for an Asian player to be within one goal of Messi's 65 goals for a national team is a record our latest inductee to the 'Asian Icons' list should be proud of," wrote the AFC.
"As he turns 34 today, we celebrate the career of Sunil Chhetri, India's most capped player and all-time top goal scorer," they added.
Born in 1984, Sunil has more than 100 caps for his national side scoring 64 times. Apart from being the 3rd highest goal scorer in international football, he is the highest goal scorer and the most capped Indian player. He’ll be seen in action again in January when the Indian team takes on the best of Asian countries in the AFC Asian Cup, to be played in the UAE.
