Bengaluru FC dominate the nominations for Football Players Association of India (FPAI) awards as they have at least one personnel in every category.

Bengaluru FC’s captain Sunil Chhetri (best Indian player category), manager Ashley Westwood (coach of the year category) , Lenny Rodrigues (Indian player of the year category), Siam Hangal (Young player of the year category) and John Johnson (foreign player of the year category) are the nominees from the newly crowned I-League champions.

Here is the entire list of nominees,

Coach of the Year: Thangboi Singto (Lajong FC), Derrick Pereira (Salgaocar), Ashley Westwood (Bengaluru FC), Armando Colaco (East Bengal), Oscar Bruzon (Sporting Club de Goa)

Indian Player of the Year: Sunil Chetri (Bengaluru FC), Lenny Rodrigues (Bengaluru FC), Gabriel Fernandes (Pune FC), Cavin Lobo (East Bengal), Balwant Singh (Churchill Brothers SC)

Young Player of the Year: Narayan Das (Dempo SC), Siam Hangal (Bengaluru FC), Alesh Sawant (Churchill Brothers), Alwyn George (Dempo SC), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal)

Foreign Player of the Year: Cornell Glenn (Shillong Lajong FC), Darryl Duffy (Salgaocar), Yusif Yakubu (Mumbai FC), Douhou Pierre (Pune FC), John Johnson (Bengaluru FC)

Source: telegraph India

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