Sushanth Mathew

In this Indian name, the name Mathew is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sushanth
Sushanth Mathew
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-05-18) May 18, 1978
Place of birth Wayanad, Kerala, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
ISL
Number 20
Youth career
1997–2001 FC Kochin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Vasco
2004–2010 Mahindra United
2010–2012 East Bengal
2012–2013 Mohun Bagan 4 (0)
2013–2014 Rangdajied United 4 (1)
2014–2015 Kerala Blasters FC 5 (1)
2015– FC Pune City 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:28, 31 December 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Sushanth Mathew (born 1981) is an Indian football player who plays as a Defender / Midfielder for FC Pune City in the Indian Super League.

Career

Sushanth was born in the Ambalavayal, Wayanad, Kerala. He showed glimpses of his skills for his school team, from where he pursued his footballing career to a local club named the Dyna FC. He did his graduation from Farook College, Calicut where he represented the University team.

He was called for the Kerala Santhosh Trophy camp at Kochi. This helped him to join the FC Cochin in the season 1997-98.

3 years at FC Kochin, where he played alongside his childhood hero I. M. Vijayan, he was acquired by Vasco S.C.. Another 3 years of consistent performances at the goan club, earned him a move to the Mahindra United and played 6 years with them. He then moved to East Bengal in 2010 and spent 2 years. He joined Mohun Bagan for the 2012-13 season where he played only 4 I-League matches.

Rangdajied United

On 13 January 2014 Mathew signed for Rangdajied United F.C. on loan from IMG RELIANCE.[1] He made his debut in the I-League on 11 February 2014 against Churchill Brothers at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in which he started and played till 89th minute before being replaced by Sandesh Gadkari as Rangdajied lost the match 1-0.[2]

Kerala Blasters

On 13 December 2014 Sushanth scored a perfect long ranger goal for Kerala Blasters in Semi final (1st leg) match held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi. It is considered to be one of the best goals in the opening season of Indian Super League. Sushanth is the second Kerala native to score in the Indian Super League.

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