About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1969-04-25
Place of birth:
Thrissur, Kerala, India
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I. M. Vijayan

Overview

Inivalappil Mani Vijayan is a former professional Indian football player. Playing in the striker position, he formed a successful attacking partnership with Baichung Bhutia for the Indian national team in the late nineties and early 2000s. Vijayan was crowned Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 1999,the first player to win the award multiple times.He was also awarded the Arjuna award in 2003.

Vijayan started out as a seller of soda in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kerala earning 10 paise (0.02 Cents) a bottle. Eventually he was chosen to play for the Kerala Police club and rose to become one of the top names in domestic football. A highly aggressive player, he eventually became the highest earner in Indian club football as well as a regular in the India team. He scored one of the fastest ever international goals in a match against Bhutan in the 1999 SAF Games, when he managed to do the same in 12 seconds. Faster international goals on record include ones by Davide Gualtieri in 8 seconds and Hakan Şükür in 11 seconds. Vijayan's talents attracted interest from clubs in Malaysia and Thailand, although he spent his entire career in India until retirement. By the end of his career he had scored 40 international goals in 79 matches for India. Since retiring from international football Vijayan has set up a football academy to train young players in his home town.Since a short gap presently he is playing for Kerala Police.

Known for

Acting

2025 Orumbettavan Actor Ayyappan 58
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2024 Gumasthan Actor Bhadran 58
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2024 Idiyan Chandhu Actor 58
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2023 Lovefully Yours Veda Actor 59
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2022 The Teacher Actor Gunashekharan 58
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2022 Aanaparambile WorldCup Actor 58
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2021 Muddy Actor 59
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2019 Bigil Actor Alex 59
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2019 Porinju Mariam Jose Actor Kuriyachira George 59
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2019 Ganesha Meendum Santhippom Actor 58
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2018 Abrahaminte Santhathikal Actor Jalal 58
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2017 Mythily Veendum Varunnu... Actor 59
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2017 The Great Father Actor Anto 58
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2016 Gethu Actor Rajendran 58
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2015 Komban Actor Muthukalai 59
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2012 Asuravithu Actor Valarpadam Kurudhu Musthafa 58
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2008 Gulmohar Actor Kariyathan 58
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2006 Thimiru Actor Chinna Karuppu 59
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2006 Kisan Actor Himself 59
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2005 Ben Johnson Actor 59
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2004 Quotation Actor 59
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2001 Shantham Actor N/A
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