| Shilton Paul | |
| Fullname: | Shilton Paul |
| Birth Date: | 1988 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Maslandapur, West Bengal |
| Currentclub: | Asos Rainbow |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 2000–2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tata Football Academy |
| Years1: | 2006–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Mohun Bagan |
| Caps1: | 257 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Chennaiyin (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015 |
| Clubs3: | → Kerala Blasters (loan) |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | → ATK (loan) |
| Years5: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Churchill Brothers |
| Caps5: | 23 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | → Bhawanipore (loan) |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024 |
| Clubs7: | → Asos Rainbow |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U-20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Shilton Paul (born 10 June 1988) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Calcutta Football League club Asos Rainbow.[1] [2]
After graduating from Tata Football Academy, Paul signed with I-League club Mohun Bagan in 2006. He got to play his first match in an AFC Cup encounter. Since his debut, Shilton has been an integral part of the Mohun Bagan team every year. Although an excellent goalkeeper, he sometimes got to play the second fiddle when the likes of Sangram Mukherjee, Sandip Nandy and Debjit Majumder were present in the team. He was handed over the Captaincy of Mohun Bagan in 2014 and led his side to victory in the 2014-15 I-League campaign.[3]
In 2014 he joined Chennaiyin on loan from Mohun Bagan in first Indian Super League season, he went on to play four matches in the irst season of Indian Super League.[4]
Shilton represented Kerala Blasters FC in ISL Season 2.
Shilton represented Atletico De Kolkata in ISL season 3 and that year Atletico De Kolkata emerged as the eventual champions under coach José Francisco Molina for the second time in the history of the Indian Super League.
Shilton joined Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore F.C. in September 2020.[5]
After 14 seasons with Mohun Bagan, Paul joined Churchill Brothers in July 2020 for a one-year deal.[6] He made his debut for Churchill Brothers in their 5–2 win over Indian Arrows in the 2020–21 edition of the I-League on 11 January 2021.[7]
He made 3 appearances for India in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup and was on the bench for qualifiers for the 2007 Asian Cup.
He represented India in the 22nd JRD Tata Cup at Jamshedpur in 2003.
He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship(U-16) at Japan in 2004.
He represented India in the 10th South Asian Games at Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006.
He represented India in the AFC Youth Championship at Kolkata in 2006.
| Club | Season | League | CFL | Cup | AFC | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mohun Bagan | 2006–07 | NFL | 5 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | I-League | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Chennaiyin (loan) | 2014 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Kerala Blasters (loan) | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| ATK (loan) | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Churchill Brothers | 2020–21 | I-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Bhawanipore (loan) | 2020 | I-League 2nd Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Churchill Brothers | 2021–22 | I-League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 12 | ||||||
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