AIFF awards

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation Tuesday announced iconic national team striker Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2018-19 at the AIFF executive committee meeting here.

This is the sixth time Chhetri has bagged the prestigious award, having earlier won it in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, and in 2017. Chhetri was voted the winner on basis of votes from all Hero I-League, and Hero Indian Super League club coaches.