Arindam, Angulo win FPAI awards

Panaji: ATK Mohun Bagan goalkeeper

Arindam

Bhattacharya was voted the Indian player of the year while FC Goa striker

Igor

Angulo walked away with the best foreign player award at the Indian Football Awards 2020-21, organised by the Football Players Association of India (

FPAI

).

The award function was held in Varca on Wednesday.

Khalid Jamil (NorthEast United) emerged as the best coach for the season, while midfielder Lalengmawia was voted the best young player.

The organisers also declared awards for the last season with Sunil Chhetri, Roy Krishna, Sergio Lobera and Jerry Mawihminghthanga among the awardees.

“The awards were decided according to the number of votes they received from their fellow professional colleagues in

I-League

and

ISL

. The voting for 2020-21 season was conducted online due to Covid -19 protocols which the players had to follow,” FPAI said in a statement on Wednesday.

The FPAI also felicitated Goan legends like Savio Medeira, Bruno Coutinho, Derrick Pereira, Brahmanand Shankhwalkar, Clifford Miranda and Samir Naik.

FPAI AWARDS

Indian player of the year

2019-20: Sunil Chhetri; 2020-21: Arindam Bhattacharya

Coach of the year

2019-20: Sergio Lobera; 2020-21: Khalid Jamil

Foreign player of the year

2019-20: Roy Krishna; 2020-21: Igor Angulo

Young player of the year

2019-20: Jerry Mawihminghthanga; 2020-21: Lalengmawia