Mumbai: Former India football team captain Carlton Chapman breathed his last today. He was 49. Chapman was hospitalised for acute back pain on Sunday night in Bengaluru and passed away after heart failure.
A product of the Tata Football Academy in 1990 after his graduation. Three years later, Chapman joined Kolkata giants East Bengal and scored a hat-trick against Iraq club Al Zawra in the Asian Cup Winners Cup.
But his champagne days as a footballer came in the mid 90s after moving to JCT in 1995. Chapman won 14 trophies with the Punjab-based club and formed a deadly combination with IM Vijayan and Bhaichung Bhutia. A mid-fielder with immense creativity, Chapman was also instrumental in JCT winning the inaugural National Football League.