{{Short description|Indian footballer (1971–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |embed = |name = Carlton Chapman |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Carlton Anthony Chapman |birth_date = {{Birth date|1971|04|13|df=yes}}<ref name=indianfootball /> |birth_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|12|1971|04|13|df=y}} |death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India |height = {{height|m=1.65}}<ref name=indianfootball>{{cite web |title=Carlton Chapman |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/chapman_carlton.html |website=indianfootball.de |publisher=indianfootball.com |accessdate=20 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034348/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/chapman_carlton.html |url-status=live}}</ref> |position = Midfielder |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = –1991 |clubs1 = Southern Blues |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1991–1993 |clubs2 = Tata Football Academy |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 1993–1995 |clubs3 = East Bengal |caps3 = |goals3 = 19 |years4 = 1995–1997 |clubs4 = JCT Mills |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 1997–1998 |clubs5 = Kochin |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = 1998–2001 |clubs6 = East Bengal |caps6 = |goals6 = 13 |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1991–2001 |nationalteam1 = India |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |manageryears1 = 2002–2008 |managerclubs1 = Tata Football Academy |manageryears2 = 2008 |managerclubs2 = Royal Rangers |manageryears3 = 2009–2013 |managerclubs3 = Royal Wahingdoh |manageryears4 = 2013–2014 |managerclubs4 = Bhawanipore FC |manageryears5 = 2014–2016 |managerclubs5 = Students Union |manageryears6 = 2016–2017 |managerclubs6 = Sudeva Moonlight FC |manageryears7 = 2017–2020 |managerclubs7 = Quartz FC |medaltemplates-expand = yes |medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|IND}}}} {{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}} {{Medal|Gold|1995 Madras|Team competition}} }}
'''Carlton Anthony Chapman''' (13 April 1971{{spnd}}12 October 2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/ |title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away |work=The Indian Express |date=12 October 2020 |accessdate=13 October 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012060730/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was an Indian professional footballer and head coach. As player, Chapman played as a midfielder for the India national team between 1995 and 2001 and also captained the side. At the club level, he had a successful career, having had two spells with East Bengal and one with JCT Mills.<ref name=":0" />
As a coach, Chapman had a six-year spell with I-League 2nd Division club Tata Football Academy from 2002 to 2008, followed by Royal Wahingdoh FC and Students Union of the Bangalore Super Division.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Babu Cyriac |first1=Biju |title=Football's soldiers pump in money to run Students Union FC |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref> Between 2016 and 2017 he was the head coach of Sudeva Moonlight FC, a Delhi-based I-League 2nd Division football club and residential academy.<ref name=":1" />
==Playing career== Chapman began his club career with Sai Centre, Bangalore, in the mid-1980s. He then played for Southern Blues, a Bangalore club, before joining the Tata Football Academy as a cadet in 1990. He stayed with the club until 1993 after graduating the previous year,<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlton Chapman |url=http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/ex_cadetscomments.asp |publisher=tatafootballacademy.com |accessdate=19 February 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219082445/http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/ex_cadetscomments.asp |archivedate=19 February 2018}}</ref> before signing for East Bengal. He had a fruitful two years at East Bengal captaining the team in 1999–2000,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/capeb.htm |website=kolkatafootball.com |title=Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011211/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/capeb.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/east-bengal-fc/20/ |title=East Bengal FC » Historical squads |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011647/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/east-bengal-fc/20/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html |title=East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club |website=eastbengalclub.co.in |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html}}</ref> until signed by JCT Mills in 1995. In 1993, his first season with Bengal, he scored a hat-trick against the Iraqi club Al-Zawra at the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, a match that Bengal won 6–2.<ref>{{cite web |author=Stokkermans, Karel |title=Asian up Winners' Cup 1993/94 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup94.html |accessdate=12 October 2014 |archive-date=30 May 2020 |website=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530201112/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup94.html#cwc |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tht2">{{cite web |title=TheHardTackle Exclusive Interview – Carlton Chapman |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/thehardtackle-exclusive-interview-carlton-chapman/ |publisher=thehardtackle.com |date=22 March 2011 |accessdate=12 October 2014 |archive-date=25 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025072252/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/thehardtackle-exclusive-interview-carlton-chapman/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
During his spell at JCT Mills, the team won 14 tournaments, with a team that had I. M. Vijayan and Baichung Bhutia, both of whom are regarded as India's all-time greats.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alex Ferguson model inspires Carlton Chapman |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/interviews/Alex-Ferguson-model-inspires-Carlton-Chapman/articleshow/8576596.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=26 May 2011 |access-date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216133703/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/interviews/Alex-Ferguson-model-inspires-Carlton-Chapman/articleshow/8576596.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Former India football captain Carton Chapman is dead |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-india-football-captain-carton-chapman-is-dead/1953662 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009104114/https://www.outlookindia.com/ |archive-date=9 October 2022 |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=Outlook India}}</ref> After one season with FC Kochin in 1997–98, Chapman returned to his former club East Bengal in 1998. The team won the National Football League under his captaincy in 2001, before he announced his retirement from professional football.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=12 October 2020 |title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman dies aged 49 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/india/story/4206369/former-india-football-captain-carlton-chapman-dies-aged-49 |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |archive-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017204038/https://www.espn.com/soccer/india/story/4206369/former-india-football-captain-carlton-chapman-dies-aged-49 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the Santosh Trophy, Chapman played for Karnataka, Punjab and West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Indian football captain Carlton Chapman passes away at 49 |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/sports/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-at-49-ayh-qi2yc8 |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024120516/https://newsable.asianetnews.com/gallery/sports/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-at-49-ayh-qi2yc8 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Coaching career ==
===2002–2013=== Following his retirement as a player, Chapman coached the Tata Football Academy team, then in I-League 2nd Division, from 2002 to 2008. He was signed in December 2002 on a one-year contract as an assistant to head coach Ranjan Choudhary and assistant coach Vijay Kumar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-cadet back as TFA coach – Carlton Chapman takes up new job |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1021211/asp/jamshedpur/story_1468169.asp |accessdate=19 February 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=11 December 2002 |archive-date=19 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151404/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1021211/asp/jamshedpur/story_1468169.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref>
He quit in 2008, after the team was not allowed to play in the first division by its management even after having qualified. During these years, he had stints with the Indian under-19 team as an assistant coach and with the Jharkhand under-19 team in 2003 and 2005. Following his departure from Tata Football Academy, he had a stint with a New Delhi club, Royal Rangers, in 2008.<ref name="tht2" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Carlton Chapman (Provisional B License) |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM%2F2010%2F09%2F04&ID=Pc01705 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009104122/https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM%2F2010%2F09%2F04&ID=Pc01705 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was then approached by Royal Wahingdoh, a club based in Shillong. He guided the team to three successive Shillong Premier League wins, and the Bordoloi Trophy win in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dribbling success |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/dribbling-success/article4867630.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 July 2013 |accessdate=12 October 2014 |archive-date=31 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831035833/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/dribbling-success/article4867630.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>
He also worked as an assistant coach in Royal Wahingdoh, when the club was managed by German coach Volker Hofferbert in 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/royal-wahingdoh-appoint-german-volker-hofferbert-as-new-coach |title=Royal Wahingdoh appoint German Volker Hofferbert as new coach |first1=Arunava |last1=Chaudhuri |date=26 June 2012 |website=sportskeeda.com |location=Shillong |publisher=Sportskeeda |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217110053/https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/royal-wahingdoh-appoint-german-volker-hofferbert-as-new-coach}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1=Andrew |last=W. Lyngdoh |title=German coach for Wahingdoh |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/german-coach-for-wahingdoh/cid/413443 |date=23 June 2012 |website=telegraphindia.com |location=Kolkata |publisher=The Telegraph India |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217110226/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/german-coach-for-wahingdoh/cid/413443}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Wahingdoh FC appoint German coach Volker Hofferbert as head coach {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/06/26/3199749/royal-wahingdoh-fc-appoint-germanys-volker-hofferbert-as|access-date=2020-06-16|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616055952/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/06/26/3199749/royal-wahingdoh-fc-appoint-germanys-volker-hofferbert-as|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2013–2017=== In 2013, Chapman was signed by Bhawanipore FC,<ref>{{Cite web |author=Nikhil Jitendran |date=13 July 2013 |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/13/4114040/chapman-joins-kolkatas-bhawanipore-as-head-coach |title=Chapman joins Kolkata's Bhawanipore as head coach |website=Goal.com |access-date=12 May 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717022816/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/13/4114040/chapman-joins-kolkatas-bhawanipore-as-head-coach |url-status=dead}}</ref> a Kolkata-based club, that played in the I-League 2nd Division, after they failed to qualify for the first division by a point in the previous season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/13/4114040/chapman-joins-kolkatas-bhawanipore-as-head-coach |title=Chapman joins Kolkata's Bhawanipore as head coach |access-date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=17 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717022816/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/13/4114040/chapman-joins-kolkatas-bhawanipore-as-head-coach |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, he joined Students Union that competed in the Bangalore Super Division.<ref name="goal1">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms |title=Chapman joins Students Union |date=13 July 2013 |publisher=goal.com |accessdate=12 October 2014 |archive-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212043820/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Footballs-soldiers-pump-in-money-to-run-Students-Union-FC/articleshow/45575035.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, he joined Sudeva Moonlight,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/former-india-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away/articleshow/78619011.cms |title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away |website=The Economic Times |access-date=3 October 2021 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003150035/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/former-india-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away/articleshow/78619011.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> a club based in Delhi, as an assistant coach. Under him, the club got promoted to the I-League 2nd Division.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.feverpitch.in/articles/news/sudeva-moonlight-fc-appoints-shantha-kumar-head-coach |title=Sudeva Moonlight FC Appoints Carlton Chapman as Assistant Coach |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219073240/http://www.feverpitch.in/articles/news/sudeva-moonlight-fc-appoints-shantha-kumar-head-coach |archivedate=19 February 2018}}</ref> In December 2017, Chapman was appointed the Technical Director of the Kozhikode-based Quartz International Football Academy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rajan |first1=Adwaidh |title=Indian football legend Carlton Chapman relishing new challenge in his 'third home' Kerala |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2018/may/03/indian-football-legend-carlton-chapman-relishing-new-challenge-in-his-third-home-kerala-1809706.html |website=The New Indian Express |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105943/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2018/may/03/indian-football-legend-carlton-chapman-relishing-new-challenge-in-his-third-home-kerala-1809706.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Death== Chapman died of a heart attack in Bangalore on 12 October 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=മുന് ഇന്ത്യന് ഫുട്ബോള് ടീം ക്യാപ്റ്റന് കാള്ട്ടന് ചാപ്മാന് അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/sports/news/former-indian-football-team-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-1.5123925 |accessdate=12 October 2020 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=12 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2020 |title=Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/ |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012060730/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/former-indian-football-captain-carlton-chapman-passes-away-6721649/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''India''' *SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999; runner-up: 1995 * South Asian Games Gold medal: 1995
'''East Bengal''' *IFA Shield: 2000
'''Bengal''' *Santosh Trophy: 1998–99<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal lift record sixth crown |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr05/sports.htm#11 |website=tribuneindia.com |publisher=The Tribune India |agency=Press Trust of India |date=5 April 1999 |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428084646/https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr05/sports.htm#11}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|India|Biography|Association football}} *List of India national football team captains
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite web |url=https://www.newsclick.in/legendary-football-coach-sukhwinder-singh-shifts-canada-good |title=Legendary Football Coach Sukhwinder Singh Shifts to Canada for Good |publisher=News Click India |first=Jaydeep |last=Basu |website=newsclick.in |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=2023-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130095420/https://www.newsclick.in/legendary-football-coach-sukhwinder-singh-shifts-canada-good |archive-date=30 January 2023}} *{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/minerva-punjab-fc-rope-in-sukhwinder-as-technical-director/articleshow/65028498.cms |title=Minerva Punjab FC rope in Sukhwinder as technical director |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=26 September 2023 |location=Chandigarh |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718015832/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/minerva-punjab-fc-rope-in-sukhwinder-as-technical-director/articleshow/65028498.cms |archive-date=18 July 2018 |first=Pratyush |last=Raj |url-status=live |agency=TNN}}
==External links== * {{NFT|3117<!-- /Carlton_Chapman -->}} * [http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/chapman_carlton.html Charlton Chapman, Indian football Hall of famer]
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