Lallianzuala Chhangte was named the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year for 2022-23 while Manisha Kalyan won her second consecutive Women’s Footballer of the Year award.
Lallianzuala Chhangte defeated Nandhakumar Sekar and Naorem Mahesh Singh of East Bengal to win the award.
Lallianzuala Chhangte was also the highest scorer among Indians in the Indian Super League (ISL) 2022-23 season with 10 goals and six assists in 22 appearances.
Manisha Kalyan pipped Dalima Chhibber and Ngangbam Sweety Devi to the AIFF Women’s Player of the Year 2022-23 award. It was her second Player of the Honour in two seasons.
Manisha Kalyan became only the third Indian female footballer to win the individual award two or more times after Bala Devi (three) and Bembem Devi (two).
Akash Mishra was named the AIFF Men’s Emerging Player of the Year for the 2022-23 season. Shilji Shaji was conferred the AIFF Women’s Emerging Player of the Year award.
Meanwhile, the AIFF’s Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year awards went to Clifford Miranda and Priya Parathi Valappil, respectively.
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