Inivalappil Mani Vijayan is a former professional Indian football player. Playing in the striker position, he formed a successful attacking partnership with Baichung Bhutia for the Indian national team in the late nineties and early 2000s. Vijayan was crowned Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 1999,the first player to win the award multiple times.He was also awarded the Arjuna award in 2003.
Vijayan started out as a seller of soda in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kerala earning 10 paise (0.02 Cents) a bottle. Eventually he was chosen to play for the Kerala Police club and rose to become one of the top names in domestic football. A highly aggressive player, he eventually became the highest earner in Indian club football as well as a regular in the India team. He scored one of the fastest ever international goals in a match against Bhutan in the 1999 SAF Games, when he managed to do the same in 12 seconds. Faster international goals on record include ones by Davide Gualtieri in 8 seconds and Hakan Şükür in 11 seconds. Vijayan’s talents attracted interest from clubs in Malaysia and Thailand, although he spent his entire career in India until retirement. By the end of his career he had scored 40 international goals in 79 matches for India. Since retiring from international football Vijayan has set up a football academy to train young players in his home town.Since a short gap presently he is playing for Kerala Police.
I. M. Vijayan Biography / Wiki
| Name | I. M. Vijayan |
| Also Know | I.M. Vijayan, ഠഎം വിജയൻ, I M Vijayan , IM Vijayan |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Date of Birth | 1969-04-25 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 53 |
| Deathday |
I. M. Vijayan Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Mmmmm (Sound of Pain) | 2021-02-20 | Tells the story of a tribal person hailing from the Kurumba tribe, who ekes out a living by collecting honey. The story unfolds the difficulties the c… | |
| Mythily Veendum Varunnu… | 2017-07-21 | After losing her father, a girl takes up the responsibility of her mother. She then moves to the city in search of a job. Upon getting the job, her jo… | |
| Mattancherry | 2018-03-09 | … | |
| Shantham | 2001-02-27 | Velayudhan is a young man living in a place torn apart by civil strife. In the midst of a raging street war, he kills his best friend. Velayudhan feel… | |
| Komban | Muthukalai | 2015-03-27 | An angry young man tries to give up his violent ways after his marriage runs into trouble. But his nemesis will not rest until he is killed…. |
| Ganesha Meendum Santhippom | 2019-04-05 | A youngster moves to a big city to earn money to save his lover whose life is in danger…. | |
| Aanaparambile World Cup | 2022-10-21 | A small village in the northern part of Kerala is getting ready to witness the football World Cup. The life of a nine-year-old boy, an ardent football… | |
| Thimiru | Chinna Karuppu | 2006-08-04 | Ganesh comes to Chennai to pursue his studies. A group of goons are on his pursuit. A kind hearted Ganesh is eventually forced to go back to his old w… |
| Ben Johnson | 2005-06-01 | Johnson, the honourable son of a dreaded local thug, decides to erase the bad image of his father in the society. He becomes a police officer and figh… | |
| Quotation | 2004-12-30 | The movie tells about quotation gangs in Kerala. How youth get involved with all antisocial activities like Ganja mafia…. | |
| Muddy | 2021-12-10 | Muthu and his cousin Karthi have fallen out, but when the latter’s mud racing rival looks set to win an important competition, will the brothers unite… | |
| Kisan | Himself | 2006-07-01 | Kissan movie tells Balaraman Thampuran is the feudal lord who rules the roost in Thekkeppatt Kovilakam. He is the personification of all that is evil … |
| KQ | 2013-09-27 | KQ tells the story of two hard working friends, who are from Mattancherry. They spend their earnings each night by drinking…. | |
| Bigil | Alex | 2019-10-25 | A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence… |
| Gethu | Rajendran | 2016-01-14 | A hitman comes to a hill town to plot the murder of a top scientist. A young man and his righteous father stand in his way…. |
| The Great Father | Anto | 2017-03-30 | A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman…. |
| Gulmohar | Kariyathan | 2008-10-07 | Induchoodan (Ranjith) is the head master of a school. His family consists of his wife Chithra(Meera Vasudev), a son, a daughter and his mother-in-law(… |
| Lovefully Yours Veda | … | ||
| Abrahaminte Santhathikal | Jalal | 2018-06-15 | Derick Abraham, a fiery and dutiful police officer, continues to be the best officer until his brother Philip Abraham gets arrested for false murder c… |
| Porinju Mariam Jose | Kuriachira George | 2019-08-23 | Kattalan Porinju and Jose are friends as thick as thieves. Mariyam and Porinju have an unrequited love story that has Jose invested in fulfilling. Cha… |
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