Shanmugam Venkatesh

Shanmugam Venkatesh
Personal information
Date of birth	23 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	ADE
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Indian Telephone Industries
1997–2000	Salgaocar
2000–2002	Mahindra United
2002–2003	East Bengal
2003–2007	Mahindra United
2007–2008	Mohun Bagan
2008–2014	Pune
International career‡
2002	India U23
1997–2006	India
Managerial career
2015—2019	India (assistant coach)
2019−2022	Indian Arrows
2022	India U20
2022	East Bengal (assistant coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2013

Shanmugam Venkatesh (born 23 November 1978) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer^[3] and currently, the assistant manager of East Bengal. He is an AFC A license coach.^[4]

Playing career

In club football, Venkatesh appeared with Pune.^[5]

Managerial career

He managed India U20 national team at the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship.^[6]^[7]^[8] He guided them clinching title beating Bangladesh 5–2 in final.^[9]^[10]^[11] he also managed the team in 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification in September.^[12] They travelled to Kuwait in October, faced Australia, Iraq and Kuwait, winning a single match, against hosts.^[13]^[14]

Honours

Player

Salgaocar

East Bengal

National Football League: 2002–03
Durand Cup: 2002–03

Mahindra United

India

SAFF Championship: 1997, 1999, 2005; third place: 2003

India U23

LG Cup: 2002^[15]

Individual

National Football League Best Player: 2001, 2003
Karnataka Olympic Association Award: 2004
AIFF Player of the Year: 2004–05^[1]^[16]^[17]

Manager

India U20

SAFF U-20 Championship: 2022^[9]^[18]

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