Football News: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu gets AIFF Footballer of the Year award

Indian National Team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sanju are the winners of the 2019-20 AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year Award and the 2019-20 AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year Award respectively. The Blue Tigers custodian was elected as the winner based on votes from Indian Super League and I-League club coaches. The 28-year-old had also received the Arjuna Award last year. Meanwhile, National Women’s team midfielder Sanju was selected the winner for an excellent season; while Ratanbala Devi was the winner of the 2019-20 Emerging Women’s Footballer of the Year Award. Both the winners were selected by Women’s National Team Head Coach Maymol Rocky in consultation with AIFF Technical Director Isac Doru. Furthermore, Men’s National Team midfielder Anirudh Thapa was the AIFF 2019-20 Men’s Emerging Footballer of the Year. He was also selected the winner based on votes from Indian Super League and I-League club coaches.