K. Appalaraju

Indian association football player

Kosuru Appalaraju
Personal information
Full name Kosuru Appalaraju
Place of birth Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bengal Nagpur Railway[1]
International career
India
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
AFC Asian Cup
Runner-up 1964 Israel Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

K. Appalaraju was an Indian professional football player. He was part of the Indian Squad that finished runners-up in 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[2][3] He scored a goal in a 2–0 win over South Korea in 1964 Asian Cup. He also scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 win over Sri Lanka in 1964 Summer Olympics Football tournament qualification.[4][5][6][7]

Honours

India

  • AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964[8]

Individual

  • Calcutta Football League top scorer: 1959 (with 24 goals)[9]

References

  1. ^ "Football — the passion play in Kolkata". ibnlive.in. IBN Live. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ Alper, Tim. "Asian Eye – Indian football still finding its feet :: Total Football Magazine – Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Non-League News". totalfootballmag.com. Total Football Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ^ "RSSSF". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ "thehinduimages". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Indian football.de dairy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ "India international football players:rsssf.org". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Tel Aviv Asia Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ^ Morrison, Neil (26 January 2022). "India 1959 – List of Champions: Calcutta League". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022.
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India squad – 1964 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
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