Raman Vijayan

Raman Vijayan (born 4 June 1973) is an Indian football coach and former footballer. He is the founder of Noble Football Academy and Raman Vijayan Soccer School. He is currently serving as the head coach of the Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala.

Raman is one of two Indian footballers, the other being Baichung Bhutia, to be the top scorer in the old National Football League after he scored 10 goals during the 1997–98 season.

Club career Raman started his footballing career with East Bengal FC before the National Football League began in 1996. After the 1997-98 season, Raman became the top scorer in the NFL that season after he scored 10 goals.

Later in his career, he went on to play for CPT in the Calcutta Football League.

International Raman has represented the India national football team during his playing career.

Coaching career For the 2012 I-League 2nd Division Raman was hired to coach Bangalore side KGF Academy.

In July 2015, it was announced that Vijayan would become the assistant coach at Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos. He would also be the technical director of the team's grassroots program.

Honours

India SAFF Championship: 1997 South Asian Games Bronze medal: 1999

Bengal Santosh Trophy: 1996–97, 1998–99

East Bengal Federation Cup: 1996

Individual National Football League (India) Golden Boot: 1997–98