Changki, Naga Hills District, Assam Province, British India (Now Changki, Mokokchung District, Nagaland, India)
Date of death
13 September 1998(1998-09-13) (aged 80)
Place of death
Kohima, Nagaland, India
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)
Defender
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
Maharana Club
1943–1952
Mohun Bagan
International career
1948–1951
India
6
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Talimeren Ao[1][2] (28 January 1918 – 13 September 1998) was an Indian footballer and physician from Nagaland. He is best known as the captain of the India national football team in their first ever match after independence.[3] One of the most famous Nagas, he was a figurehead of India's football history, and his name is resonant in the collective memory of the people. He played domestic club football for Mohun Bagan.[4]
^"FIFA Player Statistics – Talimeren Ao". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^"Olympic Football Tournament London 1948 France vs India". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^Nag, Utathya (3 February 2022). "Indian football at the Olympics: The complete history". olympics.com. The Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^Kapadia, Novy (7 June 2015). "Mohun Bagan: Blaze of Glory". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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