NEW DELHI: Blue Tigers defender Sandesh Jhingan is the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21, with midfielder Suresh Singh Wangjam being named the winner of the AIFF Men’s Emerging Footballer of the Year 2020-21 Award. Both the players were voted by the club coaches.
It is the first time that the towering central defender has received the Player of the Year award, having won the Emerging Player of the Year Award in 2014.