who was the first captain of indian football team
Talimeran Ao In 1948, a year after India won its independence, Ao was the captain of the India national football team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the team's first official game and was the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent. The Indian team's first match was against Burma, but the game was a walkover. In India's second match, against France, the team lost 2â€“1, with the India goal coming from Sarangapani Raman. Ao played five more matches for India before retiring.[6][not in citation given]