# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhaichung-bhutia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:52:32.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhaichung-bhutia"
name: "Bhaichung Bhutia"
slug: "bhaichung-bhutia"
description: "Bhaichung Bhutia, also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered as the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Vijayan described Bhutia as \"God's gift to Indian football\"."
tagline: "Indian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhaichung_Bhutia_at_the_NDTV_Marks_for_Sports_event_21.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1976-06-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           22.28814
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump