Name: INVALAPPIL MANI VIJAYAN (better known as IM VIJAYAN)

Date of Birth: April 25, 1969
Place of Birth: Thrissur - KERALA

Height:177,5 cm (5 feet 11 inch)
Weight: 69 kg

Playing position: Striker
Number of 'A' Internationals: 79
'A' Internationals Goals: 39

CAREER:
- Player:
> 1987-91   Kerala Police - Kerala
> 1991-92   Mohun Bagan AC - Calcutta
> 1992-93   Kerala Police - Kerala
> 1993-94   Mohun Bagan AC - Calcutta
> 1994-97   JCT Mills - Phagwara
> 1997-98   FC Kochin - Kerala
> 1998-99   Mohun Bagan AC - Calcutta
> 1999-2001 FC Kochin - Kerala
> 2001-02   East Bengal Club - Calcutta
> 2002-04   JCT Mills - Phagwara
> 2004-05   Churchill Brothers SC - Goa
> 2005-06   East Bengal Club - Calcutta

AWARDS:
> 2003 Arjuna Award
> 1992,1997,2000 Indian 'Player of the Year'

MISC:
> Shot his first Malayalam film in 2000
> started an own football academy in his home town of Thrissur, which hasn't taken off properly
> 2003 Afro-Asian Games: top scorer with 4 goals