I. M. Vijayan (Indian football Player):

Inivalappil Mani Vijayan born 25 April 1969 is a former professional Indian football player. playing in the Strikerposition he formed a  successful attacking partnership with Baichung Bhutia for the late nineties and early 2000s. Vijayan was crowned Indian player of the year in 1993, 1997 and 1999, the first player to win the award multiple times He was also awarded the Arjuna award in 2003. 

Vijayan started out as a seller of soda in the Trissur Munucipal Corporation Stadium Kerala earning 1- paise (0.02Cents) to play for the kerala Police Club and rose to become one of the top names in dimistic football.A highly aggressive player, he eventually became the highest carner in India club football as well as a regular in the India team He scored one of the fastest even international goals in a match against Bhutan in the 1999 SAF Games when he managed to do the same in 12 seconds. 

Faster international goals on record include ones by Davide Gualtieri in 8 seconds and Hakan Sukur in 11  seconds Vijayan's talents attracted interest from clubs in Malaysia and Thailand although he spent his entire Career in india until retirement By the end of his Career he had Scored40 international goals in 79 matches for India. Since retiring from international football Vijayan has set up a football academy to train young players in his home town.Since a short gap presently he is playing for Kerala Police.

International Career;

Shri I.M. Vijayan made his debut in international football in the year 1989 and played in a number of tournament such as nehru Cup, Pre- Olympics, pre-Olympics, pre-World Cup, SAAF Cup and SAF Games. Vijayan and Baichung Bhutan formed one of the Deadiest forward lines the India Football team had ever seen, and helped the team score various vital goals in international tournaments. Vijayan was part of the victoisous Indian team in the 1999 South  Asian Football Federation Cup and Scored one of the fastest international goals in history dring the tournament, hitting the net against Bhutan after only 12 seconds.He also finished top scorer in the Afro-Asian Games event held in India in 2003 with four goals. Vijayan formally retired from international football after the After-Asian Games of 2003.