Baichung Bhutia is a footballer of repute in India .He is the present captain of the Indian Football team and plays for Mohun Bagan. Bhutia was born on December 15, 1976 .His father`s name is Dorji Dorma and his mother`s name is Sonam Topden in Tinkitam in Sikkim. He belongs to the Bhutia community.

As a child he went to St. Xaviers School Pakyoung, East Sikkim and won the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Scholarship to attend the Tashi Namgyal Academy in Gangtok. He was noticed and came to the limelight with his performance at the 1992 Subroto Cup. At the age of sixteen in 1993 he joined the professional East Bengal Club in Calcutta. In 1995 he joined the JCT Mills, Phagwara and brought the trophy of the India National Football League that year. Being the top scorer in the League he was chosen to play for the Nehru Cup. In 1996 along with many awards he was named as the "1996 Indian Player of the Year".

He returned to East Bengal in 1997, and became team captain in the 1998-99 seasons. In 1999 he traveled overseas to play for Bury F.C. after unsuccessful trials with both Fulham F.C. and Aston Villa F.C. This helped him to improve his move and strategy. In 2002 he returned to India and played for the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club for a year before returning again to the East Bengal Club, and won the Asean Cup Club Championship for the team. He also signed up to play for Perak, the Malaysian championship club, from August to October of 2003. For the season 06-07 he has again signed for Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. One of the greatest achievements for Baichung Bhutia in his entire football career happened when India won the Nehru Cup, 2007, under his captaincy. The Indian team played extremely well throughout the tournament and beat the teams like Syria, Kyrgyzstan, and Cambodia etc. Baichung Bhutia showed some excellent performances in the tournament and scored goals whenever his team needed. Apart from winning the Nehru Cup under his captaincy, Baichung Bhutia has also played for the `Edu` team in the `Goal 4 Africa` charity match between two all-star international teams in July, 2008. He has also scored 2 goals for his team in the match. That was indeed a great achievement for an Indian footballer. He signed an endorsement deal with Adidas India Marketing Pvt. Ltd in November of 2003 but at the moment he is endorsing Nike India.

Baichung Bhutia married Madhuri Tipnis on December 27, 2004 in his native village of Tinkitam in South Sikkim. The Sikkimese government has built a stadium - the Baichung Stadium in Namchi, the district headquarters, in honour of Baichung. He is one of the most popular sports personalities in India today.