Robbie Fowler, Stephen Constantine Big Names In Applicants List For India Head Coach's Job

Last Updated:July 22, 2025, 12:11 IST

Robbie Fowler and Stephen Constantine have applied for the Indian men's football team head coach position, vacated by Manolo Marquez.

Robbie Fowler has applied for the India head coach's job (Picture credit: AFP)

Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler and former coach Stephen Constantine have applied for the position of the Indian men’s football team head coach, which was vacated by Manolo Marquez earlier this month, with Indian football undergoing a massive upheaval.

Constantine and Fowler are among 170 candidates who have responded to the advertisement issued by AIFF earlier this month to seek a replacement for Marquez.

Fowler has also coached East Bengal from 2020-21.

Constantine, 62, has been in charge of India twice before, from 2002-05 and again from 2015 to the Asian Cup in 2019. He managed East Bengal in the 2022-23 season of the Indian Super League as well. 

Constantine’s last game with Pakistan was the 0-1 loss to Myanmar on June 10, ending a stint that started in September 2023 with one victory, one draw and eight losses.

There is an international window in September, but if India skip that, their next assignment will be the Asian Cup qualifiers against Singapore on October 9 and 14.

Former Australia and Liverpool forward Harry Kewell, whose last coaching assignment was with Yokohama F Marinos last year, has applied, as have at least three coaches in the recent Indian Super League, as per a report in The Hindustan Times.

Jamshedpur FC coach Khalid Jamil, Sergio Lobera and Andrey Chernyshov have also applied. Lobera has won the Indian Super League double with Mumbai City and the Super Cup with FC Goa but missed out on a top-six berth last term.

Jamil, 48, took Jamshedpur FC to the semis this year, where they lost 2-3 on aggregate to double winners Mohun Bagan Super Giant.

“Things changed when the senior team’s job offer opened up. It is unlikely that there would be any national team player whom Khalid does not know well," the source told The Hindustan Times. 

Sanjoy Sen, who won the Santosh Trophy with Bengal and the I League with Mohun Bagan in 2015, is on the list as well.

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