#6 Sandip Nandy (Readers’ Ranking – 4th)
Average Score – 5.5
There just seems to be no stopping this 41-year-old enigma. He didn’t play at all in the I-League this season but has had a pretty amazing ISL. He has played 10 out of the 16 games that the Kerala Blasters have played this year, and he has done himself no harm.
Nandy has kept the overseas goalkeeper, Graham Stack out of the starting lineup and it has been solely based on the sheer weight of his performances. He has been one of the lynchpins of Kerala’s run to the ISL final. Of course, having experienced defenders like Aaron Hughes and Cedric Hengbart in front of him has helped but that has in no way beenthe sole reason for his success.
His best moment of 2016 will probably be his saves in the penalty shootout against Delhi.