#2 CK Vineeth
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This was CK Vineeth’s best year in Indian football. He was an important player for every team that he played for.
For both Ashley Westwood and Albert Roca at Bengaluru FC, Vineeth was an integral part of what they wanted to do. Especially after Roca took over in the AFC Cup quarterfinal stage, Vineeth was as important to Bengaluru as Sunil Chhetri or Eugeneson Lyngdoh.
He scored the winner in the first leg of the quarterfinal against Tampines Rovers and played the pass for Chhetri to score his stunning second goal against Johor Darul Ta’zim.
But Vineeth’s biggest impact was for the Kerala Blasters. They were struggling before he arrived, and once he did, what a difference he made! He scored six goals in the ISL as he helped the team from his home state finish second in the league stage and eventually into the final, where they lost to Kolkata.
But Vineeth’s impact cannot be undermined. Despite having all the foreigners that Kerala did, Steve Coppell had to rely on Vineeth’s star turn to save Kerala’s season.
