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Updated on: 09 April,2010 10:21 AM IST  | 
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With footballer Bhaichung Bhutia becoming the proud daddy of twins, CS gives you some interesting dope on the man

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With footballer Bhaichung Bhutia becoming the proud daddy of twins, CS gives you some interesting dope on the man:



>>u00a0Currently the captain of the Indian team, he plays for the East Bengal Club.

>>u00a0He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football.

>>u00a0When he signed up to play for the English club Bury in 1999, he became the first Indian footballer to play professional football in Europe.

>>u00a0Off the field, Bhutia is known for winning a dance reality television show, and for being the first Indian athlete to boycott the Olympic torch relay in support of the Tibetan independence movement.u00a0

>>u00a0He has a fetish for jerseys and has a huge collection of them at home.

>>u00a0As his surname suggests, Bhutia comes from a Buddhist Bhutia background, although he is, by conviction, an atheist. The name Baichung literally means 'little brother'.

>>u00a0His fictional hero is Howard Roark, a character from Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead, and he has a tattoo of a footballer on his arm.




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