Wikipedia:T. G Purushothaman

Thekkathara Gopalakrishnan Purushothaman (born 6 June 1979), commonly known as T. G Purushothaman is a former Indian professional footballer, who currently works as the manager of the reserves and Under-18 team of Kerala Blasters FC.

Playing career
Purushothaman spent his youth career by playing for Kerala Varma College and Calicut University. In 2000, he was selected to play for SBT. After an impressive performance with the side, he was included in the Kerala football team's squad for the 2001 Santosh Trophy tournament. His first achievement as a player also came in that tournament as the Kerala team won the championship. Purushothaman was later picked up by Vasco Goa in 2003 ahead of their new season. In 2004, he was signed by Mahindra United F.C. ahead of the 2005 National Football League season. That was the best year for Purushothaman in his playing career as he won both the league title and Federation cup with the Mumbai based club. Also that year, he won the Santosh Trophy for the second time in his career with Kerala. In 2007, he was signed by Viva Kerala. Purushothaman spent his last years of playing career with the Kerala club, before retiring in 2008 to pursue his career in coaching.

Coaching career
After retiring from professional football, he joined Josco FC in 2010, as their assistant coach under T.K. Chathunni. Purushothaman spent four years with the club before joining FC Kerala in 2014. At FC Kerala, which was founded in 2014, he also served as one of their directors. Under him, the club made their second division league debut in the 2017–18 season. Purushothaman also served as the assistant coach of the Kerala football team for the 2019–20 Santosh Trophy season. On 6 February 2021, Kerala Blasters announced that they have roped in Purushothaman as the new head coach of their reserves team.

As a player

 * Santosh Trophy: 2001–02, 2004–05
 * National Football League: 2005
 * Federation Cup: 2005