N. Velupillay

Nishan Matthew Velupillay (Tamil: நிஷான் மேத்யூ வேலுப்பிள்ளை, pronounced [niːʃɑːn ʋeːlupːiɭɭai]; born 7 May 2001) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team.

Early life Velupillay was born on 7 May 2001 in Melbourne. Born to migrants to Australia with some mixed ancestry, his father Sasinath is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent who first migrated to Malaysia, while his mother Gillian is Anglo-Indian. He grew up in Melbourne, where he attended Mazenod College in Mulgrave, and later studied finance, although travel commitments made it difficult to continue. Velupillay came from a football-following family; his father had played the game, and an older brother played and coached at the football technique school (FTS) that Velupillay attended. The family supported Melbourne Victory, and as a child Velupillay was in the crowd for the club's 6–0 win over Adelaide United in the 2007 A-League Grand Final.