| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bidyashagar Singh Khangembam | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Samaram Mayai Leikai, Manipur, India | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bhawanipore | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2017 | East Bengal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | East Bengal | 11 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | TRAU | 15 | (12) |
| 2021–2023 | Bengaluru | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | Punjab | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Inter Kashi | 16 | (2) |
| 2025– | Bhawanipore | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:52, 6 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
Bidyashagar Singh Khangembam (born 11 March 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League 3 club Bhawanipore.
Bidyashagar is a product of East Bengal' youth system. He was part of East Bengal U18 squad that had narrowly lost in the final of the 2016–17 I-League U18. [1] He scored a total of 6 goals in the competition, which includes a goal each against Salgaocar [2] in the semi-final and AIFF Academy in the final. He represented West Bengal in the 2017–18 Santosh Trophy. He scored 4 goals in the tournament. [3] [4]
In August 2017 , He was promoted into the senior squad for 2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division. [5] Bidyasagar made his professional debut for East Bengal on 27 October 2018, in an I-League match against NEROCA, replacing goalscorer Enrique Esqueda for the final 2 minutes of a 0–2 victory at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium. [6]
On 9 July 2020, Bidyashagar signed for I-League club TRAU for the 2020–21 I-League season. [7] Bidayashagar made his debut appearance for the club in I-League on 10 January 2020 against Real Kashmir which ended in 1–1 draw. [8] On 24 January 2021, Bidyashagar scored his first goal against Chennai City which ended 2–0 in favour of the Trau FC. [9] He scored his next goal against Churchill Brothers on 29 January 2021 which ended in a 1–1 draw. [10] On 24 February, Bidyashagar scored a brace against Indian Arrows. [11]
He is the second only Indian player to score double hat tricks in a single season, by doing so in a match against Mohammedan and Real Kashmir during the 2020–21 I-League. [12] He ended the season scoring 12 goals, [13] and 1 assist from 15 matches. He was also the top goalscorer in the 2020–21 I-League season. [14] Thus also becoming the fourth Indian player to finish as top scorer in a National League of the country after Bhaichung Bhutia, Raman Vijayan and Sunil Chhetri.
He left the club the season later, and joined the Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC. [15]
On 28 July 2021, it was announced that Bidyashagar was signed by the Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC on a three-year deal. [16] On 15 August 2021, he debuted for the club in a 1–0 win against Maldivian side Club Eagles in 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs. [17]
On 17 August 2022, Kerala Blasters FC announced the signing of Bidyashagar Singh on loan from Bengaluru FC until the end of season. [18] He made his Kerala Blasters debut on 7 October against East Bengal in a 3–1 win by coming as a substitute for Puitea in the 77th minute. He also provided an assist in that game for Ivan Kalyuzhnyi in 81st minute. [19]
Bidyashagar played his first match of the 2023–24 season against Gokulam Kerala FC in the 2023 Durand Cup on 13 August 2023 as a substitute for the goal-scorer Justine Emmanuel, but they lost the match 3–4 at full-time. [20] On 21 August, Bidyashagar scored his first goal for the Blasters and completed his hat-trick against Indian Air Force, helping in a 5–0 victory. He became the first Indian player to score a hat-trick for the Blasters in a major competition and the first hat-trick scorer for the Blasters in the Durand Cup. [21]
On January 31 2024 Bidyashagar joined Punjab FC from Kerala Blasters FC on a permanent deal.
| Club | Season | League | Super Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Bengal | 2018–19 | I-League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 [a] | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 [b] [c] | 8 [d] | 17 | 8 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 29 | 9 | ||
| TRAU | 2020–21 | I-League | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 12 |
| Bengaluru | 2021–22 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [e] | 2 | 5 [f] | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Kerala Blasters (loan) | 2022–23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Kerala Blasters | 2023–24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Punjab | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 71 | 27 | ||
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