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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 October 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Umlyngka, Meghalaya, India | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shillong Lajong | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017 | Meghalaya | ||
2017–2019 | Bengaluru U16 | ||
2019–2020 | Bengaluru U18 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Bengaluru B | 23 | (2) |
2021–2023 | Bengaluru | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Shillong Lajong | 30 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:44, 16 March 2025 (UTC) |
Damaitphang Lyngdoh (born 7 October 2003) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I-League club Shillong Lajong.
Damaitphang and his friends made their way to the trails for Meghalaya state football team, much to his surprise the then 14-year-old got selected to represent his state in the sub-junior nationals which were being held in Kerala. [1]
During the sub-junior national tournament of 2017, Damaitphang was caught by the eyes of then Bengaluru FC U-15 team's African head coach Suker (Abu Buker Sadiq) from Ghana, Africa and By the Head of Youth Development John kila . His goals tallied at 9, putting him among the joint top six scorers of the Junior League. [2] As the season progressed, he kept on attracting more eyes and later was to promoted to the U-18 team and then to the B team. [3]
It was in March 2021 when the 17-year-old did enough in the B team to impress the new coach at helm, Marco Pezzaiuoli. He was soon asked to train with the senior team before being handed a ticket to Goa, as part of the squad for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign. [1]
Damaitphang made his debut for the club on 14 April 2021 after he came as a substitute on 71st minute of the game against Tribhuvan Army, [4] and became the youngest player to represent senior team of Bengaluru FC at the age of 17 years 190 days. [1]
In September 2023, Lyngdoh parted ways with Bengaluru FC and joined I-League side Shillong Lajong F.C. on 2-year contract. [5]
The third of four sons, Damaitphang hails from Umlyngka, a tiny village in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. His mother works a government job, while his father operates a taxi in the village. On days that went long, young Lyngdoh made his way to the only nine-a-side ground in his locality. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Others | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bengaluru B | 2019–20 | I-League 2nd Division | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
2022 | RFDL | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||||
2022–23 | I-League 2nd Division | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
2023 | RFDL | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||||
Total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
Bengaluru | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | – | 1 [a] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | – | – | 5 [b] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Shillong Lajong | 2023–24 | I-League | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | I-League | 17 | 0 | – | – | 3 [b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
2025–26 | I-League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 [b] | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 2 | ||
Total | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 4 |