Damaitphang Lyngdoh

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Damaitphang Lyngdoh
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Umlyngka, Meghalaya, India
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru FC
Number 14
Youth career
2017 Meghalaya State Team
2017–19 Bengaluru FC U16
2019–20 Bengaluru FC U18
2019–20 Bengaluru FC B
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Bengaluru FC 1 (0)
2023– Shillong Lajong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021

Damaitphang Lyngdoh (born 7 October 2003) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Bengaluru. [1]

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Youth

Meghalaya State Team

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]

Bengaluru FC U-15, U-18 and B team

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]

Career

Bengaluru FC

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]

Shillong Lajong

In September 2023, Lyngdoh parted ways with Bengaluru FC and joined I-League side Shillong Lajong F.C. on 2-year contract. [5]

Personal life

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Lyngdoh in our loom". Bengaluru FC. 31 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Damaitphang Lyngdoh finishes with 9 goals for Bengaluru in Junior League zonals". The Sports Room. 2 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "BFC U15 playmaker Damaitphang Lyngdoh scored his fifth goal of the campaign with a delightful lob over the Sporthood FC goalkeeper in the second half yesterday". Bengaluru FC twitter. 25 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "A massive moment for our Youth Development program as Damaitphang Lyngdoh comes on to replace Khabra, and make his first team debut". Bengaluru FC Twitter. 14 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Damaitphang enters into 2 year contract with Shillong Lajong". 8 September 2023.
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