David Ngaihte

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David Ngaihte
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Tollygunge Agragami F.C.
Youth career
Goodwill FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Southern Samity
2013–2014 Rangdajied 21 (2)
2015 Shillong Lajong 6 (0)
2014 → NorthEast United (loan) 2 (0)
2015 F.C. Zalen
2016 Guwahati F.C.
2017 Minerva Punjab 14 (1)
2017 Delhi Dynamos 10 (1)
2018 Tollygunge Agragami F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2017

David Ngaihte (born 16 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tollygunge Agragami.

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Career

Early career

With the motive to excel in academics and to get access to better education, David Ngaihte was sent to Delhi. In the capital, while practising with friends in the evening, as is a norm with the North Eastern guys, a Delhi club named Goodwill FC sported him and offered him to play for them in 2008.

Even then, the college going David Ngaihte wasn't serious about the offer but took it up just for the sake of playing the game he loves. With nothing to prove, he caught the eyes of the capital's football aficionados and soon earned a berth for the Delhi Santosh Trophy team.

He spent the next three years completing his academics and switching between Delhi clubs. It wasn't until the 2012 Santosh Trophy in Odisha that, David Ngaihte though he could curve out a career for himself in football.

Noticed by Southern Samity in the Santosh Trophy, he joined the Kolkata club and had tremendously contributed for the team's good run in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division that saw them in the final round of the competition. [1]

Rangdajied

David made his professional debut for Rangdajied in the I-League on 4 October 2013 against Dempo at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong and played the whole match; as Rangdajied drew the match 2–2. [2]

Shillong Lajong

On 5 May 2014 it was announced that Ngaihte has signed for Shillong Lajong on a one-year contract. [3]

Career statistics

As of 10 March 2017 [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangdajied United 2013-14 2222000––242
Shillong Lajong 2013-14 100000––10
NorthEast United FC (loan) 2013-14 20––––––20
Shillong Lajong 2014-15 600000––60
Minerva Punjab FC 2014-15 1010000––101
Career total413200000433

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References

  1. ↑ "Manipur Footballer David Ngaihte Rocks For Rangdajied United". e-pao.net. Imphal: E-PAO. Hueiyen News Service. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Rangdajied United FC 2-2 Dempo SC: Papas denied his first win by the promoted outfit". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rangdajied winger David Ngaihte Moves to Shillong Lajong". Feverpitch.in. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.
  4. ↑ David Ngaihte at Soccerway
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