Denechandra Meitei

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Denechandra Meitei
Personal information
Full name Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei
Date of birth (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Punjab
Youth career
2008–2009 Mohun Bagan
2009 Sambhalpur Academy
2011–2013 Pune
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Pune 1 (0)
2016–2017 Ozone 1 (0)
2017 Sagolband United
2017–2018 Churchill Brothers 15 (0)
2018–2019 NEROCA 4 (0)
2019–2020 TRAU 12 (0)
2020–2023 Kerala Blasters 9 (0)
2022–2023 → Odisha (loan) 14 (0)
2023– Punjab 0 (0)
International career
India U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei (born 28 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Indian Super League club Punjab.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Manipur, Meitei started playing football from the age of 10 years. [1] He initially trained at a local stadium to improve his technical ability. [1] He eventually managed to make it into his district team and then the Manipur football team in the youth nationals. [1] Then in 2008 he was signed by Mohun Bagan A.C. to join their academy. [1] After a one-year stay at the academy, Meitei joined the Sambhalpur Academy in Orissa. [1] However, due to problems with both academies in terms of how they taught academics, Meitei dropped out of both. [1] He then went back to Manipur to play for a local club. [1]

Then, after going back to Manipur, James Singh of Mumbai F.C. recommended Meitei to trial at Pune F.C. for a spot in the Pune F.C. Academy. [1] Meitei trialed for the spot in the academy and passed. [1] While with the Pune F.C. Academy Meitei had won the I-League U19 twice. [1]

Pune Football Club

On 10 October 2013, Meitei made his professional debut for Pune F.C. in the I-League against Mohun Bagan A.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he came on in the 89th minute for Pierre Douhou as Pune won the match 2–0. [2]

Kerala Blasters

On 5 August 2020, it was announced that Meitei would join Kerala Blasters from TRAU FC. [3] He made his first appearance for the club on 29 November 2021, against Chennaiyin FC. [4] On 6 May 2021, Metei signed a new three-year contract with Kerala Blasters, keeping him at the club until 2024. [5]

Meitei was included in the Kerala Blasters squad for the 2021 Durand Cup, [6] and played his first match against arch-rivals Bengaluru FC on 15 September, where he received a red card and the match ended in a 2–0 defeat for the Blasters. [7] He played his first match of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season as a substitute for Nishu Kumar against Bengaluru itself in the 88th minute of the, which they lost 0–1. [8]

Odisha FC (loan)

On 6 July 2022, Odisha FC announced the signing of Meitei on a season long loan deal from the Blasters. [9]

International career

Meitei has represented India at the under-23 level in which he played for them in a tournament held at Bangladesh. [1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 April 2023 [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune 2013–14 I-League 1000—10
Ozone 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 1000—10
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 I-League1502 [lower-alpha 1] 0—170
NEROCA 2018–19 4000—40
TRAU 2019–20 12000—120
Kerala Blasters 2020–21 Indian Super League 6000—60
2021–22 301 [lower-alpha 2] 0—40
Kerala Blasters total901000100
Odisha (loan) 2022–23 Indian Super League1404 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 1] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 0190
Punjab 2023–24 0000—00
Career total5607010640
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in play-offs for AFC Cup

Honours

Club

Kerala Blasters FC

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "14. Y. Denechandra Meitei". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pune vs Mohun Bagan 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Denechandra Meitei joins Kerala Blasters". ANI News. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "ISL 2020-21 highlights, Chennaiyin FC vs Kerala Blasters FC: Albino penalty save helps KBFC earn point vs CFC". Sportstar. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Denechandra Meitei extends contract with KBFC till 2024". Kerala Blasters FC. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Durand Cup 2021: Kerala Blasters FC announces squad". Sportstar. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC beat eight-men Kerala Blasters 2-0". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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