Dhanpal Ganesh

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Dhanpal Ganesh
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Chennaiyin
Number 17
Youth career
Pune
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2016 Pune 30 (0)
2012–2013Pailan Arrows (loan) 18 (0)
2015Chennaiyin (loan) 0 (0)
2016− Chennaiyin 28 (2)
2017Chennai City (loan) 17 (1)
International career
2012 India U23 3 (0)
2015– India 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:03, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2017

Dhanpal Ganesh (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League. He has also played for the India national team.

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Career

Pune

Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Ganesh became the first player from the Pune Academy to sign with the first-team at Pune in July 2011. [1] He made his professional debut for the club on 18 December 2011 against Churchill Brothers at the Fatorda Stadium; he came on in the 94th minute for Othallo Tabia as Pune won the match 2–0. [2] He made his first start for the club in the I-League on 18 April 2012 against Salgaocar in a 2–0. [3]

Pailan Arrows (loan)

For the 2012–13 I-League season Ganesh was loaned out to the Pailan Arrows for the whole season. [4] He made his debut for the Arrows on 28 August 2012 in the Durand Cup against Air India in which he started as Arrows drew the match 1–1. [4] He then made his league debut for Pailan Arrows on the league opening day against Mumbai on 6 October 2013. [4] He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Holicharan Narzary as the Arrows won the match 3–2. [4]

Return to Pune

After a season with the Arrows, Dhanpal was back at Pune for the 2013-14 season. He would make 12 appearances in the league and would feature regularly in the starting line-up in the second half of the season. He kept up his good form and made his debut in the AFC Champions League in a qualifier against Hanoi T&T in a 0–3 loss. [5] Dhanpal would score his first senior goal for Pune in the opening game of Pune's 2014 Durand Cup campaign in a 3–0 win over Churchill Brothers. [6] He started in the first ever Pune Derby against Bharat FC but was sent-off following off the ball challenge on the 88th minute of the game which ended 1-1. [7]

Chennaiyin

In July 2015 Ganesh was drafted to play for Chennaiyin in the 2015 Indian Super League. [8]

International

On 20 June 2012 it was confirmed that Ganesh would play for the India U23 team during 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification. [9] He made his debut for the under-23 team on 23 June 2012 against Lebanon U23 in the 2013 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers in which India won 5–2. [10] He made his senior debut on 17 March 2015 against Nepal, coming on as a substitute for Eugeneson Lyngdoh. [11]

Career statistics

As of 27 March 2020 [12]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation Cup/Super CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune 2011–12 I-League 20000020
2013–14 120200040180
2014–15 1604041241
Pune total300604140441
Pailan Arrows (loan) 2012–13 I-League1802110211
Chennaiyin (loan) 2015 Indian Super League 0000
Chennaiyin 2016 0000
2017–18 17210182
2018–19 00006060
2019–20 500050
Chennaiyin total222100060292
Chennai City (loan) 2016–17 I-League17131202
Career total87312251601106

Honours

Club

Chennaiyin

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