Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 11 May 1996||
Place of birth | Lunglei, Mizoram, India [1] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Bazarveng FC | |||
2010 | Maomit High School | ||
2011–2013 | Pune | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Pune | 27 | (2) |
2015 | Pune City | 3 | (0) |
2017 | → Minerva Punjab (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2016–2021 | NorthEast United | 17 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2014 | India U19 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2013 |
Fanai Lalrempuia (born 11 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He is known for his superb ball control, accurate passing and speed. [1]
Born in Lunglei, Mizoram, Lalrempuia started to play football from the age of 11 for his local side Bazarveng FC. [1] Under the coaching of Flalbiakchhunga, his head coach at Bazarveng FC, Lalrempuia started to improve as a player. [1] Eventually he was selected to join the Maomit High School under-14 side that was to compete in the Subroto Cup in 2010. [1] While playing in the Subroto Cup Lalrempuia was spotted by Pune F.C. Academy assistant coach Gift Raikhan who then selected Fanai to trial at the academy. [1] After the trial Lalrempuia was selected to join the academy. During his two seasons with the academy, Lalrempuia won the I-League U19 twice in 2012 and 2013 while also scoring a total of six goals during that time. [1]
Then at the age of only 16, Lalrempuia made his professional debut for Pune in the I-League on 20 April 2013 against Air India at the Balewadi Sports Complex. [2] He came on in the 55th minute of the match as a substitute for Velington Rocha as Pune went on to win the match 6–0. [2] Lalrempuia scored his first goal in the I-League on 4 April 2015 against Bharat FC in the first ever Pune derby. [3]
In 2016, Lalrenpuia has signed with Indian Super League club NorthEast United.
On 28 September 2013, it was announced that Lalrempuia had been selected into the 23-man squad for the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers. [4] He then made his international debut for the country at the U19 level in India's first match of qualifiers against Qatar U20 on 4 October 2013. [5] He started the match and lasted the full 90 minutes as India lost 2–0. [5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pune | 2012–13 | I-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
2013–14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||
Pune City | 2015 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 |
Minerva Punjab (loan) | 2016–17 | I-League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 |
NorthEast United | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2017—18 | 3 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ | 3 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | — | _ | 1 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 9 | 0 | — | _ | 9 | 0 | ||||
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Career total | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
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