Gouramangi Singh

In this Meitei name, the family name is Moirangthem and the given name is Gouramangi."Singh" is a name suffix.

Gouramangi Singh

Singh with India (no 19) in action against Tajikistan in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Gouramangi Singh Moirangthem
Date of birth	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Imphal, Manipur, India
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Goa (assistant)
Youth career
	TFA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Mohun Bagan
2005–2006	Mahindra United
2006–2007	Sporting Goa
2007–2012	Churchill Brothers
2012–2013	Prayag United	22	(0)
2013–2014	Rangdajied United	16	(0)
2014–2015	Chennaiyin	11	(0)
2015	→ Bharat (loan)	19	(0)
2015–2016	Pune City	20	(0)
2017	DSK Shivajians	9	(1)
2017–2018	NEROCA	12	(0)
International career
2004	India U20
2006	India U23
2006–2013	India	71	(7)
Managerial career
2019–2022	Bengaluru United (assistant)
2022–	Goa (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gouramangi Singh Moirangthem (born 25 January 1986) is an Indian former professional footballer. ^[1] He is currently the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Goa.

Club career

A product of the Tata Football Academy, he has plied his trade with many clubs in the country, including Dempo SC and Churchill Brothers. While at Dempo, Singh won the Federation Cup and the National Football League. Gouramangi is one of the tallest players in the India national team and possesses an ability to head the ball strongly especially in set piece situations and is also effective in tackling. ^[2]

Over the course of his professional career, Singh has won nearly every club trophy in India, including the National Football League (which was replaced by the I-League) and the Federation Cup with Mahindra United in 2005/2006 & the I-League in 2009. Singh was also voted the best defender in the I-League for the 2008/09 season. ^[3]

In 2010, Gouramangi was called upon by Melbourne Heart ^{[4] [5]} for a trial, which despite reportedly impressing Heart staff, was unsuccessful. It was mutually decided that Gouramangi would not get first opportunities in presence of other stars. ^[6]

Churchill Brothers

Gouramangi joined Churchill Brothers from Sporting Clube De Goa in the year 2007-08 I league season and remained with the club until 2013. He won 1 league, two IFA Shields and Two Durand Cups during his five years with Churchill brothers.

Rangdajied United

On 20 November 2013, despite earlier rejecting ISL signed players, Rangdajied United F.C. of the I-League agreed to sign Gouramangi on as well as Subrata Pal, Sandesh Jhingan, Manandeep Singh, and Tomba Singh. ^{[7] [8]}

He made his debut in the I-League on 22 November 2013 against Shillong Lajong F.C. at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong in which he played the whole match as Rangdajied drew the match 1–1. ^[9]

Chennai

In the fall of 2014 Gouramangi singh joined Chennaiyin FC in the inaugural season of Indian Super League, ^{[10] [11]} joining the likes of Marco Materazzi. ^[12]

Bharat FC

Gouramangi Singh signed with newly formed Bharat FC for the 2014–15 I-League ^{[13] [14]} He was the captain of the team.

FC Pune City

On 21 March 2015 FC Pune City announced that they had signed Gouramangi Singh for the 2015 Indian Super League season. ^[15]

NEROCA

In 2017, he signed with NEROCA. ^[16]

International career

Youth

Gouramangi first rose to prominence when he captained the winning Indian team (Under 18) at the Ian Rush Trophy in 2003. He came through the youth set up of All India Football Federation (AIFF), Gouramangi was part of the U-17 Indian squad participating in the 2002 AFC U-17 Championship, Abu Dhabi. He was also part of the U-20 Indian squad participating in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, Netherlands. He played in the Olympic qualifiers for the Indian U-23 team, where his defending allowed India to earn an unlikely 1–1 draw with the Iraq U-23 team. On 18 April 2006, Gouramangi was surprisingly added to India's preliminary squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the only uncapped player to be chosen by senior team manager Syed Nayeemuddin. On 15 May 2006, he was eventually added to their final 23-man squad, being given the number 10 shirt. He made his debut on 20 June 2006 in the final group stage game against New Zealand, scoring through a penalty in an eventual 1–2 loss. ^[17]

Senior

He played a vital part of the Indian team that won the 2007 Nehru Cup. Gouramangi also played an important part of the victorious India team at the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup. ^[18] After joining the national team in 2006, he has been a vital player in coach Houghton's side. ^[2] On 28 July 2011 Singh scored a significant goal for India in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the United Arab Emirates but it did not help as India were knocked out 5–2 on aggregate. Singh nodded home from a Clifford Miranda free kick with rival goalkeeper Ngome Lawrence out of his line. He scored his 7th goal for India in Final of 2012 Nehru Cup against Cameroon.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 June 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Maldives	1–0	1–0	2008 SAFF Cup
2	11 June 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Bhutan	2–1	2–1	2008 SAFF Cup
3	26 August 2009	Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi, India	Sri Lanka	2–1	3–1	2009 Nehru Cup
4	14 January 2011	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Bahrain	1–1	2–5	2011 AFC Asian Cup
5	28 July 2011	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	United Arab Emirates	2–2	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
6	2 September 2012	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India	Cameroon	1–0	2–2	2012 Nehru Cup

International statistics

As of 9 April 2015 ^{[19] [20]}

India national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	5	0
2008	13	2
2009	6	1
2010	9	0
2011	16	2
2012	11	1
2013	10	0
Total	71	6

Coaching career

Bengaluru United

On 26 December 2019, it was announced that Gouramangi joined Bengaluru United as head coach. ^[21] He managed the club in Bangalore Super Division League. ^[22] He later became assistant coach of the club. ^[23]

FC Goa

On 13 July 2022 he was appointed as a First-team assistant coach of Indian Super league club FC Goa.

Honours

India

• AFC Challenge Cup: 2008
• SAFF Cup: 2011; runner-up: 2008, 2013
• Nehru Cup: 2007, 2009, ^[24] 2012

India U20

• South Asian Games Silver medal: 2004

India U19

• National Football League U-19 runner-up: 2001 ^[25]

Club

• National League Champions 2004-05 (Dempo SC) ; 2005–06 (Mahindra United)
• I-League 2008-09 Champions
• Federation Cup Champions 2004-05 (Dempo SC) ; 2005–06 (Mahindra United)

Individual

• AIFF Player of the Year: 2010 ^{[26] [27]}
• I-League Best Defender of the 2008–09 season.

Personal life

Gouramangi Singh hails from the small village of Awang Sekmai, a 17 kilometers north of Imphal and comes from a modest background.

Salary

Gouramangi is notable for being one of India's highest paid footballers and even sportspeople. While at Churchill Brothers Singh made Rs.1 crore playing in the 2012–13 season. ^[28] Playing for Prayag United Singh earned an impressive Rs. 1.05 crore from his club. ^[29] During the 2014 Indian Super League Gouramangi, along with Subrata Pal and Syed Rahim Nabi where the most valuable players of the league making Rs. 80 lakhs each. ^[30]

References

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Further reading

• Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016). "All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

• Gouramangi Singh – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Gauramangi Singh at RSSSF
• Gouramangi Singh at Goal.com
• Gouramangi Singh at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gouramangi Singh at Soccerway