Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 October 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Kashi (on loan from Mumbai City) | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019–2020 | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
2020–2021 | Rajasthan United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Rajasthan United | 18 | (1) |
2023– | Mumbai City | 1 | (0) |
2023– | → Inter Kashi (loan) | 19 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 18 March 2024 (UTC) |
Gyamar Nikum (born 26 October 2004) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I-League club Inter Kashi, on loan from Indian Super League club Mumbai City.
He is one of the youngest players and first from Arunachal Pradesh in history to be selected and debut in the I-League Qualifiers, at an age of 16 years and 359 days. [1] [2] [3]
Hailing from the town of Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh's Papum Pare district, Nikum started playing football at the tender age of 8. By the age of 14, he had played in the U15 sub-junior national championships for Arunachal Pradesh. [4]
On 2019, Nikum achieved a career milestone when he was selected for the Arunachal Pradesh team to play in the U18 BC Roy Trophy, where they made it to the semi-finals. It was in that tournament where the midfielder was scouted by Rajasthan United and offered a chance to be a part of their residential academy in Bhilwara. After impressing then coach Vikrant Sharma, he was fast tracked to the first-team squad. [4] [5]
On 20 October 2021, Nikum became one of the youngest players and first from Arunachal Pradesh in history to be selected and debut in the I-League Qualifiers, when he appeared against Madan Maharaj, at an age of 16 years and 359 days. [1] [2] [3]
Nikum had a breakout 2021–22 season, where he appeared in fourteen of their eighteen games as Rajasthan United had a memorable debut season in the I-League, finishing in the top 7 of Phase 1 and qualifying for the Championship stage.
In July 2022, Nikum signed a new four-year contract extension with Rajasthan United. [6] On 20 August, he scored his first and the winning goal for the club in a shock 3–2 win over ATK Mohun Bagan, in the Durand Cup. [7] [8]
On 22 January 2023, 18 year-old Nikum joined Mumbai City for a reported transfer fee of ₹6–7.5 million on a four and a half-year contract, with an option to extend further. The transfer fee is a record for a player of his age. [9] [10] [11]
In June 2022, Nikum got called up by the AIFF for the India U20 training camp in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. [12] [13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rajasthan United | 2021 | I-League 2nd Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2021–22 | I-League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 4 | 1 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | – | 9 | 3 | |||
Total | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
Mumbai City | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
Inter Kashi (loan) | 2023–24 | I-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
Mumbai City
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