Gyamar Nikum

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Gyamar Nikum
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 77
Youth career
2019–2020 Arunachal Pradesh
2020–2021 Rajasthan United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Rajasthan United 18 (1)
2023– Mumbai City 1 (0)
2023–2024 → 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 Indian Super League club Mumbai City.

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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]

Club career

Youth career

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]

Rajasthan United

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]

Mumbai City

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]

Inter Kashi (loan)

On 3 September 2023, I-League club Inter Kashi announced the signing of Nikum on a one-year loan deal, until the end of the 2023-24 I-League season. [12] Following a season of 22 appearances, four goals, and four assists, Nikum was adjudged to be the Best Emerging Player of the season. [13]

International career

In June 2022, Nikum got called up by the AIFF for the India U20 training camp in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. [14] [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 February 2022 [16]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rajasthan United 2021 I-League 2nd Division 1000–10
2021–22 I-League 14000–140
2022–23 415 [a] 2–93
Total1915200243
Mumbai City 2022–23 Indian Super League 1000–10
Inter Kashi (loan) 2023–24 I-League0000–00
Career total2015200253
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Mumbai City

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  8. ↑ "ATK Mohun Bagan 2 – 3 Rajasthan United". the-aiff.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "ISL – Mumbai City FC signs youngster Nikum Gyamar". iftwc.com. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Wonderboy Gyamar Nikum signs deal with Mumbai City FC". arunachaltimes.in. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Gyamar Nikum joins Mumbai City in a five-year deal". khelnow.com. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/90ndstoppage/status/1698222778258972724
  13. ↑ https://www.the-aiff.com/article/i-league-emerging-player-gyamar-nikum-turns-a-role-model-in-arunachal-pradesh
  14. ↑ "Arunachal: Football prodigy, 17, picked for India U-20 training camp". eastmojo.com. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Arunachal's Gyamar Nikum called for national football camp". newsfy.in. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  16. ↑ Gyamar Nikum at Soccerway
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