Personal information | |||
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Full name | Macarton Louis Nickson | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Karnataka, India | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | NorthEast United | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012 | Root FC (Bengaluru) | ||
2013–2021 | Bengaluru FC | ||
2023–2024 | NorthEast United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Indian Arrows | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Bengaluru United | 9 | (0) |
2023– | NorthEast United | 35 | (2) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:38, 23 March 2025 (UTC) |
Macarton Louis Nickson (born 19 March 2004) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for both the Indian Super League club NorthEast United. [1]
Nickson started playing football at the age of six with Root FC, based in Bengaluru. He then joined Bengaluru FC’s youth academy where he played for eight years. At the age of seventeen, he was called up in the squad of Indian Arrows for the 2020–21 I-League, then top-flight league of Indian football. He played few matches for the Arrows before moving to Bengaluru United for the 2022–23 I-League 2, then third division of Indian football. [2] [3]
For the 2023–24 season he joined Indian Super League club NorthEast United FC as a defensive midfielder. He won the 2024 Durand Cup with NorthEast United. [4]
On 22 March 2025, the then India national team head coach Manolo Márquez announced Nickson's inclusion in the squad for the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualification matches. [5]
Club | Season | League | Super Cup | Durand Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goal | ||
Indian Arrows | 2021–22 | I-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Bengaluru United | 2022–23 | I-League 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
NorthEast United | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
2024–25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
Career total | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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India | 2025 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 |
Nickson was born on 19 March 2004, in Karnataka, India. [1] He is the son of Louis Nickson, a former India international football player. [6] Nickson did his schooling from Bengaluru based St. Joseph's Indian Primary School. [7] [8]
NorthEast United