Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Aizawl, Mizoram, India | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aizawl | ||
Youth career | |||
Mohun Bagan | |||
2009–2010 | Salgaocar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Pailan Arrows | 17 | (3) |
2013– | Aizawl | ||
2018 | Chanmari | ||
2017 | → Chennai City FC (loan) | ||
International career | |||
2008 | India U16 | 2 | (0) |
2009 | India U19 | 5 | (4) |
2010 | India U23 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Malsawmfela (born 3 September 1993 in Aizawl, Mizoram) is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Aizawl F.C. in the Mizoram Premier League.
After impressing on tour with the India U16 team in England Malsawmfela was signed by Salgaocar of the I-League. [1] However, after not playing for the club in the 2009–10 I-League season Malsawmfela signed for Pailan Arrows (the AIFF XI) who were a new team whose goal was to create a batch of players that would be able to qualify India for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [1] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 December 2012 against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. in the 33rd minute to give Pailan a 2–1 victory. [2] He then scored his second goal of the season against Mumbai F.C. on 15 January 2011 in the 9th minute to give Pailan the lead 1–0 but a 95th-minute goal from Ebi Sukore meant that Pailan had to settle for a 1–1 draw. [3] He then scored his third goal on 3 April 2011 against HAL SC again at the Bangalore Football Stadium in the 80th minute as Pailan routed HAL 4–0. [4]
While with Arrows, he was loaned out to I-League 2nd Division side DSK Shivajians for the 2013 I-League 2nd Division season. [5]
Malsawmfela started his international career at the under-16 level in 2008 when the under-16 team went out for a camp in the United States and England. [1] The tour of the United States was set up in Charleston, West Virginia where after 25 days of training the India U16 team won six out of the seven match-ups with Malsawmfela coming out as the top-scorer among the other India U16 players with 16 goals. [1] Then in September 2008 the India U16 team started to tour England where they took on the under-16 teams of Everton and Manchester United. [1] In the match against Everton, when India U16s where down 1–0, Malsawmfela scored the equaliser before Everton scored another to result in India U16s losing 2–1. [1] Then when the India U16 team took on Manchester United's under-16 team Malsawmfela scored the opening goal in the 5th minute to give India U16s an early lead before Manchester United U16s took the lead 2–1 into halftime. [1] However Malsawmfela scored the equaliser for India's U16s in the 2nd half as India's U16s went on to draw the match 3–3. [1]
Malsawmfela then made his debut at the under-19s level on 5 November 2009 during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification against Iraq's U19s where India's U19s lost the match 5–0. [6] Malsawmfela then scored a brace for the India under-19s on 12 November 2009 against Afghanistan U19s in the 48th and 67th minutes of the game as India's U19s went on to win the match 4–1. [7] He then scored a brace in India under-19s next match against Kuwait on 15 November 2009 in the 45th and 56th minutes of the match to give India's under-19s a 3–0 victory. [8] Malsawmfela then rose up the India national levels, when he made his debut for India at the under-23 level during the 2010 Asian Games in South Korea on 7 November 2010 against Kuwait when he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Jeje Lalpekhlua as India U23s lost the match 2–0. [9]
Malsawmfela then scored his first goal for India at the under-23 level on 23 February 2011 against Myanmar U23s during the first round of the 2012 Olympic qualifiers where India's U23s won 2–1. [10]
Statistics accurate as of 26 December 2012
Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pailan Arrows | 2010–11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 3 |
2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
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