Manoj Mohammed

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Manoj Mohammed
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Hyderabad
Number 41
Youth career
East Bengal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 East Bengal 16 (0)
2020–2022 Mohammedan 26 (0)
2022– Hyderabad 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Manoj Mohammed (born 8 January 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hyderabad in the Indian Super League.

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Career

Manoj is a product of East Bengal F.C.' youth system. In 2010 Manoj joined the North Bengal academy of East Bengal at Rajganj, located at Jalpaiguri in North Bengal. [1]

Ranjan Chowdhury, the Technical Director of East Bengal academy in Kolkata, transferred Manoj from the Rajganj academy to the main academy of East Bengal at Kolkata.[ citation needed ]

Manoj was the captain of the East Bengal U18 team and was a center back. He was a team member of East Bengal U18 squad that had narrowly lost in the final of the 2016–17 I-League U18. [2]

In 2018 East Bengal head coach Alejandro Menéndez added him in the senior team squad for the 2018-19 I-League. Alejandro converted him from centre back to left back.[ citation needed ]

On 27 October 2018 he made his professional debut in an away match against NEROCA FC.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 May 2022 [3]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2018–19 I-League 16000160
2019–20 002 [a] 020
East Bengal total1602000180
Mohammedan 2020–21 I-League800080
2021–22 1605 [a] 0210
Hyderabad total2605000310
Hyderabad 2022–23 Indian Super League 000000
Career total4207000490
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Mohammedan Sporting

References

  1. "দোকান চালিয়ে ফুটবলার বানিয়েছেন মা, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে আশা জাগাচ্ছে মনোজ" [Manoj a footballer created in a store hoping to earn his hopes in East Bengal] (in Bengali). eenaduindia.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. "report 2016–17 I-League U18 final" (PDF). Aiff.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. Manoj Mohammed at Soccerway
  4. Kolkata Football League: চার দশক পর কলকাতা লিগ জয় মহমেডান স্পোর্টিংয়ের (in Bengali) bengali.abplive.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.