| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 2009 | Sambhalpur Academy | ||
| 2011–2013 | Pune | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Pune | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Ozone | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Sagolband United | ||
| 2017–2018 | Churchill Brothers | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | NEROCA | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | TRAU | 12 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Kerala Blasters | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Odisha (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Punjab | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| India U23 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei (born 28 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Born in Manipur, Meitei started playing football from the age of 10 years. [1] He initially trained at a local stadium to improve his technical ability. [1] He eventually managed to make it into his district team and then the Manipur football team in the youth nationals. [1] Then in 2008 he was signed by Mohun Bagan A.C. to join their academy. [1] After a one-year stay at the academy, Meitei joined the Sambhalpur Academy in Orissa. [1] However, due to problems with both academies in terms of how they taught academics, Meitei dropped out of both. [1] He then went back to Manipur to play for a local club. [1]
Then, after going back to Manipur, James Singh of Mumbai F.C. recommended Meitei to trial at Pune F.C. for a spot in the Pune F.C. Academy. [1] Meitei trialed for the spot in the academy and passed. [1] While with the Pune F.C. Academy Meitei had won the I-League U19 twice. [1]
On 10 October 2013, Meitei made his professional debut for Pune F.C. in the I-League against Mohun Bagan A.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he came on in the 89th minute for Pierre Douhou as Pune won the match 2–0. [2]
On 5 August 2020, it was announced that Meitei would join Kerala Blasters from TRAU FC. [3] He made his first appearance for the club on 29 November 2021, against Chennaiyin FC. [4] On 6 May 2021, Metei signed a new three-year contract with Kerala Blasters, keeping him at the club until 2024. [5]
Meitei was included in the Kerala Blasters squad for the 2021 Durand Cup, [6] and played his first match against arch-rivals Bengaluru FC on 15 September, where he received a red card and the match ended in a 2–0 defeat for the Blasters. [7] He played his first match of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season as a substitute for Nishu Kumar against Bengaluru itself in the 88th minute of the, which they lost 0–1. [8]
On 6 July 2022, Odisha FC announced the signing of Meitei on a season long loan deal from the Blasters. [9]
Meitei has represented India at the under-23 level in which he played for them in a tournament held at Bangladesh. [1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pune | 2013–14 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Ozone | 2016–17 | I-League 2nd Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Churchill Brothers | 2017–18 | I-League | 15 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| NEROCA | 2018–19 | I-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| TRAU | 2019–20 | I-League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| Kerala Blasters | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Odisha (loan) | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 14 | 0 | 4 [b] [a] | 0 | 1 [c] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Punjab | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 56 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||