Lalit Thapa

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Lalit Thapa
Personal information
Full name Lalit Thapa
Date of birth (1984-12-20) 20 December 1984 (age 39) [1]
Place of birth Imphal, Manipur, India
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mohammedan (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Churchill Brothers 12 (0)
2014 Pune City 0 (0)
2015– Sporting Goa 3 (0)
2015–Pune City (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2019 NEROCA 40 (0)
2019 Gokulam Kerala 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lalit Thapa is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer who is the current goalkeeping coach of I-League side Mohammedan SC.

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Club career

Thapa joined Churchill Brothers in 2010. Thapa was critical in Churchill Brothers 2013-14 season, especially in a game against S.C. Goa [2] and the 3-1 win in the Federation's final also against Goa. [3]

After it was announced that the Churchill Brothers would not take part in the 2014–15 I-League Thapa says it is likely that he will join another team in the ISL or IMG. On the AIFF's decision to suspend Churchill Brothers from the league Thapa says "I really don't know what to say [about Churchill Brothers not being in I-League]. There are a lot of players who are contracted with the club," he said." [4]

Then he joined Sporting Clube de Goa later.

In July 2015 Thapa was drafted to play for FC Pune City in the 2015 Indian Super League. [5]

International career

Although born in India Thapa is of Nepalese descent and thus eligible to play for either India or Nepal, although he has not made a senior appearance for either team.

Personal life

Thapa is a Nepali Indian. His favorite team is Brazil national football team. [4]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. "India - L. Thapa - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  2. Arunava Chaudhuri (6 April 2014). "I-League: Churchill Brothers held 1-1 by Sporting Goa!". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. "Churchill Brothers win maiden Fed Cup title". rediff sports. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 Anselm Noronha (10 June 2014). "Thapa: ISL could have the 'Premier League' effect". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  5. Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. Chaudhuri, Arunava (26 November 2016). "NEROCA win the 11th Manipur State League title!". www.arunfoot.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2017.