Denechandra Meitei

Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei (born 28 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Kerala Blasters in Indian Super League.

Denechandra Meitei
Personal information
Full name Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei
Date of birth (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters
Number 45
Youth career
2008–2009 Mohun Bagan
2009 Sambhalpur Academy
2011–2013 Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Pune 1 (0)
2017–18 Churchill Brothers 15 (0)
2018–2019 NEROCA 4 (0)
2019–2020 TRAU 12 (0)
2020– Kerala Blasters 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2020

Career

Early career

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]

Pune Football Club

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]

Kerala Blasters FC

On 5 August 2020, it was announced that Meitei would join Kerala Blasters from TRAU FC.[3]

International

Meitei has represented India at the under-13 level in which he played for them in a tournament in Bangladesh.[1]

Personal

Meitei's favorite footballer is David Beckham.[1]

Career statistics
As of 10 February 2018[4]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune 2013–14 I-League100000——10
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 I-League1000000——100
TRAU 2018–19 I-League1200000——120
Kerala Blasters 2020–21 ISL100000——10
Career total 240000000240

References
  1. "14. Y. Denechandra Meitei". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. "PUNE VS. MOHUN BAGAN 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. "Denechandra Meitei joins Kerala Blasters". ANI News. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. Denechandra Meitei at Soccerway
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