Mehtab Singh (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehtab Singh | ||
Date of birth | May 5, 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Khemkaran,Punjab, India[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mumbai | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mahilpur Football academy | |||
2016–2017 | East Bengal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017− | Mumbai | 17 | (0) |
2019 | →Gokulam Kerala F.C. (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2020- | Mumbai | ||
International career‡ | |||
2019– | India U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:03, 4 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC) |
Mehtab Singh (born June 5, 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who Plays as a Defender for Indian club Mumbai.[2]
Career
Early Career
Mehtab Singh was born in Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometers away from the Pakistan border. He travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahilpur football academy, just to learn the game.
Hailing from a disturbed area where the kids are not even allowed to utilise the local grounds,Mehtab Singh has indeed made it big as he represented the East Bengal U18 side in the 2017–18 U18 I-League.
On December 13 2017, the 17-year-oldd midfielder scored the all-important goal, guiding his team to a one-goal victory over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match.[3]
East Bengal
After a fine performance with the U18 he was soon promoted to the senior squad. He played in the 2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division for the club. On 28 November 2017 he made I-League debut in a 2-2 draw against Aizwal FC.[4]
On 14 November 2018 he suffered a head injury due to an aerial collision with Siddharth Singh. The incident happened during the practice when the duo jumped for an aerial ball as their heads clashed against each other. Mehtab was the worst affected as he was seen with a bloody forehead and lay unconscious for sometime before being rushed to the hospital where he had 18 stitches.[5][6]
Gokulam Kerala
On 31 January 2019 he was loaned to Gokulam Kerala for the rest of the season. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Kerala side.[7]
Club statistics
- As of match played on 19 January 2020
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
East Bengal | 2017–18[8] | I-League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2018–19[8] | I-League | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11[a] | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
2019–20[8] | I-League | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 1 | ||
Gokulam Kerala (loan) | 2018–19[8] | I-League | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in Calcutta Football League
- ^ Appearances in Durand Cup
International
On 13 February 2019, Singh was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.[9]
He made his debut for the side in a friendly match against Qatar U23 ahead of the competition.[10]
Honours
Club
References
- ^ "Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels". mykhel.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Mehtab Singh". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "U'18 I League: Mehtab Singh strike gives East Bengal a 1-0 win in derby". xtratime.in. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "I League 2017-18: East Bengal settles for a 2-2 draw against defending champions Aizawl FC". xtratime.in. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Injured defender Mehtab Singh likely to miss East Bengal's next two matches". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "East Bengal defender out of danger after head collision". theweekendleader.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Mehtab Singh joins Gokulam Kerala on loan for the rest of the 2018-19 season". facebook.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Matches - Mehtab Singh". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp". Navhind Times. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "india U-23 SUFFER NARROW LOSS TO QATAR". AIFF.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Calcutta Football League: East Bengal wins eighth consecutive title". sportslive.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.