Vishal Kaith
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vishal Kaith | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Himachal Pradesh, India | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shillong Lajong | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | AIFF Elite Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Shillong Lajong | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | → FC Pune City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013– | India U19 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:43, 14 October 2015 (UTC) | |||
Vishal Kaith (born 1996) is an Indian footballer, playing as goalkeeper for the I-League club, Shillong Lajong.
Youth years
Having come up through the state level ranks, playing the nationals for Himachal Pradesh, he was recruited by the AIFF to play for the U16 and U19 national sides. He was then asked to join the AIFF Elite Academy in 2013, where for a year he honed his skills under the select panel of coaches. On graduating, he was picked up by Shillong Lajong FC [1]
Career
Shillong Lajong
Vishal Kaith joined Shillong Lajong after spending a year at the AIFF Elite Academy in 2014 and made his official debut in the second game of his teams' 2014-15 Indian Federation Cup against Salgaocar and was adjudged as the Man of the Match.[2] Kaith would go on to obtain the Man of the Match award in his second first team appearance against Mohun Bagan[3]
2014-15 season
Kaith made his senior I-League debut on 28 March 2015 against Sporting Goa but was sent off in the 2nd-half for a handball outside the box.[4]He saved penalty which was taken by Sunil Chettri against Bengaluru FC in Federation Cup.
2015-16 season
Kaith showed good progress in pre season and he became a pivotal part of the club, despite still being in his 20s. Started all matches for Shillong Lajong in 2015-16 season.
Pune City (loan)
On 25 May 2016, ISL club FC Pune City has signed Kaith on loan from Shillong Lajong for the third edition of Hero ISL.
International
Kaith was handed his India U19 debut on 4 October 2013 against Qatar U19 in 2014 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers. Kaith kept first clean sheet for India U19 against Nepal U19, in which India U19 defeated Nepal U19 by 1-0.
Career statistics
- As of 5 April 2016[5]
| Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shillong Lajong | 2014–15 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Shillong Lajong | 2015–16 | I-League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Shillong Lajong FC - Official Website - Vishal Kaith". Shillonglajong.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Press Trust of India (31 December 2014). "Salgaocar FC edge past Shillong Lajong 2-1". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Gupta Vishal (6 January 2015). "Impressive Mohun Bagan finish their campaign with 1-0 win over Shillong Lajong". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6334
- ^ "India - V. Kaith - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.