Fanai Lalrempuia

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Fanai Lalrempuia
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Lunglei, Mizoram, India[1]
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Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Pune
Number 26
Youth career
Bazarveng FC
2010 Maomit High School
2011–2013 Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Pune 27 (2)
International career
2013– India U19 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:57, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2013

Fanai Lalrempuia (born 11 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Pune in the I-League. He is known for his superb ball control, accurate passing and speed.[1]

Career

Early Career

Born in Lunglei, Mizoram, Lalrempuia started to play football from the age of 11 for his local side Bazarveng FC.[1] Under the coaching of Flalbiakchhunga, his head coach at Bazarveng FC, Lalrempuia started to improve as a player.[1] Eventually he was selected to join the Maomit High School under-14 side that was to compete in the Subroto Cup in 2010.[1] While playing in the Subroto Cup Lalrempuia was spotted by Pune F.C. Academy assistant coach Gift Raikhan who then selected Fanai to trial at the academy.[1] After the trial Lalrempuia was selected to join the academy. During his two seasons with the academy, Lalrempuia won the I-League U19 twice in 2012 and 2013 while also scoring a total of six goals during that time.[1]

Pune

Then at the age of only 16, Lalrempuia made his professional debut for Pune in the I-League on 20 April 2013 against Air India at the Balewadi Sports Complex.[2] He came on in the 55th minute of the match as a substitute for Velington Rocha as Pune went on to win the match 6–0.[2] Lalrempuia scored his first goal in the I-League on 4 April 2015 against Bharat FC in the first ever Pune derby.[3]

International

On 28 September 2013 it was announced that Lalrempuia had been selected into the 23-man squad for the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.[4] He then made his international debut for the country at the u19 level in India's first match of qualifiers against Qatar U20 on 4 October 2013.[5] He started the match and lasted the full 90 minutes as India lost 2–0.[5]

Career statistics

As of 30 May 2015[6]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pune 2012–13 I-League 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013–14 I-League 11 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
2014–15 I-League 13 2 0 0 0 0 13 2
Career total 27 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 33 1

References

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  3. http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/pune-vs-bharat-fc/1981035/report
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  6. Fanai Lalrempuia at Soccerway

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