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Denechandra Meitei
Personal information
Full name Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei
Date of birth (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2008–2009 Mohun Bagan
2009 Sambhalpur Academy
2011–2013 Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Pune 1 (0)
2016–2017 Ozone 1 (0)
2017 Sagolband United
2017–2018 Churchill Brothers 15 (0)
2018–2019 NEROCA 4 (0)
2019–2020 TRAU 12 (0)
2020–2023 Kerala Blasters 9 (0)
2022–2023 → Odisha (loan) 14 (0)
2023- Punjab 0 (0)
International career
India U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei (born 28 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Indian Super League club Punjab.

Club career

Early career

Born in Manipur, Meitei started playing football from the age of 10 years. He initially trained at a local stadium to improve his technical ability. He eventually managed to make it into his district team and then the Manipur football team in the youth nationals. Then in 2008 he was signed by Mohun Bagan A.C. to join their academy. After a one-year stay at the academy, Meitei joined the Sambhalpur Academy in Orissa. However, due to problems with both academies in terms of how they taught academics, Meitei dropped out of both. He then went back to Manipur to play for a local club.

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. Meitei trialed for the spot in the academy and passed. While with the Pune F.C. Academy Meitei had won the I-League U19 twice.

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.

Kerala Blasters

On 5 August 2020, it was announced that Meitei would join Kerala Blasters from TRAU FC. He made his first appearance for the club on 29 November 2021, against Chennaiyin FC. On 6 May 2021, Metei signed a new three-year contract with Kerala Blasters, keeping him at the club until 2024.

Meitei was included in the Kerala Blasters squad for the 2021 Durand Cup, and played his first match against arch-rivals Bengaluru FC on 15 September, where he received a red card and the match ended in a 2–0 defeat for the Blasters. He played his first match of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season as a substitute for Nishu Kumar against Bengaluru itself in the 88th minute of the, which they lost 0–1.

Odisha FC (loan)

On 6 July 2022, Odisha FC announced the signing of Meitei on a season long loan deal from the Blasters.

International career

Meitei has represented India at the under-23 level in which he played for them in a tournament held at Bangladesh.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 April 2023
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pune 2013–14 I-League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Ozone 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 I-League 15 0 2 0 — 17 0
NEROCA 2018–19 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
TRAU 2019–20 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Kerala Blasters 2020–21 Indian Super League 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2021–22 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
Kerala Blasters total 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Odisha (loan) 2022–23 Indian Super League 14 0 4 0 1 0 19 0
Punjab 2023–24 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 56 0 7 0 1 0 64 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in play-offs for AFC Cup

Honours

Club

Kerala Blasters FC

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. "ISL 2020-21 highlights, Chennaiyin FC vs Kerala Blasters FC: Albino penalty save helps KBFC earn point vs CFC". Sportstar. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. "Denechandra Meitei extends contract with KBFC till 2024". Kerala Blasters FC. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. "Durand Cup 2021: Kerala Blasters FC announces squad". Sportstar. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. "Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC beat eight-men Kerala Blasters 2-0". The New Indian Express. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. "ISL 2021-22 Highlights, Kerala Blasters vs Bengaluru FC: KBFC 0-1 BFC". News18. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. Modak, Sourav (6 July 2022). "ISL: Odisha FC sign Denechandra Meitei on loan from Kerala Blasters | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei at Soccerway
  11. "ISL final: Hyderabad give Kerala the blues". The Indian Express. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

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