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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mehtab Singh
| image =
| fullname = Mehtab Singh
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|05|05}}
| birth_place = [[Khemkaran]], [[Punjab, India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels|url=https://www.mykhel.com/football/ignoring-sounds-bullets-east-bengal-footballer-excels-012078.html |publisher=mykhel.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| clubnumber = 5
| position = [[Centre-back]]
| youthyears2 = 2016–2017
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs2 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| youthclubs1 = Mahilpur Football academy
| youthclubs3 =
| years1 = 2016−2020
| clubs1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019
| clubs2 = → [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala ]] (loan)
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020−
| clubs3 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 24 february 2021
| ntupdate = 16:06, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
}}

'''Mehtab Singh''' (born June 5, 1998) is an [[India]]n professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mehtab Singh|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/mehtab-singh/472296/ |publisher=soccerway.com|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Mehtab Singh was born in [[Khemkaran]] village in [[Punjab, India|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, Singh made it big as he represented the [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal U18]] side in the [[2017–18 Youth League U18|2017–18 U18 I-League]].

On December 13, 2017, he scored a goal to guide his team to a victory over arch-rivals [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] in a crucial under-18 I-League match.<ref>{{cite web |title=U’18 I League: Mehtab Singh strike gives East Bengal a 1-0 win in derby|url=https://xtratime.in/u18-i-league-mehtab-singh-strike-gives-east-bengal-a-1-0-win-in-derby/ |publisher=xtratime.in |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

===East Bengal===
He was soon promoted to the senior squad. He played in the [[2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division]] for the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-2017-18-what-does-the-season-have-in-store|access-date=2020-03-03|title=I-League 2017/18 : What does the season have in store?|language=en|website=sportskeeda.com|author=Sayak Dipta Dey|date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303034726/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-2017-18-what-does-the-season-have-in-store|archive-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> On 28 November 2017 he made [[I-League]] debut in a 2–2 draw against [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]].<ref>{{cite web |title=I League 2017-18: East Bengal settles for a 2-2 draw against defending champions Aizawl FC.|url=https://xtratime.in/i-league-2017-18-east-bengal-settles-for-a-2-2-draw-against-defending-champions-aizawl-fc/ |publisher=xtratime.in |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

On 14 November 2018, he suffered a head injury due to an collision with [[Siddharth Singh]] 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Injured defender Mehtab Singh likely to miss East Bengal's next two matches|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/sports/football/i-league/injured-defender-mehtab-singh-likely-to-miss-east-bengals-next-two-matches/articleshow/66640719.cms |publisher=timesofindia.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=East Bengal defender out of danger after head collision|url=http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/18311/east-bengal-defender-out-of-danger-after-head-collision.html |publisher=theweekendleader.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

===Gokulam Kerala===
On 31 January 2019 he was loaned to [[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]] for the rest of the season. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Kerala side.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mehtab Singh joins Gokulam Kerala on loan for the rest of the 2018-19 season|url= https://www.facebook.com/GoalIndia/photos/a.10150591608037496/10156411633072496/?type=3|publisher=facebook.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

==Club statistics==
{{updated|match played on 24 February2021}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]<ref name="Matches">{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/mehtab-singh/472296/matches/|title=Matches - Mehtab Singh|work=Soccerway|accessdate=17 November 2019}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[I-League]]
|6||0||0||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Calcutta Football League]]|name=CFL}}||0||8||0
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]<ref name="Matches"/>
|0||0||0||0||11{{efn|name=CFL}}||1||11||1
|-
|[[2019–20 I-League|2019–20]]<ref name="Matches"/>
|11||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Durand Cup]]}}||0||6{{efn|name=CFL}}||0||19||0
|-
!colspan="2"|East Bengal total
!17!!0!!2!!0!!19!!1!!38!!1
|-
|[[Gokulam Kerala F.C.|Gokulam Kerala]] (loan)
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]<ref name="Matches"/>
|[[I-League]]
|5||0||0||0||–||–||5||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mumbai FC|Mumbai Cityl]]
|[[2020–21 Indian Super League|2020–21]]
|[[Indian Super League]]
|11||0||0||0||–||–||11||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!33!!0!!2!!0!!19!!1!!54!!1
|}
{{notelist}}

==International==
On 13 February 2019, Singh was called up to the [[India national under-23 football team|India under-23]] side which participated in the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification|2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/liston-in-india-u-23-preliminary-camp/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=Navhind Times |date=13 February 2019}}</ref>

He made his debut for the side in a friendly match against [[Qatar national under-23 football team|Qatar U23]] ahead of the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=india U-23 SUFFER NARROW LOSS TO QATAR|url= https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9501|publisher= AIFF.com|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
;[[East Bengal FC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Calcutta Football League: East Bengal wins eighth consecutive title|url=https://www.sportstarlive.com/football/east-bengal-holds-mohun-bagan-to-win-calcutta-football-league-eight-times-in-a-row/article19747202.ece|work=sportslive.com|accessdate= 3 August 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Calcutta Football League]]: [[2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division|2017–18]]

==References==
<references />
{{Mumbai City FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Mehtab}}
[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:Gokulam Kerala FC players]]
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Mumbai City FC players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Punjab, India]]

{{India-footy-bio-stub}}

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