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{{short description|Indian professional footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}{{Infobox football biography
| name = PC Rohlupuia
| image =
| fullname =
| height = 1.72 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mizoram]], [[India]]
| currentclub = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
| clubnumber = 43
| position = [[Midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2016–2018
| youthclubs1 = [[East Bengal F.C. Academy|East Bengal]]
| years1 = 2018–2020
| clubs1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–
| clubs2 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
}}

'''PC Rohlupuia''' (born 16 January 1999 in [[Mizoram]], [[India]]) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a defensive midfielder for [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]] in Indian Super League.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=ISL: Mumbai City FC Sign Young Duo of Amey Ranawade and PC Rohlupuia|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/isl-mumbai-city-fc-sign-young-duo-of-amey-ranawade-and-pc-rohlupuia-3025031.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Rohlupuia started his career with the youth academy of [[East Bengal FC]] and played for the [[East Bengal F.C. Academy|East Bengal F.C. U-18]] side. Academy coach Ranjan Chowdhury scouted Rohlupuia from [[Mizoram]] and brought him to East Bengal, where he developed as a ball-playing central midfielder. He also reached the Semi-Finals of the [[2017–18 I-League U18|2017-18 U-18 I-League]], where he impressed throughout the campaign and also scored 2 goals, however, lost to [[Shillong Lajong FC]] in the Semi-Finals by 2-0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/lajong-blanks-east-bengal-to-reach-maiden-u-18-youth-league-final/article23981852.ece|title=Lajong blanks East Bengal to reach maiden U-18 Youth League final|work=Sportstar - The Hindu|accessdate=10 November 2019}}</ref>

===East Bengal FC===
====2018-19====
In 2018-19, under coach [[Alejandro Menendez]], Rohlupuia was promoted to the senior side and was part of the team which toured [[Malaysia]] for the pre-season and played 4 friendlies as a part of the preparation for the [[2018-19 I-League]]. He joined the team as a central midfielder, however, he spent most of the campaign on the reserve bench and featured only in 1 game as he made his senior debut when he came on from the bench against [[Minerva Punjab F.C.]] away at [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]], [[Chandigarh]] on 3 March 2019, which [[East Bengal FC]] won 1-0. Rohlupuia played just 8 minutes in the game.<ref name="Matches">{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/p-rohlupuia/598153/matches/|title=MATCHES OF PC ROHLUPUIA|work=Soccerway|accessdate=10 November 2019}}</ref>

====2019-20====
At the start of 2019-20 season, Rohlupuia signed a 3 years contract extension with [[East Bengal FC]], along with [[Manoj Mohammed]] and [[Prakash Sarkar]], keeping him at the club till 2022.<ref name="contract">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-extend-contract-of-three-youngsters/articleshow/69997879.cms|title=East Bengal extend contract of three youngsters|work= The Times of India|accessdate=8 November 2019}}</ref>

{{East Bengal F.C. centenary season first match team}}
He was started in the very first game of the Centenary Season as a central midfielder beside [[Lalrindika Ralte]], against [[Army Red (football team)|Army Red]] in the [[2019 Durand Cup]] which [[East Bengal FC]] won 2-0 with goals from [[Jaime Santos Colado]] and [[Bidyashagar Singh]].<ref name="Matches"/> He has already played 5 games this season, with 1 appearance in [[2019 Durand Cup]] and 4 in [[2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division]].<ref name="Matches"/> Coach Alejandro Menendez has played him as a [[Midfielder (association football)|Central Midfielder]] in the pre-season competitions before the [[2019-20 I-League]].

==Club statistics==
{{updated|match played on 29 February 2020}}
{| 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="3"|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]<ref name="Matches"/>
|[[I-League]]
|1||0||{{sort dash}}||{{sort dash}}||{{sort dash}}||{{sort dash}}||1||0
|-
|[[2019–20 I-League|2019–20]]<ref name="Matches"/>
|[[I-League]]
|4||0||1{{efn|Appearances in [[Durand Cup]]}}||0||4{{efn|Appearances in [[Calcutta Football League]]|name=CFL}}||0||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!5!!0!!1!!0!!4!!0!!10!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!5!!0!!1!!0!!4!!0!!10!!0
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
===Club===
;East Bengal:
*[[I-League]]: runner-up: [[2018-19 I-League|2018-19]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerway|p-rohlupuia/598153}}
{{Mumbai City FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohlupuia, PC}}
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Mumbai City FC players]]

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