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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Suresh Singh
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Suresh Singh Wangjam
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.66}}
| currentclub = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| clubnumber = 7
| position = [[Midfielder(association football)|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs1 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| youthyears2 = 2019
| youthclubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy|Bengaluru B]]
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = [[Indian Arrows]]
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019–
| clubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| caps2 = 39
| goals2 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2021–
| nationalteam3 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2021–
| nationalteam4 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps4 = 11
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 4 January 2022 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 30 October 2021
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[SAFF Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W| [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021 Maldives]]|}}
}}

'''Suresh Singh Wangjam''' (born 7 August 2000) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Bengaluru FC]] and [[India national football team]]. He won the [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards#List of AIFF Emerging Player of the Year winners|2020–21 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year]] award.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
Born in [[Manipur]] and nicknamed as ''El Torito'' and ''Gooli Suresha'', Wangjam was part of the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] batch that was preparing for the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] to be hosted in India.<ref name="U17">{{cite news|last1=Selvaraj|first1=Jonathan|title=How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys|url=http://www.espn.in/football/u-17-world-cup/story/3218395/how-14,000-became-21-the-story-of-indias-history-boys|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=ESPN.in|date=3 October 2017}}</ref> After the tournament, Wangjam was selected to play for the [[Indian Arrows]], an [[All India Football Federation]]-owned team that would consist of [[India national under-20 football team|India under-20]] players to give them playing time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017-18|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8674|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The All India Football Federation|date=29 November 2017}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]. He started and played the whole match as Indian Arrows won 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/?ICID=PL_MS_04|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

==International==
Wangjam represented the [[India national under-17 football team|India under-17]] side which participated in the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] which was hosted in India.<ref name="U17"/>
He made his senior team debut on 25 March 2021 in an 1-1 draw match against [[Oman national football team|Oman]].

==Career statistics==
{{updated|4 January 2022}}<ref>{{soccerway|suresh-singh-wangjam/513908}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup<ref>includes [[Hero Super Cup]] and [[Durand Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Continental<ref>includes [[AFC Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian Arrows]]
|{{Nowrap|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]}}
|rowspan="2"|[[I-League]]||15||0||0||0||—||—||15||0
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]
||15||0||2||0||—||—||17||0
|-
! colspan="2" | Indian Arrows total
!|30!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!32!!0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|[[2019–20 Bengaluru FC season|2019–20]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian Super League]]||11||0||3||3||3||0||17||3
|-
|[[2020–21 Bengaluru FC season|2020–21]]
||19||1||0||0||1||0||20||1
|-
|[[2021-22 Bengaluru FC season|2021–22]]
||9||0||0||0||4||0||13||0
|-
! colspan="2" | Bengaluru total
!|39!!1!!3!!3!!8!!0!!50!!4
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!69!!1!!5!!3!!8!!0!!82!!4
|}

===International===
{{updated|16 October 2021}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=82017 |name= Suresh Singh Wangjam|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Appearances and Goals by year
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2021||11||1
|-
!Total
!11
!1
|}

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
| 16 October 2021 || [[National Football Stadium (Maldives)|National Football Stadium]], [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] || {{fb|NEP}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || [[2021 SAFF Championship]]
|}

== Honours ==
=== International ===

'''India'''
*[[SAFF Championship]]: [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021]]
=== Individual ===

* [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards|AIFF Emerging Player of the Year]]: [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards#List of AIFF Emerging Player of the Year winners|2020–21]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sandesh named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/sandesh-named-aiff-mens-footballer-of-the-year-suresh-wins-emerging-player-award|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bengaluru FC squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh Wangjam, Suresh}}
[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Manipur]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:AIFF Elite Academy players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]

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IQOCharli56: fixed content for consistency

->Bentennyson123 at 16:25, 4 January 2022