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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vishal Kaith
| image = Vishalkaith.png
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| fullname = Vishal Kaith
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|7|22}}
| birth_place = [[Rohru]], [[India]]
| currentclub = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| clubnumber = 13
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}<ref name="shillonglajong.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.shillonglajong.com/player/vishal-kaith/|title=Shillong Lajong FC - Official Website - Vishal Kaith|publisher=Shillonglajong.com|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216201221/http://www.shillonglajong.com/player/vishal-kaith/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs1 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| years1 = 2014–2017
| clubs1 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
| caps1 = 34
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016
| clubs2 = → [[FC Pune City|Pune City]] (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017–2019
| clubs3 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–
| clubs4 = [[Chennaiyin F.C.|Chennaiyin]]
| caps4 = 40
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2016
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2018–
| nationalteam3 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 26 February 2021
| ntupdate = 15 September 2018
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[SAFF Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W| [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021 Maldives]]|}}
}}

'''Vishal Kaith''' (born 22 July 1996) is an [[India]]n [[association football|football]]er who plays as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]].

==Youth years==
Having come up through the state level ranks for [[Himachal Pradesh]], he was recruited by the [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] to play for the under-16 and under-19 national sides before joining the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] in 2011 to play under-19 national league, before being picked up by Shillong Lajong.<ref name="shillonglajong.com"/>

==Club career==

===Shillong Lajong===
Vishal Kaith joined [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] after spending a year at the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] in 2014 and made his official debut in the second game of his teams' [[2014-15 Indian Federation Cup]] against [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]] and was adjudged as the Man of the Match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/salgaocar-fc-edge-past-shillong-lajong-2-1-114123101156_1.html|title=Salgaocar FC edge past Shillong Lajong 2-1|author=Press Trust of India|date=31 December 2014|publisher=Business-standard.com|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216182632/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/salgaocar-fc-edge-past-shillong-lajong-2-1-114123101156_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kaith would go on to obtain the Man of the Match award in his second first team appearance against [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/impressive-mohun-bagan-finish-campaign-1-0-win-over-shillong-lajong|title=Impressive Mohun Bagan finish their campaign with 1-0 win over Shillong Lajong|author=Gupta Vishal|date=6 January 2015|publisher=Sportskeeda.com|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216181538/http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/impressive-mohun-bagan-finish-campaign-1-0-win-over-shillong-lajong|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kaith made his senior [[I-League]] debut on 28 March 2015 against [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] but was sent off in the 2nd-half for a handball outside the box.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6334 |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153329/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6334 |url-status=live }}</ref> He saved penalty which was taken by [[Sunil Chettri]] against [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in Federation Cup. Kaith showed good progress in pre-season for the new season and he became a pivotal part of the club and started all matches for Lajong in [[2015-16 I-League]] season.

Under the guidance of Thangboi Singto, Kaith became the first choice goalkeeper for Shillong Lajong in entire season. He started in all matches and kept half a dozen important clean sheets.

====Pune City (loan)====
On 25 May 2016, [[Indian Super League]] club [[FC Pune City|Pune City]] signed Kaith on loan from [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] for the third edition of league where he would be a squad 'keeper and would make no appearances during the season.

===Chennaiyin===
On August 31 2019, Vishal Kaith signed for [[Chennaiyin]] on a long-term permanent deal with the club after spending the previous three seasons at [[Pune City]].

==International career==
===Youth===
Kaith was handed his [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]] debut on 4 October 2013 against [[Qatar national under-20 football team|Qatar U19]] in [[2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification|2014 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers]]. Kaith kept first clean sheet for India U19 against [[Nepal national under-20 football team|Nepal U19]], in which India U19 defeated Nepal U19 by 1-0. In July 2017, Kaith represented India U23 in [[2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification|AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers]] which held in Qatar.

===Senior===
Kaith was called for [[India national football team|India]] team camp before [[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round|AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers]] match against [[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]] on 13 June.

==Style of play==
Kaith is a talented, complete, aggressive, and often instinctive goalkeeper, who is recognised for his reflexes, prowess, and anticipation when coming off his line in one on one situations, as well as his confidence, goalkeeping technique, reactions, and ability to get to ground quickly to collect, parry, or even challenge for the ball with his feet; when playing in teams that rely upon high defensive lines, he has often functioned as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)#Sweeper-keeper|sweeper-keeper]], frequently rushing out of his area to clear the ball or face opponents who have beaten the offside trap.

==Career statistics==
{{updated|26 February 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/vishal-kaith/394276/|title=India - V. Kaith - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|publisher=Int.soccerway.com|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216183650/http://int.soccerway.com/players/vishal-kaith/394276/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|rowspan="3"|[[I-League]]||1||0||3||0||0||0||4||0
|-
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]
|15||0||0||0||0||0||15||0
|-
|[[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
|18||0||2||0||0||0||20||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Shillong Lajong total
!34!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!39!!0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[FC Pune City|Pune City]] (loan)
|[[2016 Indian Super League|2016]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian Super League]]||0||0||—||—||—||—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
|[[2017-18 Indian Super League|2017–18]]
||17||0||1||0||0||0||18||0
|-
|[[2018-19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
||4||0||1||0||0||0||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Pune City total
!21!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!23!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
|[[2019-20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|rowspan="2"|Indian Super League||20||0||0||0||0||0||20||0
|-
|[[2020-21 Indian Super League season|2020-21]]
||20||0||0||0||0||0||20||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Chennaiyin total
!40!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!40!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!95!!0!!7!!0!!0!!0!!102!!0
|}

== Honours ==

=== International ===

==== India ====

* [[SAFF Championship]]: [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chennaiyin FC squad}}
{{India squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}}

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[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Shimla district]]
[[Category:Shillong Lajong FC players]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:FC Pune City players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:2019 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:Chennaiyin FC players]]

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