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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{short description|Indian footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Western name order|Wangjam Suresh Singh}}
{{Meitei name|Wangjam|Suresh|Singh}}
{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Suresh Singh
| name = Suresh Singh
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| height = {{height|m=1.66}}
| height = {{height|m=1.66}}
| currentclub = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| currentclub = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| clubnumber = 7
| clubnumber = 8
| position = [[Midfielder(association football)|Defensive midfielder]]
| position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2016–2019
| youthyears1 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs1 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| youthclubs1 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
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| years2 = 2019–
| years2 = 2019–
| clubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| clubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| caps2 = 39
| caps2 = 100
| goals2 = 1
| goals2 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
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| nationalyears4 = 2021–
| nationalyears4 = 2021–
| nationalteam4 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalteam4 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps4 = 11
| nationalcaps4 = 40
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 4 January 2022 (UTC)
| club-update = 20:53, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 30 October 2021
| ntupdate = 22:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|IND}}}}
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[SAFF Championship]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[SAFF Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W| [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021 Maldives]]|}}
{{Medal|W| [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021 Maldives]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[CAFA Nations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[2025 CAFA Nations Cup|2025 Tajikistan–Uzbekistan]]|[[2025 CAFA Nations Cup squads#India|Team]]}}
}}
}}


'''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" />
'''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|Bengaluru]] and [[India national football team|India national team]]. He won the [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards#Emerging Player of the Year|2020–21 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year]] award.<ref>{{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|website=the-aiff.com|date=21 June 2021|access-date=21 July 2021|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310151646/http://the-aiff.com/article/sandesh-named-aiff-mens-footballer-of-the-year-suresh-wins-emerging-player-award|url-status=live}}</ref> He also represented India in the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]] in 2017.


==Career==
==Club 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>
Born in [[Manipur]], and nicknamed as both ''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|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110234754/https://www.espn.in/football/u-17-world-cup/story/3218395/how-14,000-became-21-the-story-of-indias-history-boys|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617024057/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8674|url-status=live}}</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|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617044323/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/?ICID=PL_MS_04|url-status=live}}</ref>


==International==
==International career==
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"/>
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==
He made his senior team debut on 25 March 2021 in an 1–1 draw match against [[Oman national football team|Oman]].
{{updated|4 January 2022}}<ref>{{soccerway|suresh-singh-wangjam/513908}}</ref>
 
== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{{updated|18 March 2023}}<ref>{{soccerway|suresh-singh-wangjam/513908}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup<ref>includes [[Hero Super Cup]] and [[Durand Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental<ref>includes [[AFC Cup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
!Apps
!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian Arrows]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian Arrows]]
|{{Nowrap|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]}}
|{{Nowrap|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]}}
|rowspan="2"|[[I-League]]||15||0||0||0||—||—||15||0
| rowspan="2" |[[I-League]]
|15||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—||15||0
|-
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]
||15||0||2||0||—||—||17||0
|15||0||2{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]}}||0|| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—||17||0
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Indian Arrows total
! colspan="2" |Total
!|30!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!32!!0
!30!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!32!!0
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|[[2019–20 Bengaluru FC season|2019–20]]
|[[2019–20 Bengaluru FC season|2019–20]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian Super League]]||11||0||3||3||3||0||17||3
| rowspan="6" |[[Indian Super League]]
|11||0||0||0||3{{efn|name=statsAFCC|Appearance(s) in [[AFC Cup]]}}||0
|3{{efn|name=DurandCup|Appearance(s) in [[Durand Cup]]}}||3||17||3
|-
|-
|[[2020–21 Bengaluru FC season|2020–21]]
|[[2020–21 Bengaluru FC season|2020–21]]
||19||1||0||0||1||0||20||1
|19||1||0||0||5{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||0||0||0||24||1
|-
|-
|[[2021-22 Bengaluru FC season|2021–22]]
|[[2021–22 Bengaluru FC season|2021–22]]
||9||0||0||0||4||0||13||0
|16||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0||16||0
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Bengaluru total
|[[2022–23 Bengaluru FC season|2022–23]]
!|39!!1!!3!!3!!8!!0!!50!!4
|22||0||5{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||3{{efn|name=DurandCup|Appearance(s) in [[Durand Cup]]}}||0||30||0
|-
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
|[[2023–24 Bengaluru FC season|2023–24]]
!69!!1!!5!!3!!8!!0!!82!!4
|19||1||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0||19||1
|-
|[[2024–25 Bengaluru FC season|2024–25]]
|13||1||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||3||0||16||1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!100!!3!!5!!0!!8!!0!!9!!3!!122!!6
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!130!!3!!7!!0!!8!!0!!9!!3!!154!!6
|}
|}
{{notelist}}


===International===
=== International ===
{{updated|16 October 2021}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=82017 |name= Suresh Singh Wangjam|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref>
{{updated|18 November 2025}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=82017 |name= Suresh Singh Wangjam|accessdate=23 June 2021}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[India national football team|India]]
|2021||11||1
|-
|2022||4||0
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Appearances and Goals by year
|2023||7||0
|-
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|2024||9||0
|-
|-
|2021||11||1
|2025||9||0
|-
|-
!Total
! colspan="2" |Total!!40!!1
!11
!1
|}
|}


===International goals===
====International goals====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"  
:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first''
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
 
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Cap !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|-
!scope=col|No.
| align=center | 1. || 16 October 2021 || [[National Football Stadium (Maldives)|National Football Stadium]], [[Malé]], [[Maldives]] || align=center | 11 || {{fb|NEP}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center | 3–0 || [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021 SAFF Championship Final]]
!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 ==
== Honours ==
=== International ===
'''India'''
*[[SAFF Championship]]: [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=Outlook Web |date=2022-01-01 |title=India Vs Nepal, SAFF Championship Final: Sunil Chhetri Equals Lionel Messi Feat As Blue Tigers Win 8th Title |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-india-vs-nepal-saff-football-championship-final-sunil-chhetri-equals-lionel-messi-feat-as-blue-tigers-win-8th-title/397855 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Outlook |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321132007/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-india-vs-nepal-saff-football-championship-final-sunil-chhetri-equals-lionel-messi-feat-as-blue-tigers-win-8th-title/397855 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tri-Nation Series (India)|Tri-Nation Series]]: [[2023 Tri-Nation Series (India)|2023]]


'''India'''
'''Individual'''
*[[SAFF Championship]]: [[2021 SAFF Championship|2021]]
* [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards|AIFF Emerging Player of the Year]]: [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards#Emerging Player of the Year|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=the-aiff.com|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310151646/http://the-aiff.com/article/sandesh-named-aiff-mens-footballer-of-the-year-suresh-wins-emerging-player-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 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>
'''Bengaluru FC'''
* [[Durand Cup]]: [[2022 Durand Cup|2022]]
*[[Indian Super League|ISL Cup]] runner-up: [[2022–23 Indian Super League|2022–23]], [[2024–25 Indian Super League|2024–25]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-11 |title=Mohun Bagan win their first ISL league-cup double with extra time win over Bengaluru FC |url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/_/id/44630832/mohun-bagan-vs-bengaluru-fc-live-score-updates-commentary-2024-25-isl-final |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
*[[AIFF Super Cup|Super Cup]] runner-up: [[2023 AIFF Super Cup|2023]]


==References==
==References==
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{{India squad 2023 AFC Asian Cup}}


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Latest revision as of 13:07, 9 December 2025


Template:Western name order

Suresh Singh
Personal information
Full name Suresh Singh Wangjam
Date of birth (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Bengaluru
Number 8
Youth career
2016–2019 AIFF Elite Academy
2019 Bengaluru B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Indian Arrows 30 (0)
2019– Bengaluru 100 (3)
National team
2015–2017 India U17 30 (6)
2017 India U20 2 (2)
2021– India U23 3 (0)
2021– India 40 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:53, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Suresh Singh Wangjam (born 7 August 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and India national team. He won the 2020–21 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award.[1] He also represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.

Club career[edit | edit source]

Born in Manipur, and nicknamed as both 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.[2] After the tournament, Wangjam was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time.[3] He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He started and played the whole match as Indian Arrows won 3–0.[4]

International career[edit | edit source]

Wangjam represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[2]

He made his senior team debut on 25 March 2021 in an 1–1 draw match against Oman.

Career statistics[edit | edit source]

Club[edit | edit source]

As of 18 March 2023[5]
Club Season League Cup AFC Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Indian Arrows 2017–18 I-League 15 0 0 0 15 0
2018–19 15 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 17 0
Total 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Bengaluru 2019–20 Indian Super League 11 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 2] 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 3 17 3
2020–21 19 1 0 0 5[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 24 1
2021–22 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2022–23 22 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 0 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 30 0
2023–24 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1
2024–25 13 1 0 0 3 0 16 1
Total 100 3 5 0 8 0 9 3 122 6
Career total 130 3 7 0 8 0 9 3 154 6
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

International[edit | edit source]

As of 18 November 2025[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2021 11 1
2022 4 0
2023 7 0
2024 9 0
2025 9 0
Total 40 1

International goals[edit | edit source]

Scores and results list India's goal tally first
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives 11    Nepal 2–0 3–0 2021 SAFF Championship Final

Honours[edit | edit source]

India

Individual

Bengaluru FC

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Sandesh named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award". the-aiff.com. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2017). "How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys". ESPN.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017-18". The All India Football Federation. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "Indian Arrows 3–0 Chennai City". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. Suresh Singh Wangjam at Soccerway
  6. "Suresh Singh Wangjam". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. Bureau, Outlook Web (1 January 2022). "India Vs Nepal, SAFF Championship Final: Sunil Chhetri Equals Lionel Messi Feat As Blue Tigers Win 8th Title". Outlook. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. "Sandesh named AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. "Mohun Bagan win their first ISL league-cup double with extra time win over Bengaluru FC". ESPN. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.

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