Manoj Mohammed
Manoj Mohammed (born 8 January 1999), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Mohammedan in the I-League.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mohammedan | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| East Bengal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | East Bengal | 16 | (0) |
| 2020– | Mohammedan | 24 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 6 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
CareerEdit
Manoj is a product of East Bengal F.C.' youth system. In 2010 Manoj joined the North Bengal academy of East Bengal at Rajganj, located at Jalpaiguri in North Bengal.[2]
Ranjan Chowdhury, the Technical Director of East Bengal academy in Kolkata, transferred Manoj from the Rajganj academy to the main academy of East Bengal at Kolkata.
Manoj was the captain of the East Bengal U18 team and was a center back. He was a team member of East Bengal U18 squad that had narrowly lost in the final of the 2016–17 I-League U18.[3]
In 2018 East Bengal head coach Alejandro Menéndez added him in the senior team squad for the 2018-19 I-League. Alejandro converted him from Centre Back to Left Back.
On 27 October 2018 he made his professional debut in an away match against NEROCA FC.
Career statisticsEdit
ClubEdit
- As of 6 May 2022[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Bengal | 2018–19 | I-League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mohammedan | 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 40 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
HonoursEdit
- Mohammedan Sporting
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Mohammedan SC sign defenders Arijit Bagui, Manoj Mohammed". KhelNow. 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "দোকান চালিয়ে ফুটবলার বানিয়েছেন মা, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে আশা জাগাচ্ছে মনোজ" [Manoj a footballer created in a store hoping to earn his hopes in East Bengal] (in Bengali). eenaduindia.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ↑ "report 2016–17 I-League U18 final" (PDF). Aiff.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Manoj Mohammed at Soccerway
- ↑ Kolkata Football League: চার দশক পর কলকাতা লিগ জয় মহমেডান স্পোর্টিংয়ের (in Bengali) bengali.abplive.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.