David Lalrinmuana

David Lalrinmuana (born 9 November 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aizawl in the I-League.

David Lalrinmuana
Personal information
Full name David Lalrinmuana
Date of birth (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992
Place of birth Mizoram, India
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aizawl
Number 18
Youth career
2006 Mohun Bagan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Madras Sporting Union
2008–2012 Faria Strikers
2012 Aizawl
2012–2013 ONGC 16 (1)
2013–2016 Aizawl
2016– Mumbai City 2 (0)
2017 East Bengal F.C. 1 (0)
2017– Aizawl 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2018

Career

Born in Mizoram, Lalrinmuana joined the Mohun Bagan Academy after participating in the Subroto Cup with his state.[1] After spending a year with Mohun Bagan, Lalrinmuana moved to Chennai and played first-team senior football with Madras Sporting Union in the CFA Senior Division at only the age of fifteen. After the season, he moved back to Mizoram to play for his state in the youth national competitions.[1] From 2008 to 2012 Lalrinmuana moved to Goa to play for Faria Strikers and at one point represented the side in the Goa Professional League.[1][2] While with Faria Strikers, Lalrinmuana also turned out for the Mizoram football team in the Santosh Trophy.[1]

In 2012, Lalrinmuana moved back to Mizoram to sign with I-League 2nd Division side Aizawl.[1] After the season, in which Aizawl finished bottom of the table in the final round, Lalrinmuana was declared the best player in the 2nd Division.[3] Despite failing to gain promotion with Aizawl, Lalrinmuana himself moved up to the I-League after he signed with ONGC. He made his professional debut with the club on 8 October 2012 against Pune. He came on as a 77th-minute substitute for Lalu KV as ONGC lost 3–2.[4] He scored his one and only goal for the club on 7 April 2013 against Shillong Lajong. His 63rd-minute goal was the equalizer as ONGC drew the match 1–1.[5]

After the 2012–13 I-League Lalrinmuana moved back to Aizawl. He experienced plenty of success with the club. He captained the side to the Mizoram Premier League title, he helped Mizoram win the Santosh Trophy, and helped Aizawl earn promotion to the I-League in 2015.[1][6] He also earned the "Player of the Year" award for the Mizoram Premier League in both 2015 and 2016.[7]

Lalrinmuana made his return to the I-League with Aizawl on 9 January 2016 against his former club when he was a teenager, Mohun Bagan. He came on as a 75th-minute substitute for H Lalbiakthanga as Aizawl lost the match 3–1.[8] During the season, he was won the Man of the Match award four times before eventually being nominated for the FPAI Fans Player of the Year.[1]

Mumbai City

On 7 July 2016 it was announced that Lalrinmuana had signed with Mumbai City of the Indian Super League.[9] After appearing on the bench in the first three matches of the season, Lalrinmuana made his debut for Mumbai City on 14 October against the Kerala Blasters. He only played the first half as Mumbai City lost 1–0.[10]

Professional statistics
As of 23 February 2018[11]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ONGC 2012–13 I-League161——————161
Aizawl 2015–16 I-League140——————140
Mumbai City 2016 ISL2000————20
East Bengal 2016–17 I-League10——————10
Aizawl 2017–18 I-League121——————121
Career total 452000000452

Honours

Club
Aizawl
Mizoram

Individual

References
  1. Noronha, Anselm (10 May 2016). "Player to Watch: David Lalrinmuana - 'Time will tell if I will play in the ISL'". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. "Faria Strikers stun Churchill". Herald Goa. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. Chaudhari, Arunava (15 July 2013). "Mizoram Premier League second season winner to be decided by double-legged playoff". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. "Pune 3-2 ONGC". Soccerway.
  5. "Shillong Lajong 0-0 ONGC". Soccerway.
  6. Das, Soumyadip (18 March 2014). "Shooting Stars : The Rise Of Mizoram Football". GoaldenTimes. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. "Aizawl FC makes a clean sweep at ZoFooty Awards". Meghalaya Times. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. "Mohun Bagan 3-1 Aizawl". Soccerway.
  9. "ISL: Mumbai City FC signs Lalrinmuana, Halder, Ralte and Ali". Times of India. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. "Kerala Blasters 1-0 Mumbai City". Soccerway.
  11. David Lalrinmuana at Soccerway
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