Lallianzuala Chhangte

Lallianzuala Chhangte (born 8 June 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Indian national football team and Chennaiyin.

Lallianzuala Chhangte
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997
Place of birth Lunglei, Mizoram, India
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Chennaiyin
Number 7
Youth career
2014–2016 DSK Shivajians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 DSK Shivajians 17 (1)
2016 → NorthEast United (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2019 Delhi Dynamos 36 (8)
2019– Chennaiyin 34 (8)
National team‡
2015 India U19 3 (0)
2015–2019 India U23 9 (0)
2015– India 11 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:19, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Career

Youth career

Lallianzuala was picked up by DSK Shivajians's Liverpool International Football Academy in 2014 to play for their under-18 team's debut season in the 2014-15 I-League U19 season by Liverpool youth coaches at the academy. He finished the season as the top scorer in the league with 16 goals and helped his team qualify for the final round where they finished 7th.[1] Impressed with his form, India U19's coach Lee Johnson called him up to represent the AIFF in the 2015 Asia U-18 Champions Trophy, where the team reached the semi finals before losing to Japan's Kashima Antlers over two legs.[2][3] He was retained by DSK to play in the re-formatted 2015–16 I-League U18, where he helped his team qualify for the final round again with 9 goals in the Maharashtra zone. DSK finished 3rd in the final round of the plays offs, where he scored 2 more goals, thus taking his tally to 11 for the season.[4]

In March 2016, Lallianzuala along with club teammate Jerry Mawihmingthanga trained at Liverpool's youth academy at Kirkby after impressing the youth coaches at DSK's LFC academy in India.[5]

NorthEast United

On 16 May 2016 it was announced that Chhangte would join Indian Super League side NorthEast United on loan for the 2016 ISL season.[6] He made his debut for the club on 5 November 2016 against Mumbai City. He came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Robin Gurung as NorthEast United lost 1–0.[7] After NorthEast United failed to qualify for the finals, Chhangte returned to DSK Shivajians, having played only one match for the ISL side.[8]

Delhi Dynamos

For 2017–18 Indian Super League season he was picked by Delhi Dynamos in the draft. He scored on his debut on 22 November 2017 as he started for Delhi Dynamos' first game of the 2017–18 Indian Super League season against Pune City.[9] He failed to score in the next 8 consecutive games before scoring his second goal of the season against Bengaluru FC on 14 January 2018.[10]

In February 2019, Chhangte attended a trial with Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking FK.[11][12]

Chennaiyin

On 30 August 2019 Chennaiyin announced the signing of Lallianzuala Chhangte on a permanent deal from Delhi Dynamos after a second extended trial with Viking FK failed to materialize into a permanent deal.

International career

Lallianzuala represented India U19s for the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, appearing three times in a disappointing campaign.[13] He was called up for Indian squad for 2015 SAFF Championship.[14] and made his debut for India on 25 December 2015 against Sri Lanka when he was substituted for Robin Singh in 77th minute with India winning the match 2–0.[15] He became 502nd player to represent the Indian national team.[16] On 27 December 2015, Chhangte scored 2 goals for India in their 4–1 win over Nepal in the 2015 SAFF Championship.[17] With the goals, he became the then third youngest goalscorer for India's senior national team at the age of 18 years 140 days after Jerry Zirsanga at 16 years 311 days and Baichung Bhutia at the age of 18 years 90 days.[18]

At the 2018 SAFF Championship he netted one goal after a 1−0 lead against Sri Lanka helping India to win their first group match by 2−0.[19] In 2019, in the 2019 Intercontinental Cup in the second match he scored a goal after a trail by 0−3 against North Korea but though lost the match 2−5.[20]

Career statistics
As of 27 March 2020[21]
Club Season League Federtion Cup/Super Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
DSK Shivajians 2016–17 I-League1713000201
NorthEast United (loan) 2016 Indian Super League1000——10
Delhi Dynamos 2017–18 1831000193
2018–19 1851000195
Delhi Dynamos total 3682000388
Chennaiyin 2019–20 Indian Super League21700——217
Career total 751650008016

National team statistics
As of 16 October 2019[22]
India national team
YearAppsGoals
201532
201831
201951
Total114

International goals
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[22]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 December 2015Green Field Sports Hub, Trivandrum   Nepal3–14–12015 SAFF Championship
2.4–1
3.5 September 2018Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Sri Lanka2–02–02018 SAFF Championship
4.13 July 2019TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad North Korea1–32–52019 Intercontinental Cup

References
  1. "U-19 I-League Kolkata zone finalists confirmed". 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
  2. "Standing Chart - Asia Championship Trophy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  3. "Indian U-19 Colts to participate in Asia Champions Trophy 2015". All India Football Federation.
  4. "Hero I-League - Results & Fixtures: U-18 I-League". Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/12/liverpool-hand-trials-to-lallianzuala-chhangte-and-jerry-mawia-5748439/
  6. "Chhangte to NorthEast United". NorthEast United FC. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  7. "NorthEast United 1-0 Mumbai City". Soccerway.
  8. "Chhangte and Jerry return to DSK Shivajians". DSK Shivajians Football Club (Facebook).
  9. "Pune City vs. Delhi Dynamos - 22 November 2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. "Delhi Dynamos vs. Bengaluru - 14 January 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. "Indisk landslagsspiller skal trene med Viking" [Indian national team player will train with Viking]. www.viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  12. "Club Statement: Delhi Dynamos agree to Chhangte's Trial Deal". www.delhidynamos.com. Delhi Dynamos FC. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. "Johnson announces 23-member squad for AFC U-19 Qualifiers". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  14. "Lallianzuala Receives National Call Up". 15 December 2015.
  15. "SAFF Championship: Sri Lanka 0-2 India – Robin's brace helps Blue Tigers pick three points". 25 December 2015.
  16. "India prove 'two' good for Sri Lanka". All India Football Federation.
  17. "Lallianzuala creates history as India enter SAFF Cup semis". 27 December 2015.
  18. "Who is actually India's youngest goal scorer?". Sportskeeda. 2 January 2016.
  19. "INDIA vs SRI LANKA 2018 SAFF CUP". saffsuzukicup.org. SAFF. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  20. "INDIA GO DOWN TO DPR KOREA DESPITE LATE SURGE". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  21. "India - C. Lallianzuala Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  22. "Lallianzuala Chhangte". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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