Mehtab Singh (footballer)

Mehtab Singh (born June 5, 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian club Mumbai City.[2]

Mehtab Singh
Personal information
Full name Mehtab Singh
Date of birth (1998-05-05) May 5, 1998
Place of birth Khemkaran, Punjab, India[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 6
Youth career
Mahilpur Football academy
2016–2017 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017−2020 East Bengal 17 (0)
2019 →Gokulam Kerala F.C. (loan) 5 (0)
2020— Mumbai City 4 (0)
National team‡
2019– India U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:19, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Mehtab Singh was born in Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometers away from the Pakistan border. He travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahilpur football academy, just to learn the game.

Hailing from a disturbed area where the kids are not even allowed to utilise the local grounds,Mehtab Singh has indeed made it big as he represented the East Bengal U18 side in the 2017–18 U18 I-League.

On December 13, 2017, the 17-year-old midfielder scored the all-important goal, guiding his team to a one-goal victory over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match.[3]

East Bengal

After a fine performance with the U18 he was soon promoted to the senior squad. He played in the 2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division for the club. On 28 November 2017 he made I-League debut in a 2-2 draw against Aizawl F.C..[4]

On 14 November 2018 he suffered a head injury due to an aerial collision with Siddharth Singh. The incident happened during the practice when the duo jumped for an aerial ball as their heads clashed against each other. Mehtab was the worst affected as he was seen with a bloody forehead and lay unconscious for sometime before being rushed to the hospital where he had 18 stitches.[5][6]

Gokulam Kerala

On 31 January 2019 he was loaned to Gokulam Kerala for the rest of the season. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Kerala side.[7]

Club statistics
As of match played on 19 January 2020
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2017–18[8] I-League 60002[lower-alpha 1]080
2018–19[8] I-League 00— — 11[lower-alpha 1]1111
2019–20[8] I-League 1102[lower-alpha 2]06[lower-alpha 1]0190
Total 17020191381
Gokulam Kerala (loan) 2018–19[8] I-League 50— — — — 50
Career total 22020191431
  1. Appearances in Calcutta Football League
  2. Appearances in Durand Cup

International

On 13 February 2019, Singh was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.[9]

He made his debut for the side in a friendly match against Qatar U23 ahead of the competition.[10]

Honours

Club
East Bengal FC[11]

References
  1. "Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels". mykhel.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. "Mehtab Singh". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "U'18 I League: Mehtab Singh strike gives East Bengal a 1-0 win in derby". xtratime.in. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. "I League 2017-18: East Bengal settles for a 2-2 draw against defending champions Aizawl FC". xtratime.in. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. "Injured defender Mehtab Singh likely to miss East Bengal's next two matches". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. "East Bengal defender out of danger after head collision". theweekendleader.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. "Mehtab Singh joins Gokulam Kerala on loan for the rest of the 2018-19 season". facebook.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. "Matches - Mehtab Singh". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. "Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp". Navhind Times. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. "india U-23 SUFFER NARROW LOSS TO QATAR". AIFF.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. "Calcutta Football League: East Bengal wins eighth consecutive title". sportslive.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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