Vignesh Dakshinamurthy

Vignesh Dakshinamurthy (born 5 March 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the club Mumbai City FC. He also played for the Indian national team.

Vignesh Dakshinamurthy
Personal information
Full name Vignesh Dakshinamurthy
Date of birth (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998
Place of birth Srirampura, Karnataka, India
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City FC
Number 23
Youth career
Ozone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Ozone
2018– Mumbai City 11 (1)
National team‡
2018– India 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:22, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:10, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Career

Born in Srirampura, Karnataka, Dakshinamurthy started his career with Ozone academy before being promoted to their first-team and playing for them in the I-League 2nd Division.[1]

Mumbai City

On 8 September 2018, it was announced that Dakshinamurthy signed with Indian Super League side Mumbai City.[2] On 20 December 2020, Vignesh scored his first goal in Indian Super League as well as for Mumbai City against Hyderabad FC in which he found the net in the 38th minute as Mumbai City won for 2–0.[3][4]

International

Dakshinamurthy previously represented India at the under-20 and under-17 levels.[5]

On 15 July 2018, Dakshinamurthy was called-up by Stephen Constantine to the India senior side as they prepared for the 2018 SAFF Championship.[6] On 4 September 2018, it was announced that Dakshinamurthy was selected into the final 20-man squad for the tournament.[7] He then made his international debut for India on 9 September in their last group game against Maldives. He came on as a halftime substitute for Lallianzuala Chhangte as India won 2–0.[8]

Personal life

Daksinamurthy is the nephew of former India international, Shanmugam Venkatesh.[5]

Career statistics
As of 22 December 2020[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mumbai City 2018–19 ISL4000——40
2019–20 ISL1000——10
2020–21 ISL7100——71
Career total 1210000121

International
As of 22 September 2018.[10]
National Team Year Friendlies Qualifiers Competition Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
India 2018 20002040
Total20002040

References
  1. "Midfielder Vignesh reaches for the stars". Bangalore Mirror. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. "Vignesh Dakshinamurthy signs for Mumbai City". Mumbai City FC (Twitter).
  3. "ISL: Vignesh Dakshinamurthy scores wondergoal as Mumbai City FC end Hyderabad FC's unbeaten run". Scroll.in. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. "ISL 2020-21: Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Adam le Fondre score as Mumbai City FC beat Hyderabad FC". Firstpost. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. Parasar, Swapnaneel (8 September 2018). "Mumbai City FC sign India U23 midfielder Vignesh Dakshinamurthy". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. "Four Arrows players called up for Indian national team camp ahead of SAFF Championship". Goal.com. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  7. "SAFF Cup 2018: India announce 20-member squad". Goal.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. "India 2-0 Maldives". Soccerway.
  9. Vignesh Dakshinamurthy at Soccerway
  10. Vignesh Dikshina Murthy at National-Football-Teams.com
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