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Malsawmfela
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Aizawl
Youth career
Mohun Bagan
2009–2010 Salgaocar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Pailan Arrows 17 (3)
2013– Aizawl
2018 Chanmari
2017 → Chennai City FC (loan)
International career
2008 India U16 2 (0)
2009 India U19 5 (4)
2010 India U23 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malsawmfela (born 3 September 1993 in Aizawl, Mizoram) is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Aizawl F.C. in the Mizoram Premier League.

Club career

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Pailan Arrows

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After impressing on tour with the India U16 team in England Malsawmfela was signed by Salgaocar of the I-League.[1] However, after not playing for the club in the 2009–10 I-League season Malsawmfela signed for Pailan Arrows (the AIFF XI) who were a new team whose goal was to create a batch of players that would be able to qualify India for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[1] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 December 2012 against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. in the 33rd minute to give Pailan a 2–1 victory.[2] He then scored his second goal of the season against Mumbai F.C. on 15 January 2011 in the 9th minute to give Pailan the lead 1–0 but a 95th-minute goal from Ebi Sukore meant that Pailan had to settle for a 1–1 draw.[3] He then scored his third goal on 3 April 2011 against HAL SC again at the Bangalore Football Stadium in the 80th minute as Pailan routed HAL 4–0.[4]

While with Arrows, he was loaned out to I-League 2nd Division side DSK Shivajians for the 2013 I-League 2nd Division season.[5]

International career

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Malsawmfela started his international career at the under-16 level in 2008 when the under-16 team went out for a camp in the United States and England.[1] The tour of the United States was set up in Charleston, West Virginia where after 25 days of training the India U16 team won six out of the seven match-ups with Malsawmfela coming out as the top-scorer among the other India U16 players with 16 goals.[1] Then in September 2008 the India U16 team started to tour England where they took on the under-16 teams of Everton and Manchester United.[1] In the match against Everton, when India U16s where down 1–0, Malsawmfela scored the equaliser before Everton scored another to result in India U16s losing 2–1.[1] Then when the India U16 team took on Manchester United's under-16 team Malsawmfela scored the opening goal in the 5th minute to give India U16s an early lead before Manchester United U16s took the lead 2–1 into halftime.[1] However Malsawmfela scored the equaliser for India's U16s in the 2nd half as India's U16s went on to draw the match 3–3.[1]

Malsawmfela then made his debut at the under-19s level on 5 November 2009 during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification against Iraq's U19s where India's U19s lost the match 5–0.[6] Malsawmfela then scored a brace for the India under-19s on 12 November 2009 against Afghanistan U19s in the 48th and 67th minutes of the game as India's U19s went on to win the match 4–1.[7] He then scored a brace in India under-19s next match against Kuwait on 15 November 2009 in the 45th and 56th minutes of the match to give India's under-19s a 3–0 victory.[8] Malsawmfela then rose up the India national levels, when he made his debut for India at the under-23 level during the 2010 Asian Games in South Korea on 7 November 2010 against Kuwait when he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Jeje Lalpekhlua as India U23s lost the match 2–0.[9]

Malsawmfela then scored his first goal for India at the under-23 level on 23 February 2011 against Myanmar U23s during the first round of the 2012 Olympic qualifiers where India's U23s won 2–1.[10]

Career statistics

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Club

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Statistics accurate as of 26 December 2012

Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pailan Arrows 2010–11 10 3 0 0 0 0 — — 10 3
2011–12 4 0 0 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2012–13 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Career total 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Madaan, Sachin. "Indian Football: Profiling The Future – Malsawmfela". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ^ "ARROWS VS. HINDUSTAN AERO 2 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. ^ "ARROWS VS. MUMBAI 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. ^ "HINDUSTAN AERO VS. ARROWS 0 – 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  5. ^ Choudhuri, Arunava. "DSK Shivajians FC announce squad for 2nd Division I-League". Arunfoot. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Iraq U19s 5–0 India U19s". The Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Afghanistan U19 1–4 India U19". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  8. ^ "India U19s 3–0 Kuwait U19s". The Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  9. ^ "KUWAIT U23 VS. INDIA U23 2 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  10. ^ "India U23s 2–1 Myanmar U23s". The Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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