Damaitphang Lyngdoh

Damaitphang Lyngdoh (born 7 October 2003) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Bengaluru.[1]

Damaitphang Lyngdoh
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003
Place of birth Umlyngka, Meghalaya, India
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru FC
Number 14
Youth career
2017 Meghalaya State Team
2017–19 Bengaluru FC U16
2019–20 Bengaluru FC U18
2019–20 Bengaluru FC B
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Bengaluru FC 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021

Youth

Meghalaya State Team

Damaitphang and his friends made their way to the trails for Meghalaya state football team, much to his surprise the then 14-year-old got selected to represent his state in the sub-junior nationals which were being held in Kerala.[1]

Bengaluru FC U-15, U-18 and B team

During the sub-junior national tournament of 2017, Damaitphang was caught by the eyes of then Bengaluru FC U-15 team's African head coach Suker (Abu Buker Sadiq) from Ghana, Africa and By the Head of Youth Development John kila . His goals tallied at 9, putting him among the joint top six scorers of the Junior League.[2] As the season progressed, he kept on attracting more eyes and later was to promoted to the U-18 team and then to the B team.[3]

Career

Bengaluru FC

It was in March 2021 when the 17-year-old did enough in the B team to impress the new coach at helm, Marco Pezzaiuoli. He was soon asked to train with the senior team before being handed a ticket to Goa, as part of the squad for the 2021 AFC Cup campaign.[1]

Damaitphang made his debut for the club on 14 April 2021 after he came as a substitute on 71st minute of the game against Tribhuvan Army,[4] and became the youngest player to represent senior team of Bengaluru FC at the age of 17 years 190 days.[1]

Personal life

The third of four sons, Damaitphang hails from Umlyngka, a tiny village in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. His mother works a government job, while his father operates a taxi in the village. On days that went long, young Lyngdoh made his way to the only nine-a-side ground in his locality.[1]

References
  1. "The Lyngdoh in our loom". Bengaluru FC. 31 March 2021.
  2. "Damaitphang Lyngdoh finishes with 9 goals for Bengaluru in Junior League zonals". The Sports Room. 2 May 2019.
  3. "BFC U15 playmaker Damaitphang Lyngdoh scored his fifth goal of the campaign with a delightful lob over the Sporthood FC goalkeeper in the second half yesterday". Bengaluru FC twitter. 25 April 2019.
  4. "A massive moment for our Youth Development program as Damaitphang Lyngdoh comes on to replace Khabra, and make his first team debut". Bengaluru FC Twitter. 14 April 2021.
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