Loken Meitei

Moirangthem Loken Meitei (born 4 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for I-League club Delhi.

In this Meitei name, the family name is Moirangthem and the given name is Loken. "Meitei" is a name suffix.

Loken Meitei
Personal information
Full name Moirangthem Loken Meitei
Date of birth (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Delhi
Youth career
2012–2014 Royal Wahingdoh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Royal Wahingdoh 2 (0)
2016–2017 Real Kashmir 6 (0)
2017 Sagolband United 9 (1)
2017–2018 Kerala Blasters 6 (0)
2018–2019 Kerala Blasters B 7 (1)
2019–2020 TRAU 5 (0)
2020–2022 East Bengal 1 (0)
2022–2023 Real Kashmir 8 (0)
2023– Delhi 0 (0)
International career
2015 India U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Career

Loken started his career with the youth set-up at Royal Wahingdoh[1] before joining Shillong First Division side Shillong United for the 2014 season on loan.[2]

He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh in the I-League on 27 January 2015 against Bharat FC, coming on as a 93rd-minute substitute for Bekay Bewar as Royal Wahingdoh won 2–1.[3]

Kerala Blasters

On 23 July 2017, Meitei was selected in the 13th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by the Kerala Blasters for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[4] He made his debut for the club on 9 December 2017 against Goa. He started and played 62 minutes as Kerala Blasters lost 5–2.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 February 2023[6]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Royal Wahingdoh 2014–15 I-League 2000—20
Real Kashmir 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 6000—60
Kerala Blasters 2017–18 Indian Super League 601[lower-alpha 1]0—70
Kerala Blasters B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 3100—31
2018–19 4000—40
Kerala Blasters B total 71000071
TRAU 2019–20 I-League 5000—50
East Bengal 2020–21 Indian Super League 1000—10
Real Kashmir 2022–23 I-League 8000—80
Delhi 2023–24 0000—00
Career total 3511000361
  1. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References
  1. "Royals trounce Green Valley". Telegraph India. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Shillong United score five against Nongkrem". The Shillong Times. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. "Bharat FC 1-2 Royal Wahingdoh". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "Goa 5-2 Kerala Blasters". Soccerway.
  6. Loken Meitei at Soccerway


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