Rupert Nongrum

Rupert Nongrum
Personal information
Full name Rupert Lamlang Nongrum
Date of birth (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996
Place of birth Meghalaya, India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Delhi Dynamos
(on loan from Shillong Lajong)
Number 2
Youth career
2010–2015 Shillong Lajong
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Shillong Lajong 10 (0)
2016Delhi Dynamos (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2013 India U19 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2016.


Rupert Nongrum (born 21 August 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Delhi Dynamos in Indian Super League on loan from Shillong Lajong in the I-League.

Career

Shillong Lajong

Born in Meghalaya, Nongrum joined Shillong Lajong as a youth player in 2010. While with Lajong, Nongrum participated in the Subroto Cup with his high school team, Myngken Christian HSS.[1] He eventually made it up to the under-19 team where he played for the club in the I-League U19.[2] After good performances with the under-19 side, Nongrum was promoted to the reserve side for Shillong Lajong that participated and won the Shillong Premier League. He scored a brace for Lajong in the game that clinched the title for his club against Langsning on 29 November 2014.[3]

His performance for the club in the Shillong Premier League earned Nongrum a promotion to the first-team. He made his senior debut for the club on 14 February 2015 in the I-League against Bengaluru FC. He started the match but could not prevent Shillong Lajong losing 2–0.[4]

Delhi Dynamos (loan)

on 29 July 2016, ISL club Delhi Dynamos announced the signing of Rupert Nongrum on loan from Shillong Lajong.[5] Rupert played as winger under head coach Gianluca Zambrotta in Delhi Dynamos entire season.

International

Nongrum was called up to the India U19 side in 2013.[6] He was in the India U19 for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers and made his debut for India U19 against Uzbekistan by coming-on as 46th-minute substitute for Gurba Gagrai.[7]

Career statistics

As of 5 April 2016[8]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shillong Lajong 2014–15 I-League20000020
Shillong Lajong 2015–16 I-League80000080
Career total 100000000100

References

  1. BilalI, Shaghil (26 November 2011). "NCC pip Myngken School for Subroto glory". India Today. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. "Shillong Lajong trounces ANMA". The Hindu. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. "Lajong new SPL champions". The Shillong Times. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. "Bengaluru FC 2-0 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/07/27/25976042/indian-super-league-delhi-dynamos-sign-arjun-tudu-rupert-nongrum-
  6. "5 Shillong Lajong Boys in U-19 National Team Exposure Trip". ISikkim. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  7. http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=7565&stageid=293&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
  8. Rupert Nongrum profile at Soccerway
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.