Manoj Mohammed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hyderabad | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| East Bengal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | East Bengal | 16 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Mohammedan | 26 | (0) |
| 2022– | Hyderabad | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Manoj Mohammed (born 8 January 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hyderabad in the Indian Super League.
Career[edit]
Manoj is a product of East Bengal F.C.' youth system. In 2010 Manoj joined the North Bengal academy of East Bengal at Rajganj, located at Jalpaiguri in North Bengal.[1]
Ranjan Chowdhury, the Technical Director of East Bengal academy in Kolkata, transferred Manoj from the Rajganj academy to the main academy of East Bengal at Kolkata.[citation needed]
Manoj was the captain of the East Bengal U18 team and was a center back. He was a team member of East Bengal U18 squad that had narrowly lost in the final of the 2016–17 I-League U18.[2]
In 2018 East Bengal head coach Alejandro Menéndez added him in the senior team squad for the 2018-19 I-League. Alejandro converted him from centre back to left back.[citation needed]
On 27 October 2018 he made his professional debut in an away match against NEROCA FC.[citation needed]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 14 May 2022[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Bengal | 2018–19 | I-League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| East Bengal total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Mohammedan | 2020–21 | I-League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Hyderabad total | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Hyderabad | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
Honours[edit]
- Mohammedan Sporting
References[edit]
- ^ "দোকান চালিয়ে ফুটবলার বানিয়েছেন মা, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে আশা জাগাচ্ছে মনোজ" [Manoj a footballer created in a store hoping to earn his hopes in East Bengal] (in Bengali). eenaduindia.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "report 2016–17 I-League U18 final" (PDF). Aiff.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ Manoj Mohammed at Soccerway
- ^ Kolkata Football League: চার দশক পর কলকাতা লিগ জয় মহমেডান স্পোর্টিংয়ের (in Bengali) bengali.abplive.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.