Milan Singh

Oinam Milan Singh (born 15 May 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for East Bengal FC.

Oinam Milan Singh
Personal information
Full name Ongnam Milan Singh
Date of birth (1992-05-15) 15 May 1992
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 East Bengal FC
Youth career
2008–2010 Tata Football Academy
2010 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Pailan Arrows 40 (7)
2013–2015 Shillong Lajong 33 (3)
2014 → NorthEast United (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2017 DSK Shivajians 28 (2)
2016 → Delhi Dynamos (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018 Kerala Blasters 15 (0)
2018–2019 Mumbai City FC 9 (0)
2019–2020 Northeast United FC 13 (0)
2020– East Bengal 0 (0)
National team‡
2012–2015 India U23 6 (0)
2017– India 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2017

Career

Pailan Arrows

During the summer of 2010 Singh signed with Pailan Arrows who were then AIFF XI in the I-League. He scored his first goal for the team against his former club East Bengal on 26 February 2011.[1] After the 2010–11 season Singh reportedly went back to East Bengal but was rejected during pre-season and ultimately ended back at Pailan Arrows for the 2011–12 season. He scored his second ever goal for Pailan Arrows on 3 December 2011 against Mumbai F.C. in the I-League.[2]

2012–13 season

Singh began the season for Pailan Arrows during their first official tournament, the 2012 Durand Cup, with a goal in his first game of the season against Delhi United in the first match of the tournament for Pailan Arrows to help Arrows draw 2–2.[3] Singh then played in two of the three matches for Pailan Arrows in their second tournament, the 2012 Indian Federation Cup.[4]

Singh then opened his 2012-13 I-League campaign with a goal from the penalty spot as Pailan opened their campaign with a victory which was also the first I-League victory for new coach Arthur Papas.[5] Singh then scored his second goal of the season, again from the penalty spot, in the 69th minute against Air India on 11 October 2012 to help Pailan Arrows win the match 2–1.[6] Pailan however went on a run of bad form during the month of November and for Singh the month was summed up after he received a yellow card in Pailan's 3–1 loss to Shillong Lajong F.C. on 28 November 2012.[7]

Singh then began the month of December in fashion by putting in a man of the match performance for Pailan Arrows in a 4–1 victory over ONGC F.C. in which Singh scored in the 57th minute from the penalty spot.[8] Singh then scored again for Pailan Arrows on 22 December 2012 against Dempo from the penalty spot again but that was not enough as Pailan fell 2–1 to the reigning champions.[9]

Shillong Lajong

On 19 May 2013, media revealed that Milan is going to join Shillong Lajong for next two-year.[10] He made his debut for Shillong Lajong in the I-League on 22 September 2013 against Dempo S.C. at the Duler Stadium in which he played the whole match as Shillong Lajong won 0–3.[11]

Milan represented North East United FC during the 2014 ISL[12]

DSK Shivajians

Milan signed for I-League new entrants DSK Shivajians for season 2015-16. He played 12 games for the Pune based clubs including starting 10 of those 12 games. At the end of the season his contract was renewed for a further season.[13]

Delhi Dynamos (loan)

Indian Super League opportunity came calling again for Milan as he was signed on loan by the Delhi based ISL side. On July 18, 2016 Delhi Dynamos announced that Milan would be joining the side for 2016 edition of the Indian Super League [14] Coached by Italian legend and World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta, Milan made 15 starts for the side scoring 2 important goals against Pune City FC & Atletico de Kolkata.[15] He had a standout ISL as Delhi Dynamos made it to the Semi-Finals while Milan was regarded as one of the stand-out Indian players in the league [16]

Kerala Blasters

On 23 July 2017, Singh was selected in the 5th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by the Kerala Blasters for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[17] He made his debut for the club on 17 November 2017 against ATK. He started and played the full match as Kerala Blasters drew 0–0.[18]

International

On 23 June 2012 Singh made his debut for the India U23 team during the qualifying round of the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup against Lebanon U23 in which India U23 won 5–2.[19] He made his senior team debut on 22 March 2017 in the friendly against Cambodia.[20]

Career statistics
As of 2 February 2018[21]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pailan Arrows 2010–11 I-League1100——10
2011–12 I-League13100——131
2012–13 I-League26541——306
Pailan Arrows Total 4074100448
Shillong Lajong 2013–14 I-League19230——223
2014–15 I-League14140——181
Shillong Lajong Total 3337000404
NorthEast United (loan) 2014 ISL50————50
DSK Shivajians 2015–16 I-League12000——120
2016–17 I-League16230——192
DSK Shivajians Total 2823000312
Delhi Dynamos (loan) 2016 ISL152————152
Kerala Blasters 2017–18 ISL15010——160
Mumbai City FC 2018–19 ISL1501———160
NorthEast United 2019–20 ISL130————160
Career total 164141610018015

International
As of 22 March 2017[22]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 2017 1 0

References
  1. "Arrows vs. East Bengal 1 – 1". soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  2. "Pailan Arrows vs Mumbai FC Lineups and Statistics". goal.com. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. "Andrew is Sesa Goa's hero". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. Vaz, John. "Pailan Arrows 1–1 Dempo SC: Arrows hold the Goan heavyweights to secure a point". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  5. "Pailan Arrows 3–2 Mumbai FC: Goalkeeping howlers gift three points to AIFF's developmental side". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  6. "Pailan Arrows 2–1 Air India: AIFF's developmental side continue their winning ways". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  7. "Shillong Lajong 3–1 Pailan Arrows: Bulpin plots a win over his former side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  8. Bera, Kaustav. "Pailan Arrows 4–1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  9. "Pailan Arrows 1–2 Dempo SC: Abranches' brace seals three points for the away side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  10. "Milan Singh to join Shillong Lajong on a two-year deal". Goal.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  11. "Dempo vs. Shillong Lajong 0–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  12. http://www.indiansuperleague.com/northeast-united-fc/squad/midfielder-10685-milan-singh-playerprofile
  13. https://int.soccerway.com/players/milan-singh-ongnam/165339/
  14. http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/manipuri-duo-milan-singh-and-soram-poirei-join-delhi-dynamos-2921309/
  15. https://int.soccerway.com/players/milan-singh-ongnam/165339/
  16. http://thefield.scroll.in/820305/seven-indian-youngsters-who-have-lit-up-this-isl-season
  17. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  18. "Kerala Blasters 0-0 ATK". Soccerway.
  19. 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India U23 5–2 Lebanon U23
  20. "India Break a 12-Year Jinx". All India Football Federation. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  21. Milan Singh at Soccerway
  22. "Milan Singh". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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