William Lalnunfela

William Lalnunfela (born 6 July 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Forward for Aizawl in the I-League.[2]

William Lalnunfela
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995[1]
Place of birth Kolasib, Mizoram, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Mohun Bagan
Number 49
Youth career
Pui Pui
Vengthar VC
2011–2013 Pune
2013–2014 Chanmari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Aizawl 16 (3)
2018–2019 Mohun Bagan 7 (1)
2019- Aizawl 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2019

Career

Early career

Born in Kolasib, Mizoram, Lalnunfela started playing football at the age of twelve, starting off as a goalkeeper before switching to a striker.[3] He spent the first two seasons of his footballing career with his local club, Pui Pui, before joining the under-16 side of his village team, Vengthar VC.[3] After playing for the club in a Red-Ribbon inter-village tournament, Lalnunfela was scouted by Pune, an I-League club, and was told to trial with their academy.[3] With the Pune Academy, Lalnunfela finished as the top scorer in the 2013 edition of the I-League U20 while the academy won the tournament for two seasons in a row.[3] After graduating from the academy in 2013,[4] Lalnunfela moved back to his home state and signed with Chanmari.[5] He also played for the Mizoram state side in the Santosh Trophy in 2014 and 2015 and the side that won the gold medal for football at the 2015 National Games of India.[5][6]

Aizawl

In 2015, Lalnunfela joined Aizawl and played for the club in the I-League 2nd Division the season they earned promotion to the I-League and the Mizoram Premier League.[7] He made his professional debut for the club in the I-League on 28 February 2016 against Bengaluru FC. He came on as a halftime substitute for Albert Zohmingmawia as Aizawl lost 1–0.[8]

Mohun Bagan

For 2018-2019 season he moved to Mohan Bagan playing 7 matches 1 goal in I-League.

Aizawl

After only one season in Kolkata with Mohun Bagan, William rejoined Aizawl for the 2019-2020 I league and scored for Aizawl against Indian Arrows coming off the bench.

Career statistics
As of 30 April 2017[9]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aizawl 2015–16 I-League20——————20
Aizawl 2016–17 I-League81——————81
Career total 101000000101

Honours

Club
Aizawl FC
Mohun Bagan

References
  1. "William Lalnunfela". Eurosport.
  2. "Revealed: How Mohun Bagan could lineup next season". khelnow.com.
  3. D'sa, Edwin (13 April 2013). "In Pune, a Mizo sniper calls the shots". Times Crest. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. "20 first-batch Peninsula Pune FC Academy cadets graduate". Goal.com. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. "Santosh Trophy Champion Mizoram team home coming 12th March 2014". Lamtluang News. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. "National Games 2015". NG2015. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  7. Bhutani, Rahul (10 May 2015). "Aizawl F.C. Champions". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  8. "Bengaluru FC 1-0 Aizawl". Soccerway.
  9. William Lalnunfela at Soccerway
  10. "Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years". sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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