Suresh Meitei | |
Fullname: | Nongmeikapam Suresh Meitei |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1994 |
Birth Place: | Manipur, India |
Currentclub: | Punjab |
Clubnumber: | 74 |
Position: | Centre-back |
Years1: | 2019 |
Clubs1: | Army Red |
Years2: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs2: | Churchill Brothers |
Caps2: | 19 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021 |
Clubs3: | Army Red |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs4: | Churchill Brothers |
Caps4: | 17 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022 |
Clubs5: | Army Red |
Years6: | 2022– |
Clubs6: | Punjab |
Caps6: | 10 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 19:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC) |
Nongmeikapam Suresh Meitei (born 30 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Punjab.
Suresh was born on 30 March 1994 in Indian state of Manipur.[1]
Suresh had featured for Army Red in the 2019 Durand Cup.[2] He served as the captain of the club.[3] Suresh played his first match against I-League side East Bengal on 3 August 2019. The match ended 2–0 in favour of East Bengal.[4] Suresh played his second match against the reserve team of Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC on 5 August 2019. The match finished with the scoreline 1–1 draw.[5] Suresh played his third match for the team against the reserve team of Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC on 9 August 2019. Suresh scored a brace in the match. The game ended 2-2 after final whistle.[6] [7] Suresh played three matches for Army Red and scored 2 goals for the team.
Suresh signed for I-League side Churchill Brothers on 2019. He featured for the club in 2019-20 I-League season.[8] Suresh played his debut match on 26 January 2020 against Gokulam Kerala F.C. The match ended 1–0 in favour of Gokulam Kerala.[9] Suresh again started in the next match against NEROCA FC on 2 February 2020. The match ended 4–1 with Churchill Brothers taking the victory.[10] He played his third match against Chennai City FC on 9 February 2020. The match ended with scoreline 1–2 with Chennai City taking the victory.[11] Suresh played his last match of the season against Kolkata giants East Bengal on 29 February 2019 where he started as a substitute for Glan Martins in the 66th minute of the game. Suresh was booked in the stoppage time.[12] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[13] Suresh appeared in 4 matches in total for Churchill Brothers at the end of the season.[14]
Suresh stayed at Churchill Brothers for the 2020-21 I-League season.[15] Suresh started in the lineup in the clubs' first match of the season against Indian Arrows on 10 January 2021, which they ended up winning 2-5.[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Army Red | 2019 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | ||
Churchill Brothers | 2019–20 | I-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
Army Red | 2021 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
Churchill Brothers | 2021–22 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
Army Red | 2022 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
RoundGlass Punjab | 2022–23 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
Career total | 46 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 4 |