Chinglensana Singh Konsham (born 23 November 1996), also known as Sana Singh, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Hyderabad and the India national team.
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Full name | Chinglensana Singh Konsham | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 25) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Hyderabad | ||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Mahindra United | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Air India | ||||||||||||
2012–2015 | TFA | ||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Shillong Lajong | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2015–2017 | Shillong Lajong | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||
2016 | → Delhi Dynamos (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
2017–2020 | Goa | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||
2020– | Hyderabad | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2013 | India U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021– | India | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:34, 16 October 2021 (UTC) |
Born in Manipur, Singh started to play football from the age of seven.[2] He started his career in the youth setup of Mahindra United, where he was a part of the team that won the Manchester United Premier Cup in 2010.[3] He also played for the Air India under-15 side for a spell.[2] In 2012, he joined the Tata Football Academy where he played for their under-17 and under-19 sides.[3] While with Tata, Singh helped the academy win the I-League U19 in 2014.[2] Singh also went on exposure tours to Sheffield, England, where he played for the Sheffield United under-18 side.[2][4]
In August 2015, Singh joined Shillong Lajong.[2] On 4 January 2016 it was announced that Singh signed professional terms with Shillong Lajong in the I-League.[3] He made his professional debut for the side on 10 January 2016 in the club's opening match of the season against Mumbai. He played the full match as Shillong Lajong drew 0–0.[5]
Delhi Dynamos announced that they had signed Sanna along with his club team-mate Rupert Nongrum on loan from Shillong Lajong for the 2016 Indian Super League season.[6] Under coach Gianluca Zambrotta, Sanna featured in a total of 12 games for the Dynamos, playing the majority of the time in his preferred position at center back.
Sanna was predominantly a squad player at Goa in the Indian Super League under Lobera, where he featured for the team 19 times over the course of 3 seasons.
On 5 September 2020, Sanna penned a two-year deal with Hyderabad.[7] He played a crucial role and helped the team winning 2021–22 Indian Super League.[8][9]
Sana has represented India at the under-19 level.[3]
On July 24, 2016, it was announced that Sana had been called for an India National Team preparatory camp along with his Shillong Lajong teammate Isaac.[10] Sanna made it to the 20 man India National team squad to play an unofficial friendly against Bhutan on August 13, 2017.[11] Sana was featured in the game against Bhutan coming on as a 47th-minute substitute for Dhanpal Ganesh.[12] He was also an unused substitute when India took on Puerto Rico in a FIFA Friendly in Mumbai on September 3, 2017.[13]
On 2 March 2021, Sana got selected for the 35-man-squad national camp ahead of India national team's friendlies against Oman and UAE.[14] On 25 March 2021, Sana made his international debut for India against Oman, which ended on a 1–1 draw.[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shillong Lajong | 2015–16 | I-League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
2016–17 | 18 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Shillong Lajong total | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
Delhi Dynamos (loan) |
2016 | Indian Super League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
Goa | 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Goa total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Hyderabad | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Hyderabad total | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
Career total | 103 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 3 |
Appearances and Goals by year | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2021 | 8 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 0 |
Hyderabad FC – current squad | |
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