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Mehtab Singh (born 5 June 1998), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Mumbai City.[2]

Mehtab Singh

Personal information
Full name	Mehtab Singh
Date of birth	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Khemkaran, Punjab[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Mumbai City
Number	5
Youth career
	Mahilpur Football academy
2016–2017	East Bengal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	East Bengal	17	(0)
2019	→ Gokulam Kerala (loan)	5	(0)
2020–	Mumbai City	31	(2)
National team‡
2019–2022	India U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:46, 15 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:06, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Mehtab Singh was born in Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometres away from the Pakistan border. He travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahilpur football academy to learn to play football.^{[citation needed]} He later represented the East Bengal U18 side in the 2017–18 U18 I-League.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 December 2017, he scored a goal to help his team to a victory over Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match.[3]

East Bengal

He was promoted to the senior squad and played in the 2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division for the club.[4] On 28 November 2017, he made I-League debut in a 2–2 draw against Aizawl.[5]

On 14 November 2018, he suffered a head injury due to an collision with Siddharth Singh during the practice when the duo jumped for an aerial ball as their heads clashed against each other. Mehtab was the worst affected as he was seen with a bloody forehead and lay unconscious for sometime before being rushed to the hospital where he had 18 stitches.[6][7]

Gokulam Kerala

On 31 January 2019, he was loaned to Gokulam Kerala for the rest of the season. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Kerala side.[8]

Mumbai City

In 2020, Singh moved to Mumbai City and emerged victorious at the 2020–21 Indian Super League. Later in March 2022, he was included in club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[9]

Club statistics

Club

As of 8 April 2022[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Bengal	2017–18	I-League	6	0	0	0	–		6	0
Gokulam Kerala (loan)	2018–19		5	0	0	0	–		5	0
East Bengal	2019–20		11	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	–		13	0
Mumbai City	2020–21	Indian Super League	12	0	0	0	–		12	0
	2021–22		13	1	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	1
Career total			47	1	2	0	1	0	50	1

International

On 13 February 2019, Singh was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.[11]

He made his debut for the side in a friendly match against Qatar U23 ahead of the competition.[12]

Honours

Club

East Bengal FC[13]

• Calcutta Football League: 2017–18

References

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