Pronay Halder (Bengali: প্রণয় হালদার; born 25 February 1993), is an Indian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan and the Indian national team
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Barrackpore, West Bengal, India | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | ATK Mohun Bagan | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2010 | Tata Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Pailan Arrows | 24 | (1) |
2013–2016 | Dempo | 20 | (0) |
2015 | → Goa (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Mohun Bagan | 20 | (0) |
2016 | → Mumbai City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Goa | 13 | (0) |
2018–2020 | ATK | 22 | (1) |
2020– | ATK Mohun Bagan | 16 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Jamshedpur (loan) | 14 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | India U19 | 4 | (1) |
2012–2016 | India U23 | 5 | (0) |
2015– | India | 23 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 15 March 2022 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:29, 8 June 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Barrackpore, West Bengal, Halder started his youth career with Tata Football Academy in 2007 and got graduated in 2010.[2]
Halder signed for Pailan Arrows in the I-League for the 2011-12 season in the summer of 2011. He then played in Pailan's second victory of the season in a Round 23 match against HAL.[citation needed]
On 26 October 2013, Halder signed for Dempo with three other players Alwyn George, Holicharan Narzary and Narayan Das.[3] He made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 1 November 2013 against Mohun Bagan at the Duler Stadium and played the whole match as Dempo drew the match 0–0.[4]
Halder represented FC Goa during the 2014 Indian Super League but did not feature in any game, due to an injury, which kept him out of most of the 2014-15 I-League season.[5] Halder was signed up by FC Goa again on loan from Dempo for the 2015 ISL.[6]
On 30 December 2015, Halder signed two-year contract with Mohun Bagan.[citation needed] Coach Sanjoy Sen said in a press conference later in the week that Halder was an "inspirational young talent".[citation needed]
On 16 January 2016, Halder made his debut for Mohun Bagan against Salgaocar which Bagan won 4–2.[citation needed] Halder has made a total of 10 appearances in I-League season and was awarded Man of the Match twice.[citation needed] He was the first choice defensive midfielder in Bagan[citation needed] but due to knee injury it kept him sidelined for 2 weeks.[citation needed] On 24 February 2016, Halder started for Bagan in AFC Cup against Maldives club Maziya S&RC.[citation needed]
On 8 January 2017, Halder played against Churchill Brothers in first game of the season.[citation needed] He has also played in AFC Cup for Bagan in most of the group stage matches.[citation needed]
Halder signed for Mumbai City for 2016 ISL season.[citation needed]
On 23 July 2017, Halder got picked by Goa in ISL Draft for 2017–18 season.[citation needed]
In June 2018, ATK has signed Halder on a two-year deal.[citation needed] He became the number one choice for coach Steve Coppell in midfield.[citation needed]
In September 2021, Jamshedpur loaned in Pronay for the upcoming season. He returned to the city where he made his start as a football player with Tata Football Academy.[7]
He made his debut for the club against East Bengal, on 21 November, in a 1–1 stalemate.[8][9] On 15 March, he scored his only goal of the season in the playoffs semi-final second leg, against Kerala Blasters in a 1–1 (1–2 agg) draw.[10][11]
Halder played for India U19, and was involved in three matches and scored against Uzbekistan U19.[citation needed]
He was the part of India U23 for 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification which was held in Oman from 23 June 2012.[12] Halder played 4 matches during the tournament.[13]
Halder became the 496th player to earn a senior cap for India on 31 August 2015 against Nepal in an International friendly.[14] Halder scored a stunning long ranger on his debut for India against Chinese Taipei in Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai.[citation needed]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pailan Arrows | 2011–12 | I-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
Palian Arrows total | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Dempo | 2013–14 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Dempo total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Mohun Bagan | 2015–16 | I-League | 11 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2016–17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Mohun Bagan total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Goa (loan) |
2015 | Indian Super League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Mumbai City (loan) |
2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Goa | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
ATK | 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
ATK total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
ATK Mohun Bagan | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
Jamshedpur (loan) | 2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Career total | 142 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 163 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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India | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
2016 | 5 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 1 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 1 |
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 1 June 2018 | Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2018 Intercontinental Cup | [17] |
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