Suresh Singh Wangjam (born 7 August 2000), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and India national team. He won the 2020–21 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award.[1] He also represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.
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Full name | Suresh Singh Wangjam | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 22) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Bengaluru | ||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | AIFF Elite Academy | ||||||||||||
2019 | Bengaluru B | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2017–2019 | Indian Arrows | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||
2019– | Bengaluru | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | India U17 | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||
2017 | India U20 | 2 | (2) | ||||||||||
2021– | India U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021– | India | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:53, 15 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022 |
Born in Manipur and nicknamed as El Torito and Gooli Suresha, Wangjam was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India.[2] After the tournament, Wangjam was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time.[3] He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He started and played the whole match as Indian Arrows won 3–0.[4]
Wangjam represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[2] He made his senior team debut on 25 March 2021 in an 1-1 draw match against Oman.
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Indian Arrows | 2017–18 | I-League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
Indian Arrows total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
Bengaluru | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 11 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 17 | 3 |
2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Bengaluru total | 48 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 4 | ||
Career total | 78 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 94 | 4 |
Appearances and Goals by year | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2021 | 11 | 1 |
2022 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 15 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 16 October 2021 | National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2021 SAFF Championship Final |
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