Vignesh Dakshinamurthy (born 5 March 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the Indian national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vignesh Dakshinamurthy | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Srirampura, Karnataka | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mumbai City | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ozone | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Ozone | 18 | (0) |
| 2018– | Mumbai City | 36 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018– | India | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:29, 26 February 2022 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:10, 22 September 2018 (UTC) | |||
Born in Srirampura, Karnataka, Dakshinamurthy started his career with Ozone academy before being promoted to their first-team and playing for them in the I-League 2nd Division.[2]
On 8 September 2018, it was announced that Dakshinamurthy signed with Indian Super League side Mumbai City.[3] On 20 December 2020, Vignesh scored his first goal in Indian Super League as well as for Mumbai City against Hyderabad in which he found the net in the 38th minute as Mumbai City won for 2–0.[4][5] In April 2022, he was included in the club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[6]
Dakshinamurthy previously represented India at the under-20 and under-17 levels.[7]
On 15 July 2018, Dakshinamurthy was called-up by Stephen Constantine to the India senior side as they prepared for the 2018 SAFF Championship.[8] On 4 September 2018, it was announced that Dakshinamurthy was selected into the final 20-man squad for the tournament.[9] He then made his international debut for India on 9 September in their last group game against Maldives. He came on as a halftime substitute for Lallianzuala Chhangte as India won 2–0.[10]
Daksinamurthy is the nephew of former India international, Shanmugam Venkatesh.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ozone | 2016–17 | I-League 2nd Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Mumbai City | 2018–19 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
| National Team | Year | Friendlies | Qualifiers | Competition | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| India | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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