Manoj Mohammed

Manoj Mohammed

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Hyderabad
Number	41
Youth career
	East Bengal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	East Bengal	16	(0)
2020–2022	Mohammedan	26	(0)
2022–	Hyderabad	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Manoj Mohammed (born 8 January 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hyderabad in the Indian Super League.

Career

Manoj is a product of East Bengal F.C.' youth system. In 2010 Manoj joined the North Bengal academy of East Bengal at Rajganj, located at Jalpaiguri in North Bengal.[1]

Ranjan Chowdhury, the Technical Director of East Bengal academy in Kolkata, transferred Manoj from the Rajganj academy to the main academy of East Bengal at Kolkata.^[citation needed]

Manoj was the captain of the East Bengal U18 team and was a center back. He was a team member of East Bengal U18 squad that had narrowly lost in the final of the 2016–17 I-League U18.[2]

In 2018 East Bengal head coach Alejandro Menéndez added him in the senior team squad for the 2018-19 I-League. Alejandro converted him from centre back to left back.^[citation needed]

On 27 October 2018 he made his professional debut in an away match against NEROCA FC.^[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 May 2022[3]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Bengal	2018–19	I-League	16	0	0	0	–		16	0
	2019–20		0	0	2[a]	0	–		2	0
	East Bengal total		16	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
Mohammedan	2020–21	I-League	8	0	0	0	–		8	0
	2021–22		16	0	5[a]	0	–		21	0
	Hyderabad total		26	0	5	0	0	0	31	0
Hyderabad	2022–23	Indian Super League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
Career total			42	0	7	0	0	0	49	0

1. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Mohammedan Sporting

• Calcutta Football League: 2021[4]

References

1. "দোকান চালিয়ে ফুটবলার বানিয়েছেন মা, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে আশা জাগাচ্ছে মনোজ" [Manoj a footballer created in a store hoping to earn his hopes in East Bengal] (in Bengali). eenaduindia.com. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
2. "report 2016–17 I-League U18 final" (PDF). Aiff.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
3. Manoj Mohammed at Soccerway
4. Kolkata Football League: চার দশক পর কলকাতা লিগ জয় মহমেডান স্পোর্টিংয়ের (in Bengali) bengali.abplive.com. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.