Moirangthem Loken Meitei (born 4 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for I-League club Delhi.

Loken Meitei
Personal information
Full name Moirangthem Loken Meitei
Date of birth (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Manipur, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team
Delhi
Youth career
2012–2014 Royal Wahingdoh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Royal Wahingdoh 2 (0)
2016–2017 Real Kashmir 6 (0)
2017 Sagolband United 9 (1)
2017–2018 Kerala Blasters 6 (0)
2018–2019 Kerala Blasters B 7 (1)
2019–2020 TRAU 5 (0)
2020–2022 East Bengal 1 (0)
2022–2023 Real Kashmir 8 (0)
2023– Delhi 0 (0)
International career
2015 India U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Career

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Loken started his career with the youth set-up at Royal Wahingdoh[1] before joining Shillong First Division side Shillong United for the 2014 season on loan.[2]

He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh in the I-League on 27 January 2015 against Bharat FC, coming on as a 93rd-minute substitute for Bekay Bewar as Royal Wahingdoh won 2–1.[3]

Kerala Blasters

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On 23 July 2017, Meitei was selected in the 13th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by the Kerala Blasters for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[4] He made his debut for the club on 9 December 2017 against Goa. He started and played 62 minutes as Kerala Blasters lost 5–2.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 8 February 2023[6]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Royal Wahingdoh 2014–15 I-League 2 0 0 0 2 0
Real Kashmir 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
Kerala Blasters 2017–18 Indian Super League 6 0 1[a] 0 7 0
Kerala Blasters B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 3 1 0 0 3 1
2018–19 4 0 0 0 4 0
Kerala Blasters B total 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
TRAU 2019–20 I-League 5 0 0 0 5 0
East Bengal 2020–21 Indian Super League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Real Kashmir 2022–23 I-League 8 0 0 0 8 0
Delhi 2023–24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 35 1 1 0 0 0 36 1
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Royals trounce Green Valley". Telegraph India. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Shillong United score five against Nongkrem". The Shillong Times. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Bharat FC 1-2 Royal Wahingdoh". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. ^ "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Goa 5-2 Kerala Blasters". Soccerway.
  6. ^ Loken Meitei at Soccerway