Komal Thatal

Komal Thatal
Personal information
Full name Komal Thatal
Date of birth (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000
Place of birth Sikkim, India
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ATK
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2014 Namchi Sports Hostel
2014–2017 AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– ATK 2 (0)
National team‡
2014–2018 India U17 31 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:23, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:55, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Komal Thatal (born 18 September 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ATK in the Indian Super League. He became the youngest ever footballer to play in a Indian Super League match.

Career

Born in Sikkim, Thatal began playing competitive football in 2011 when he joined the Namchi Sports Academy of his native state.[1] He spent three years at the academy before being advised by his coach advised Thatal to attend trials for the AIFF Elite Academy and India U17 side which would play in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[1] After impressing the coaches, Thatal joined the academy and team.

ATK

After the U-17 World Cup, Thatal decided against joining the rest of his teammates with Indian Arrows, a development team which was to play in the I-League.[2] Instead, Thatal joined Indian Super League side ATK for the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his professional debut for the club on 28 January 2018 in their match against Jamshedpur. By this he became the youngest ever footballer to play an Indian Super League match at just 17 years old. He came on in stoppage time towards the end of the match as ATK were defeated 1–0.[3] Thatal made only two appearances for ATK in the entire season.

International

After passing the trials in 2014, Thatal joined the India U17 side which was to play in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[1] On 21 September 2017, Thatal was announced as part of the final 21-man squad for the U-17 World Cup.[4] Thatal played in India's first match in the World Cup against the United States but was not included in the squad for India's final two matches in the tournament.[5]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 2018[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ATK 2017–18 ISL2000——20
Career total 20000020

References

  1. 1 2 3 Parthak, Rohan (5 October 2017). "Know Your Under-17 World Cup Stars: Midfielder Komal Thatal". The Quint. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Banerjee, Ritabrata (12 December 2017). "Kamal Thatal Set to Join ATK". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "ATK 0-1 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: India announce 21-member squad, Amarjit Singh to lead side". FirstPost. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Bali, Rahul (12 October 2017). "Luis Norton explains why Komal Thatal didn't play". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Komal Thatal at Soccerway
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