Nim Dorjee Tamang

Nim Dorjee Tamang
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995[1]
Place of birth Melli, Sikkim, India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Pune City
Number 2
Youth career
2009–2010 Air Force Academy
2012–2014 Shillong Lajong
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–17 Shillong Lajong 45 (1)
2017– Pune City 1 (0)
National team‡
2013 India U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:07, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:07, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Nim Dorjee Tamang (born 30 October 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Pune City in the Indian Super League.

Career

Born in Melli, Sikkim,[2] Tamang started his career at the Namchi Sports Hostel in Sikkim before joining the Air Force Academy in 2009.[3] After playing with the India national under-16 set-up, he joined Shillong Lajong at the youth level.[3]

After a successful season in the Shillong Premier League, Tamang was called up to the Shillong Lajong first-team for the Federation Cup.[4] He made his professional debut on the first match-day against Pune on 29 December 2014. He started the match as Shillong Lajong fell 1–3.[5]

FC Pune City

On 23 July 2017, Nim has been picked up by FC Pune City for 2017-18 ISL season.


International

Tamang has represented India at under-19 level in two friendlies against the China as part of the preparatory tour for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[3][6] He was part of the squad that played in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship but did not make any appearances.

Career statistics

As of 25 May 2017[7]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shillong Lajong 2014–15 I-League181100000191
2015–16 I-League9040——00130
2016–17 I-League18030——00210
Career total 451800000531

References

  1. ↑ https://www.the-aiff.com/player-profile-details.htm?id=117
  2. ↑ "Sikkim: New football talents enter Namchi Sports Hostel". iSikkim. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sikkim youth in U-19 Indian football team bound for China". Sikkim First. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lajong FC take on Pune today". The Shillong Times. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "SLFC 1-3 PFC". Shillong Lajong FC (Facebook). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lajong academy boys to represent India in U-19 AFC qualifiers". The Shillong Times. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Nim Dorjee Tamang at Soccerway
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