Lalrindika Ralte

Lalrindika Ralte (born 7 September 1992 in Lunglei, Mizoram) popularly known as Dika, is an Indian footballer who plays midfielder but he primarily as an attacking midfielder and is the current captain of East Bengal FC.

Lalrindika Ralte
Personal information
Full name Lalrindika Ralte
Date of birth (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
Place of birth Lunglei, Mizoram, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 East Bengal
Number 20
Youth career
2004-2009 IFA Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Churchill Brothers 18 (7)
2010–2011 → Pailan Arrows (loan) 7 (3)
2012–2017 East Bengal 65 (10)
2014 → Mumbai City (loan) 14 (1)
2015 → Mumbai City (loan) 12 (0)
2016 → Atlético Kolkata (loan) 13 (1)
2017–2018 NorthEast United 13 (0)
2018– East Bengal 27 (2)
National team‡
2007–2008 India U16 7 (3)
2009 India U19 5 (2)
2011 India U23 9 (1)
2011– India 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:49, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Career

Churchill Brothers and Pailan Arrows

Ralte started his career at Churchill Brothers in 2009 and scored his first professional goal for the club on 1 April 2010 against JCT in the I-League in a 6–0 win.[1] Ralte signed for Pailan Arrows on a season-long loan for the 2010–11 season. He scored his first goal for the Arrows on 3 December 2010 against Prayag United in Arrows' first ever professional match in the I-League.[2] Ralte then scored a brace for the Arrows on 7 May 2011 against Mumbai to help Arrows win 2–1.[3]

Ralte moved back to Churchill for the 2011-12 I-League after his year-long loan and on 1 November 2011, scored his first goal since his return against Prayag United at the Fatorda Stadium to help Churchill draw the match 1–1 in the I-League.[4] He then scored again on 17 December 2011 against Shillong Lajong in the I-League to help Churchill to a 6–0 win.[5] He would then score on 15 January 2012 against Mohun Bagan in the I-League in a 2–3 loss.[6] while he continued to play regular football and impressed, he did not score again until 1 April 2012, when he scored against Prayag United at the Fatorda Stadium again in a 5–2 victory.[7] He scored his 5th goal of the season 15 days later on 15 April 2012 against Pune in a 2–0 away victory.[8] He then scored his last goal of the season on 6 May 2012 against his former club, Pailan Arrows, in the 50th minute in a match that ended 3–2 in favor of his team.[9]

East Bengal

Dika's signed for East Bengal in May 2012 and made his debut for the club on 21 September 2012 against Sporting Goa in the first match of the 2012 Federation Cup, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Ishfaq Ahmed.[10] It did not take him long to make a huge contribution to the team as he scored the solitary goal in the semi-final of the Federation Cup on 27 September 2012 against his former team, Churchill Brothers, in the 111th minute of extra-time to send them into the final, which East Bengal would eventually go onto win 3–2 over Dempo in Siliguri.[11] He then scored his first I-League goal for East Bengal in the second match of the season on 11 October 2012 against United Sikkim at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok from an 82nd-minute free kick in a 1–0 win.[12] He scored his second goal for the club on 24 November 2012 against ONGC at the Salt Lake Stadium in a convincing 5–0 win.[13] On 27 February 2013, he scored his first goal in continental competitions in the 2013 AFC Cup against Selangor FA in a 1–0 home win for East Bengal; a left footed striker from outside the box, beating the Malaysian goalkeeper Norazlan Razali on the 43rd minute.[14] On 9 April 2013, he scored a 25-yard long curling left-footer on the 86th minute to secure a 2–1 home win over Tampines Rovers FC in the AFC Cup group stage.[15] Ralte then would score his fourth goal of the AFC Cup against Kuwait SC on 1 October 2013 in the away leg of the 2013 AFC Cup semi-final match with a right-footed shot from the left of the box.[16] With the goal against Kuwait SC, he became the joint highest Indian scorer of the tournament with Bhaichung Bhutia.

Mumbai City(loan)

Ralte was picked up by Mumbai City on loan for the 2014 Indian Super League as one of the most expensive signings.[17] He started in Mumbai City FC's first ever game against Atletico de Kolkata. He assisted teammate Andre Moritz twice in a 5–0 win over derby rivals FC Pune City.[18] Dika scored his first goal for Mumbai City on 7 December 2014 against Atletico de Kolkata in a 2–1 win.[19]

International

Ralte has played for India at the under-16, under-19, under-23, and senior levels. He made his under-16 debut on 27 October 2007 during the 2008 AFC U-16 qualifiers against Sri Lanka in which India's under-16s won 6–0.[20] He then scored his first goal at that level on 4 November 2007 during the qualifiers against Saudi Arabia in the 65th minute to provide India's under-16s a 3–0 win.[21] Ralte then scored a brace for the India under-16s on 4 October 2008 against South Korea in the opening match of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship but he could not stop India losing in the end 5–2.[22] Ralte then made his under-19 debut on 5 November 2009 against Iraq during the 2010 AFC U-19 Qualifiers in which India's under-19s lost 5–0.[23] Ralte then scored a brace for India's under-19s on 10 November 2009 against Oman in the U19 qualifiers in which Ralte scored in the 15th and 19th minute but could not stop India losing 4–3 in the end.[24] Then on 23 February 2011 Ralte made his debut for the under-23 side against Myanmar in the 2012 Olympic qualifiers in which India U23s won 2–1.[25] Ralte then scored his first goal at the under-23 level on 30 June 2012 during the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifiers against Turkmenistan in which Ralte scored from a 36th-minute penalty to give India U23s a 4–1 victory.[26]

Ralte made his debut for the senior side on 10 July 2011 against Maldives in a friendly in which he came on as a sub for Syed Nabi; India drew the match 1–1.[27] Ralte then made his tournament debut for India during the opening match of the 2011 SAFF Championship on 3 December 2011 against Afghanistan at the Nehru Stadium in Delhi; India drew 1–1 in that match.[28]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 9 March 2020[29] [30]

Club Season League Federation Cup CFL Premier A Domestic Cups [lower-alpha 1] AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Churchill Brothers 2009–10 I-League4100 — —005091
2011–12 I-League14630 — —2100197
Total 18730 0 02150288
Pailan Arrows (loan) 2010–11 I-League7300 — —000073
Total 7300 0 0000073
East Bengal 2012–13 I-League 21 5 4 1 12 3 40 11 4 52 13
2013–14 I-League22430824100377
2014–15 I-League7040————10120
2015–16 I-League2021————0041
2016–17 I-League1311083——00224
Total 6510142 28 88[lower-alpha 2]112412725
Mumbai City (loan) 2014 Indian Super League141—— — —————141
Total 14100 0 00000141
Atlético Kolkata (loan) 2016 Indian Super League131—— — —————131
Total 13100 0 00000131
North East United 2017-18 Indian Super League 12 0 1 0 — — — — — — 13 0
Total 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
East Bengal 2018-19 I-League 18 1 — — 7 1 — — — — 25 2
2019-20 I-League 9 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 20 2
Total 27 2 0 0 15 2 3 0 0 0 45 4
Career total 15624182 43 1013217424742
Notes
  1. Durand Cup
  2. Appearances in IFA Shield

National team statistics

[31] Statistics accurate as of 17 March 2015

India national team
YearAppsGoals
201190
201210
201320
201520
Total140

Honours
Churchill Brothers
East Bengal
Atletico de Kolkata

References
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  11. Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0–1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  12. Vaz, John. "United Sikkim 0–1 East Bengal: Late Ralte goal seals three points for the away side". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  13. Bera, Kaustav. "East Bengal 5–0 ONGC FC: Morgan's side demolish the Oilmen". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  14. http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/100346/east-bengal-fc-vs-selangor-fa/report
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