Manish Maithani is an Indian

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player who played as a

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for

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and currently coaches a local club in Dehradun DESA FC.

Club career

Mohun Bagan

After two seasons playing as a youth with Indian National Youth Teams Maithani signed for

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in 2009. On 28 March, he had scored the equalizer against Shillong Lajong F.C., after coming in as a substitute.

Mohammedan (loan)

After the 2012–13 season ended, Maithani signed with IMG-Reliance to join their

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

but due to objection from the

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clubs in which they said they would not sign any players who joined the ISL it meant that Maithani would be without a club for a long period of time. Then, on 30 October 2013, it was announced that Mohammedan S.C. had broken that barrier when they signed Maithani on loan. Maithani made his debut for Mohammedan in the I-League on 24 October 2013 United S.C. at the

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; in which he came on as a substitute for Jerry Zirsanga in the 73rd minute as Mohammedan drew the match 0–0.

FC Pune City

Mathani was drafted in by Indian Super League side

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for the 2014 Indian Super League.He played 2 matches in the 2014 Indian Super League.The next year he played 8 matches for the team.

Vitória de Guimarães B

Mathani was loaned out to 2nd division side Vitória de Guimarães B in Portugal from FC Pune City for 5 months.

Doon Elite Soccer Academy (DESA)

Maithani started playing and coaching simultaneously, starting a local football academy. He has been coaching a promising bunch of talent in his academy with national players like Rishi Upadhyay and Anubhav Rawat who has recently been selected in the Uttrakhand squad for Santosh Trophy 2021.

2022–23 Season (DESA FC)

DESA FC started the season in Dehradun District Soccer League winning all the games of Group Stage and advancing to the league stages comfortably.

International career

Manish made his senior international debut against Azerbaijan national football team, Azerbaijan for India on 27 February 2012 in their 3–0 defeat.

Honours

India U23 *

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

External links

* http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/35920/manish-mathani * http://www.mohunbaganac.com/players/manish-maithani {{DEFAULTSORT:Maithani, Manish 1987 births Living people Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Sportspeople from Dehradun Footballers from Uttarakhand Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers India men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Indian expatriate men's footballers Indian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for India