David Ngaihte (born 16 December 1989) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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Career

Early career

With the motive to excel in academics and to get access to better education, David Ngaihte was sent to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders wi ...

. In the capital, while practising with friends in the evening, as is a norm with the North Eastern guys, a

club named Goodwill FC sported him and offered him to play for them in 2008. Even then, the college going David Ngaihte wasn't serious about the offer but took it up just for the sake of playing the game he loves. With nothing to prove, he caught the eyes of the capital's football aficionados and soon earned a berth for the Delhi Santosh Trophy team. He spent the next three years completing his academics and switching between Delhi clubs. It wasn't until the

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that, David Ngaihte though he could curve out a career for himself in football. Noticed by

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in the

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, he joined the Kolkata club and had tremendously contributed for the team's good run in the

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that saw them in the final round of the competition.

Rangdajied

David made his professional debut for Rangdajied in the

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on 4 October 2013 against Dempo at the

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium locally known as Polo Ground is a football stadium in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. It is used mainly for football and has most notably hosted the home matches of Shillong Lajong FC in the I-League. The stadium has a ...

and played the whole match; as Rangdajied drew the match 2–2.

Shillong Lajong

On 5 May 2014 it was announced that Ngaihte has signed for

Shillong Lajong Shillong Lajong FC (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya, that competes in the Shillong Premier League. The club was established in 1983 with the prime objective of improving the declining s ...

on a one-year contract.

Career statistics

References

External links

I-league Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngaihte, David 1989 births Living people Footballers from Manipur Indian men's footballers Rangdajied United FC players Shillong Lajong FC players Punjab FC players I-League players NorthEast United FC players Indian Super League players Men's association football wingers Tollygunge Agragami FC players