Telem Jackichand Singh (born 17 March 1992) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

Royal Wahingdoh

2011–2014 (I-League 2nd Division)

Jackichand made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh, then in the

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, on 19 September 2011 in the Federation Cup against Churchill Brothers. Wahingdoh won the game 2–1 with Jacki scoring the second goal in the 53rd minute to complete an upset in the cup. Jackichand would play twice more in the group stage of the federation Cup, scoring once more, but couldn't help his team qualify from the group. He was an integral part of Royal Wahingdoh's squad during their 2011 I-League 2nd Division campaign and would score three times during the group stages, helping his team qualify for the 2011 I-League 2nd Division final round as group winners, but Wahingdoh finished 6th and failed to get promoted. Jackichand was part of the squad again during the

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season, where Wahingdoh once again qualified form their group as group winners for the final round, with Jacki scoring twice. During the final round, we can account for 10 appearances that he made, scoring 8 times but could not help his team gain promotion to the I-League. Jackichand continued with Royal Wahingdoh for the

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but this time, Wahingdoh failed to qualify for the final round from their group as they finished third. Finally, it was in the 2014 I-League 2nd Division when Wahingdoh won the tournament thus gaining promotion, after qualifying as group winners to the 2014 I-League 2nd Division final round, during which Jackichand scored two goals in the final round.

2014–2015

Jackichand started the first game of the new season for Royal Wahingdoh after gaining promotion, against

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in the 2014-15 Federation Cup in a 2–1 win where he scored both his team's goals either side of half-time. He scored his third goal of the Federation Cup against Sporting Goa on 4 January 2015 in a 2–1 loss. He made his

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debut on 18 January against Shillong Lajong in the first ever Shillong Derby in the I-league and assisted teammate Satiyasen Singh for the 2nd Goal in a 2–1 win. Jackichand scored his first

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goal against

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. He scored his second goal of the season in a 1–1 draw with

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on 21 March 2015. Jacki scored a brace against

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in a 2–0 win at home on 29 March 2015. He assisted Godwin Franco in a 1–0 win at home against

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on 31 March 2015. Jackichand assisted teammate Satiyasen Singh thrice for his hat-trick against

on 3 May 2015 in a 4–2 win for his team. At the end of the 2014–15 season Jackichand was awarded the best player of the season award.

Pune City

On 10 July 2015, Jackichand was auctioned to play for

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for ₹45 lakhs (€58.2k) in the

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. He made his debut for the club against then ISL club Delhi Dynamos on 14 October 2015. It took him only two appearances to score for the club against ATK on 17 October 2015. He scored the goal in 1 minute and 15 seconds. It was the fastest goal scored in the second edition of ISL. He made his final appearance for the club against

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on 2 December 2015. He finished the season with 9 appearances, scoring one goal in the process.

Salgaocar (loan)

On 1 January 2016, Jackichand signed for

as Royal Wahingdoh decided to withdraw from I-League, on loan from Pune City for the 2015-16 I-League. He made his debut for the team in 2015–16 I-League against

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. On 9 January 2016. Jackichand scored his first goal for Salgaocar against

in I-League in a 2–1 loss. He made his final appearance for the club against Sporting Goa on 23 April 2016.

Mumbai City

On 21 June 2016, Mumbai City announced the signing of Jackichand for the third season of ISL. He made his debut on 3 October against his former club

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, coming on as a 90th minute substitute for Léo Costa in a 1–0 win. On 5 November 2016, he scored his first and winning goal for the club, in the 45th minute against

after the NorthEast goalkeeper Lima Gomes made a mistake. He made his final appearance for the club against ATK on 13 December 2016, in a 0–0 draw (3-2 agg loss) in the 2nd leg semi-final playoffs.

East Bengal (loan)

On 1 January 2017, Singh signed for then

club

for the

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season. He made his debut against eventual champions

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on 7 January 2017 in a 1–1 draw. But appearances was hard to come by for Singh as then

head coach Trevor Morgan did not need wingers in his system. He only made 7 appearances for the club from which 4 appearances came from the bench. His last appearance for the club came against

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on 23 April 2017.

Kerala Blasters

On 23 July 2017, Singh was selected in the 8th round of the

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by the

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for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season. He made his debut for the club on 17 November 2017 against ATK. He came on as an 81st-minute substitute for Courage Pekuson as Kerala Blasters drew 0–0. Singh then scored his first goal for the club on 9 December 2017 against

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. He scored the equalizer for the Kerala Blasters in the 30th minute to make it 2–2 but unfortunately the club would go on to lose 5–2. He then scored his second goal for the club on 2 February 2018 against

. His 58th-minute goal was the opener in a 2–1 victory for the Blasters. He finished the season with 2 goals in 17 appearances for the club as

finished 6th in the

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standings.

FC Goa

On 1 July 2018, he signed for

from

. On 14 February he scored a goal from 22 yards which was one of the fastest goals in the 18-19 ISL season which resulted in a 3–0 victory for FC Goa against two time ISL winners ATK. He was one of the most impressive players for the Gaurs in his first

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with them, scoring 4 goals and laying out 4 assists in 21 appearances as he helped Goa reach the ISL

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. He continued this form by scoring 5 goals in 19 appearances in his second season with the club as

finished 1st in the league standings, and thus became the first Indian club to qualify for the

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group stage.

Jamshedpur

On 18 August 2020, Singh signed a 3-year contract with

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for the upcoming ISL season. He was assigned the number 12 shirt. He assisted on his debut against Chennaiyin in a 2–1 loss on 24 November.

Return to Mumbai City

Mumbai City confirmed the signing of Jackichand Singh from Jamshedpur FC on 23 January 2021 for the remainder of ISL season 2020–2021.The Manipur-born winger has delivered three assists in his 12 appearances for Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League 2020–2021.

Return to East Bengal (loan)

On 1 September 2021, Jackichand returned to East Bengal on a season-long loan.

Inter Kashi

On 13 September 2023, Inter Kashi announced the signing of Jackichand.

International career

Jackichand made his senior national team debut against

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on 12 March 2015, coming on as a substitute for Lalrindika Ralte. On 7 June 2016, Jackichand came on as a 44th-minute substitute for Udanta Kumam in a home match against

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at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, where he provided three assists and helped India to qualify for third round of

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Qualifiers. On 3 September 2016, Jackichand scored his first senior goal for India in a 4–1 win against

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. On 7 June 2019, in an Asian Cup qualifier against

, Jackichand assisted thrice after coming on as a substitute in the first half in a 6–1 win for India.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''India score listed first, score column indicates score after each Jackichand goal.''

Honours

FC Goa *

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runner up: 2018–19 * Indian Super Cup:

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Mumbai City *Indian Super League: 2020–21 *Indian Super League Winners' Shield: 2020–21 India * Tri-Nation Series:

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third place:

Individual *

Best Player of the Season: 2014–15

Personal life

Singh's biggest inspiration is fellow Manipuri striker Renedy Singh, and the actor

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, who he is named after. He comes from a humble background and he is known as Jacki by his teammates and close friends. He is married to Beauty and has a three-year-old son named Civic. The names of his wife and son are inked on his right arm.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Jackichand 1992 births Living people Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Royal Wahingdoh FC players I-League 2 players I-League players FC Pune City players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Salgaocar FC players Mumbai City FC players East Bengal Club players Kerala Blasters FC players Footballers from Manipur Men's association football forwards 2019 AFC Asian Cup players FC Goa players Jamshedpur FC players Inter Kashi FC players