Khanthang Paite is an Indian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player who plays in

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for

Mohammedan ''Mohammedan'' (also spelled ''Muhammadan'', ''Mahommedan'', ''Mahomedan'' or ''Mahometan'') is a term for a follower of Muhammad, the Islamic prophet. It is used as both a noun and an adjective, meaning belonging or relating to, either Muhamm ...

in the

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

Career

Early career

Paite is the product of the

Tata Football Academy Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is a Association football, football academy based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns Indian Super League, ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned and leading football ...

from where he graduated in 2006. He joined

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers Futebol Clube de Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, alongside the Goa Professional League (reserves). Founded in 1 ...

and played in the

Goa Professional League The Goa Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of Goa, organised by the Goa Football Association as part of the state leagues. It was formed in 1951 as the Goa Primeira Divisão or Goa First Division, and ...

. In 2009, he was elevated to the first team and was used mainly as a second-half substitute. He spent five years at

from 2006 and was also a key member of the squad that won the 2008-09 I-League. The nippy left-footed came into the spotlight after scoring against Mohammedan S.C. in 2008-09 which eventually helped

win the title. He moved to

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

and spent one season with East Bengal. Then in 2012 he was loaned to

Pune F.C. Pune Football Club was an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club competed in I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. The club was one of the List of football clubs in Ind ...

Mohammedan

On 30 May 2013 it was confirmed that Paite has signed for Mohammedan on a one-year contract. He made his debut in the

on 21 September 2013 against

at the

Salt Lake Stadium The Salt Lake Stadium, officially known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multi-purpose stadium, used mostly for football matches, located in Salt Lake City, Greater Kolkata, with a capacity of 68,000 spectators. Named after S ...

in which he came on as a substitute for Penn Orji in the 35th minute as Mohammedan lost the match 1-3.

References

External links

Goal Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paite, Khanthang 1986 births Living people People from Churachandpur district Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Footballers from Manipur Churchill Brothers FC Goa players East Bengal Club players Pune FC players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Men's association football midfielders