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Milan Singh Ongnam (born 15 May 1992) is an Indian professional
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who plays as a
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for
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.


Career


Pailan Arrows

During the summer of 2010 Singh signed with
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who were then AIFF XI in the
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. He scored his first goal for the team against his former club
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on 26 February 2011. After the 2010–11 season Singh reportedly went back to East Bengal but was rejected during pre-season and ultimately ended back at Pailan Arrows for the 2011–12 season. He scored his second ever goal for Pailan Arrows on 3 December 2011 against
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in the I-League.


2012–13 season

Singh began the season for
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during their first official tournament, the
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, with a goal in his first game of the season against Delhi United in the first match of the tournament for Pailan Arrows to help Arrows draw 2–2. Singh then played in two of the three matches for Pailan Arrows in their second tournament, the
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. Singh then opened his
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campaign with a goal from the penalty spot as Pailan opened their campaign with a victory which was also the first I-League victory for new coach
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. Singh then scored his second goal of the season, again from the penalty spot, in the 69th minute against
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on 11 October 2012 to help Pailan Arrows win the match 2–1. Pailan however went on a run of bad form during the month of November and for Singh the month was summed up after he received a yellow card in Pailan's 3–1 loss to Shillong Lajong F.C. on 28 November 2012. Singh then began the month of December in fashion by putting in a man of the match performance for Pailan Arrows in a 4–1 victory over
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in which Singh scored in the 57th minute from the penalty spot. Singh then scored again for Pailan Arrows on 22 December 2012 against
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from the penalty spot again but that was not enough as Pailan fell 2–1 to the reigning champions.


Shillong Lajong

On 19 May 2013, media revealed that Milan is going to join
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for next two-year. He made his debut for Shillong Lajong in the
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on 22 September 2013 against
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at the
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in which he played the whole match as Shillong Lajong won 0–3. Milan represented
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during the 2014 ISL


DSK Shivajians

Milan signed for I-League new entrants DSK Shivajians for season 2015–16. He played 12 games for the Pune-based clubs including starting 10 of those 12 games. At the end of the season his contract was renewed for a further season.


Delhi Dynamos (loan)

Indian Super League opportunity came calling again for Milan as he was signed on loan by the Delhi-based ISL side. On July 18, 2016, Delhi Dynamos announced that Milan would be joining the side for 2016 edition of the Indian Super League Coached by Italian legend and World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta, Milan made 15 starts for the side scoring 2 important goals against Pune City FC & Atletico de Kolkata. He had a standout ISL as Delhi Dynamos made it to the Semi-Finals while Milan was regarded as one of the stand-out Indian players in the league


Kerala Blasters

On 23 July 2017, Singh was selected in the 5th 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 started and played the full match as Kerala Blasters drew 0–0.


International


Youth

On 23 June 2012, Singh made his debut for the India U23 team during the qualifying round of the
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against Lebanon U23 in which India U23 won 5–2.


Senior

He made his senior team debut on 22 March 2017 in the friendly against
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, which India won by 3–2.


Career statistics


International


Honours

;Mohammedan Sporting *
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runner-up:
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Milan Indian men's footballers 1992 births Living people Footballers from Manipur India men's international footballers India men's youth international footballers I-League players Calcutta Football League players Indian Arrows players Shillong Lajong FC players DSK Shivajians FC players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen NorthEast United FC players Odisha FC players Kerala Blasters FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for India Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players