Muhammed Nemil Valiyattil (born 18 March 2002) is an Indian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Club career

Youth and early career with RFYC

Born in

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, Nemil started playing football through V. P. Sathyan Soccer Academy at the age of ten. In 2015, he was scouted by Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) academy as a part of a nationwide young talent hunt. His dribbling skill, passing accuracy and two-footed shooting ability earned him praises at the RFYC in

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. In his first three years at RFYC, Nemil registered 45 goals and 31 assists across various youth level competitions. His strong performances earned him trips to England in 2016 and Japan in 2018, where the RFYC took on the local teams there. Nemil won the Best Player Award at the 2018 U-17

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, was also named the

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Super Division's best midfielder in 2019. He won the 2019 Vedanta Youth Cup with RFYC team as he scored the winner in the final against

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and awarded another Player of the Tournament title. In March 2019, RFYC sent Nemil to Marcet High-performance academy in Spain, on his consistent display of quality with the academy. During his time in Spain, Nemil had a successful trail at

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-based club

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FC Goa

On 20 October 2020,

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announced that the club had reached an agreement with RFYC for the transfer of Nemil. He joined the

club on a four-year deal.

Loan to FE Grama

After joining Goa, Nemail was sent back to Spain for joining FE Grama on a season-long loan. He played 11 games for FE Grama U19s in the Liga Nacional Juvenil and scored 7 goals including 2

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s. Promoted to the senior team, Nemil made his debut against

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in the

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Return to Goa

After his successful loan spell with FE Grama, Nemil returned to Goa ahead of the

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. On 7 September 2021, he made his debut as a substitute in a 2–0

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group stage win over

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. On 13 September, he scored his first goal for the club against Sudeva Delhi. Goa defeated

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1–0 in the

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to win the competition for the first time in club history, with Nemil registering four goals and two assists from six appearances. On 4 December, he made his ISL debut as a substitute for

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against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Goa *

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References

External links

Muhammed Nemil Valiyattil
at ''the-aiff.com'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nemil, Muhammed 2002 births Living people Indian men's footballers Footballers from Kerala Sportspeople from Kozhikode Men's association football midfielders FC Goa players Indian Super League players Indian expatriate men's footballers Indian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain