Nongmeikapam Suresh Meitei (born 30 March 1994) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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Early life

Suresh was born on 30 March 1994 in

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n state of

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

Career

Army Red

Suresh had featured for Army Red in the

2019 Durand Cup The 2019 Durand Cup was the 129th edition of the Durand Cup, oldest football tournament in Asia, since the tournament's founding in 1888. 16 teams competed in the tournament. The matches were played across three locations in West Bengal, name ...

. He served as the captain of the club. Suresh played his first match against

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side

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on 3 August 2019. The match ended 2–0 in favour of

. Suresh played his second match against the reserve team of

side

Bengaluru FC Bengaluru Football Club () (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು.ಎಫ್.ಸಿ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club w ...

on 5 August 2019. The match finished with the scoreline 1–1 draw. Suresh played his third match for the team against the reserve team of

side

Jamshedpur FC Jamshedpur Football Club (, ) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football league system, Indian football. Founde ...

on 9 August 2019. Suresh scored a brace in the match. The game ended 2-2 after final whistle. Suresh played three matches for Army Red and scored 2 goals for the team.

Churchill Brothers

2019-20

Suresh signed for

side

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 ...

on 2019. He featured for the club in 2019-20 I-League season. Suresh played his debut match on 26 January 2020 against

Gokulam Kerala F.C. Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. They won the 2020� ...

The match ended 1–0 in favour of Gokulam Kerala. Suresh again started in the next match against

NEROCA FC NEROCA Football Club (known fully as North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association Football Club) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that currently competes in the I-League 2. It previousl ...

on 2 February 2020. The match ended 4–1 with

taking the victory. He played his third match against

Chennai City FC Chennai City Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club predominantly competed in the I-League, which was then highest division of Indian football league system. They have also appeared in th ...

on 9 February 2020. The match ended with scoreline 1–2 with

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taking the victory. Suresh played his last match of the season against Kolkata giants

on 29 February 2019 where he started as a substitute for Glan Martins in the 66th minute of the game. Suresh was booked in the stoppage time. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Suresh appeared in 4 matches in total for

at the end of the season.

2020-21

Suresh stayed at

for the 2020-21 I-League season. Suresh started in the lineup in the clubs' first match of the season against

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on 10 January 2021, which they ended up winning 2-5.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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at Flashscore {{DEFAULTSORT:Meitei, Suresh 1994 births Living people Indian men's footballers Footballers from Manipur Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Men's association football defenders I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Punjab FC players