Chongtham Sushil Kumar Singh is an

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n football player. He is currently playing for NEROCA F.C. in

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's local statewide league.

Club career

Mahindra United

Singh started his footballing career at

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in the

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and scored eight goals in eleven games while with Mahindra till Mahindra disbanded.

East Bengal

After

disbanded Singh joined another

club. This time it was Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. During his first season with East Bengal in 2010-11 Singh played in five games and scored one goal.

United Sikkim

In July 2011 it was reported that United Sikkim F.C. of the

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have signed Singh on a one-year contract after Singh talked with Baichung Bhutia.

Shillong Lajong

On 25 January 2012 it was announced that Kumar Singh has signed back into the

with Shillong Lajong.

Atlético de Kolkata

Signalling his steady decline in match-readiness and age, in July 2015, Singh was drafted to play for Atlético de Kolkata in the 2015 Indian Super League, being ineligible for any of the auctions.

Mumbai FC

He has been signed on by the thrifty Mumbai FC for the

2015-16 season where he is on loan from Atletico de Kolkata. He is seen as the fallback forward in the club featuring a few prominent Japanese players. While, his and the club's performance for most of the season has been lacklustre, he has managed to score 4 goals during appearances which did not feature the primary scorer for a team which has been plagued with injuries.

NEROCA FC

He has been signed on by the NEROCA FC from Manipur and scheduled to play in the 2016-17 Durand Cup in Delhi. This is club participates 2-steps below the divisions of the leagues that he has been participating in the last couple of years. While, the club made it to a historic final on its debut at the Durand Cup 2016 riding on the effort of the young manipuri team, the team lost the trophy in penalties to Army Green when Sushil hit a ground sitter to the opposite goalkeeper.

International career

Sushil has represented the

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on multiple occasions. In 2009, he led the India U-23 team to the

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where he scored from a free kick against Bangladesh to help India go into the finals and face Maldives. Sushil scored his third goal for India's seniors against

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in India's historic 2–1 victory away from home. Singh was then selected by India for the 2011 SAFF Championship in which he played in two matches, including the final and scored one goal which came in the final which India won 4–0 over

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on 11 December 2011.

Honours

India * AFC Challenge Cup:

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; runner-up:

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

India U23 *

References

External links

*
Profile
at Goal.com *

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