Zodingliana Adinga Ralte (born 5 May 1995) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a defender or winger for

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club

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Career

Early career

Born in

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

, Tochhawng started playing football from the age of seven in his village. He was eventually selected to join the Mizoram U14 team for a football festival in Goa. From there, Tochhawng was selected for various national team events before joining

Shillong Lajong Shillong Lajong Football Club (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, following promotio ...

Shillong Lajong

On 23 October 2013, Tochhawng made his professional debut for

in an

match against

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. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Cornell Glenn and he earned a yellow-card as Shillong Lajong won 3–2. During 2015-16 Shillong Lajong pre season, Zodingliana picked up injury and due to this he missed one months of I-League. He returned on 13 February 2016 and played first game for Lajong in 2015-16 I-League season against

Aizawl FC Aizawl Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Aizawl, Mizoram. The club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. Founded in 1984, Aizawl earned entry in I-League in 2015–16 season, a ...

which ended in a goal-less draw.

NorthEast United (loan)

Over the summer of 2014, it was announced that Tochhawng, along with 83 other Indian players, had signed for an

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team with Tochhawng joining Shillong Lajong affiliated

NorthEast United NorthEast United Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Football in India, Indian football. The club was founded on ...

on loan. He made his debut for NorthEast United on 13 October 2014 against

Kerala Blasters Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in India. The club was esta ...

. He started the match and played the full-match as NorthEast United won 1–0.

Delhi Dynamos (loan)

On 10 July 2015, ISL club Delhi Dynamos has signed Tochhawng in Domestic ISL draft for

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. He made 12 appearances for Delhi Dynamos in whole season as a left back player.

Pune City (loan)

On 25 May 2016, ISL club

FC Pune City Football Club Pune City was an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Pune, Maharashtra, which last participated in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football league system, under licence from All Ind ...

has signed Tochhawng on loan from

for the third edition of Hero ISL. On 12 October 2016, he made his debut for FC Pune City against his former club NorthEast United FC.

FC Goa Reserves

On 1 July 2018, He has signed for

FC Goa Reserves FC Goa Reserves and Academy is the reserve side and youth academy system of Indian Super League side FC Goa. Based in Goa, the reserve side participated in the I-League 2nd Division, the second division of Indian football, and currently in Go ...

in the I-League 2nd Division . On 21 January 2019, he made his debut for

against Hindustan F.C.

NEROCA

On 9 September 2019 he signed for NEROCA

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Gokulam Kerala *

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, 2021–22

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ralte, Zodingliana 1995 births Living people Indian men's footballers Shillong Lajong FC players NorthEast United FC players Odisha FC players FC Goa players Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Footballers from Mizoram I-League players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen India men's youth international footballers I-League 2 players NEROCA FC players Gokulam Kerala FC players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players