Jeje Lalpekhlua
Lalpekhlua in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Hnahthial, Mizoram, India | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Mohun Bagan | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Pune | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2013 | Pune | 54 | (15) |
| 2010–2011 | → Pailan Arrows (loan) | 15 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | Dempo | 18 | (5) |
| 2014– | Mohun Bagan | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Chennaiyin (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2015– | Chennaiyin | 20 | (9) |
| 2016 | → Mohun Bagan (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2017 | → Mohun Bagan (loan) | 4 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | India U19 | 2 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | India U23 | 17 | (6) |
| 2011– | India | 37 | (16) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:50, 30 May 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:40, 3 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Jeje Lalpekhlua (born 7 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays for Chennaiyin.
He scored the only goal in a win against Afghanistan in the SAFF Cup group stage match in Bangladesh. He led the Indian U19 team to the South Asian games in Sri Lanka. In the last group stage match he scored a hat-trick against Pakistan in a 5–1 win. He also scored four goals in his first three senior appearances for the India national football team. He also played a crucial role in India's 2011 SAFF Cup championship victory. In the 2015 SAFF Cup, he scored 3 goals, including an equalizer in the final as India won 2–1 after extra time.
He is also the third highest goalscorer in the Indian Super League and he won the Emerging Player of the League in the 2015 Indian Super League season.
In 2015, he won the I-league with Mohun Bagan and the Indian Super League with Chennaiyin and was subsequently named the FPAI Football Player of the Year.
Born in the small village of Hnahthial in Mizoram, Jeje was born in a football fanatic family. His father and elder brother played for a local Mizoram club – The Model Sporting Club, while his uncle represented Mizoram in the Santosh Trophy. Jeje made his debut for the Model Sporting Club four months after his dad had retired from the club.
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