Personal information | |||
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Full name | Seiminlen Doungel | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bengaluru FC | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
JCT | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | East Bengal | 17 | (4) |
2013 | → Pailan Arrows (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Shillong Lajong | 15 | (1) |
2014 | → NorthEast United (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2015– | Bengaluru FC | 15 | (2) |
2015 | → Delhi Dynamos (loan) | 7 | (0) |
National team | |||
2014– | India U23 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:57, 15 February 2017 (UTC). |
Seiminlen Doungel (born 3 January 1994) also known as "Len" is an Indian footballer who plays as a striker for Bengaluru FC in the I-League.
Born in Saikul Manipur, Doungel started his career in the youth team of JCT before joining East Bengal of the I-League in 2011. During his first season with the club Doungel played only a few times before making his international cup debut for East Bengal in the AFC Cup on 9 May 2012 against Kazma. He started that match and played 72 minutes before being substituted off as East Bengal lost 2–1.
On 11 January 2013, during the 2012–13 season, Doungel was loaned out to fellow I-League side Pailan Arrows for the rest of the season. He made his debut for the side the next day on 12 January against Air India. He played 88 minutes before being substituted off as Pailan Arrows drew the match 1–1. He then scored his first professional goal of his career for the club on 24 March 2013 against Mohun Bagan. He found the net in the 49th minute but could not help his side from losing 3–2 that match.
Doungel then scored his second and final goal for Pailan Arrows on 20 April 2013 against Salgaocar. His 36th-minute strike being the lone goal for Arrows as the fell on the day 2–1.
For the 2013–14 season Doungel returned to East Bengal. He made his return debut for the club on 1 November 2013 against Salgaocar at the Kalyani Stadium. Doungel came on as a 71st-minute substitute for Chidi Edeh and then scored a 77th-minute goal for East Bengal, however, the club still went on to lose 3–2. He then scored his second goal of the season on 23 March 2014 against Rangdajied United after coming on as a 53rd-minute substitute for James Moga. East Bengal went on to win that match 3–1.