David Ngaihte
{{Short description|Indian footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Ngaihte
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Manipur, India
| height = {{height|m=1.76}}
| currentclub = Tollygunge Agragami F.C.
| clubnumber =
| position = Winger
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Goodwill FC
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = Southern Samity
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = Rangdajied
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = Shillong Lajong
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014
| clubs4 = → NorthEast United (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015
| clubs5 = F.C. Zalen
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = Guwahati F.C.
| years7 = 2017
| clubs7 = Minerva Punjab
| caps7 = 14
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2017
| clubs8 = Delhi Dynamos
| caps8 = 10
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2018
| clubs9 = Tollygunge Agragami F.C.
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 1 November 2017
| nationalteam-update =
}}
David Ngaihte (born 16 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tollygunge Agragami.
Career
=Early career=
With the motive to excel in academics and to get access to better education, David Ngaihte was sent to Delhi.
In the capital, while practising with friends in the evening, as is a norm with the North Eastern guys, a Delhi club named Goodwill FC sported him and offered him to play for them in 2008.
Even then, the college going David Ngaihte wasn't serious about the offer but took it up just for the sake of playing the game he loves.
With nothing to prove, he caught the eyes of the capital's football aficionados and soon earned a berth for the Delhi Santosh Trophy team.
He spent the next three years completing his academics and switching between Delhi clubs. It wasn't until the 2012 Santosh Trophy in Odisha that, David Ngaihte though he could curve out a career for himself in football.
Noticed by Southern Samity in the Santosh Trophy, he joined the Kolkata club and had tremendously contributed for the team's good run in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division that saw them in the final round of the competition.{{cite web|title=Manipur Footballer David Ngaihte Rocks For Rangdajied United|url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport10..181013.oct13|work=e-pao.net|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019141531/http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport10..181013.oct13|location=Imphal|date=17 October 2013|publisher=E-PAO|agency=Hueiyen News Service}}
=Rangdajied=
David made his professional debut for Rangdajied in the I-League on 4 October 2013 against Dempo at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong and played the whole match; as Rangdajied drew the match 2–2.{{cite web|last=Noronha|first=Anselm|title=Rangdajied United FC 2-2 Dempo SC: Papas denied his first win by the promoted outfit|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122561/rangdajied-united-fc-vs-dempo-sc/report|work=Goal.com|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007035441/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122561/rangdajied-united-fc-vs-dempo-sc/report|archive-date=7 October 2013}}
=Shillong Lajong=
On 5 May 2014 it was announced that Ngaihte has signed for Shillong Lajong on a one-year contract.{{cite web|title=Rangdajied winger David Ngaihte Moves to Shillong Lajong|url=http://www.feverpitch.in/news.php?newsid=2972&news=Rangdajied-Winger-David-Ngaihte-Moves-To-Shillong-Lajong|work=Feverpitch.in|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215945/http://www.feverpitch.in/news.php?newsid=2972&news=Rangdajied-Winger-David-Ngaihte-Moves-To-Shillong-Lajong|archive-date=12 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Career statistics
{{updated|10 March 2017}}{{Soccerway|david-ngaihte/314921}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Federation Cup !colspan="2"|Durand Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1" | Rangdajied United
|22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 |
| rowspan="1" | Shillong Lajong
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| rowspan="1" | NorthEast United FC (loan)
|2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| rowspan="1" | Shillong Lajong
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| rowspan="1" | Minerva Punjab FC
|10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| colspan="2"|Career total
!41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
References
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External links
- [http://i-league.org/?tb_player=k-c-ngaihte I-league Profile]
{{Delhi Dynamos FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngaihte, David}}
Category:Footballers from Manipur
Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Rangdajied United FC players
Category:Shillong Lajong FC players
Category:Minerva Academy FC players
Category:NorthEast United FC players
Category:Indian Super League players
Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen