Lhingdeikim Kipgen
{{Short description|Indian football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lhingdeikim
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| fullname = Lhingdeikim Kipgen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|1|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Peniel Village, Churachandpur, Manipur, India
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Garhwal United
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2019-2023
| clubs1 = Pehlum Lamhil Lawm
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| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = Eastern Sporting Union
| caps2 =
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| years3 =
| clubs3 = Rani Laxmibai SA
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| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Garhwal United
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| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2025–
| nationalteam1 = India U20
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = India
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 26 February 2025
}}
Lhingdeikim Kipgen (23 January 2008){{Cite web |title=AIFF - Lhingdeikim Kipgen |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/151439?type=club |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=The AIFF}} is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, who plays as a forward for the club Garhwal United in the Indian Women's League 2 and the India women's national football team.
Early life and career
Kipgen is from Peniel village, Tuibong TD block, Churachandpur district, Manipur, India. She started with the local club, Pehlum Lamhil Lawm. Later, she honed her skills at Baichung Bhutia Football Schools programme.{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1165000451878698&set=a.633503148361767&type=3 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.facebook.com}} She also played for Eastern Sporting Union in the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season.
She made her senior India debut in the FIFA friendlies against Maldives at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in December and January 2025. She made her debut in the second friendly and scored her first four career goals for the country on 2 January 2025. She scored twice in each half (12', 16', 56', 59'). She is selected by the Indian chief coach Crispin Chettri for the National camp at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, ahead of the 2025 Pink Ladies Cup, to be held at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, from 20 to 26 February 2025. On 17 February 2025, she was named in the final squad.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=India women's head coach Crispin Chettri names 23-member squad for Pink Ladies Cup in UAE |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-squad-pink-ladies-cup-russia-korea-republic-full-team-crispin-chettri/article69228786.ece |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Crispin Chettri names 23-member squad for Pink Ladies Cup in UAE |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/crispin-chettri-names-23-member-squad-for-pink-ladies-cup-in-uae |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=The AIFF}}
Career statistics
=International=
{{Updated|2 January 2025}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" |International caps and goals | |
| Year
!Caps | Goals |
|---|---|
| 2025
|1 |4 | |
| Total
!1 !4 |
:Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| +List of international goals scored by Lhingdeikim
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | rowspan=4| 2 January 2025 | rowspan=4| Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru, India | rowspan=4| {{fbw|MDV}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=4 align=center| 11–1 | rowspan=4| Friendly |
| 2. | align=center|3–0 | |||||
| 3. | align=center|7–1 | |||||
| 4. | align=center|8–1 |
Reference
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/151439?type=club Lhingdeikim Kipgen] at All India Football Federation.
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Category:Indian women's footballers
Category:India women's international footballers
Category:India women's youth international footballers
Category:Footballers from Manipur
Category:Sportswomen from Manipur
Category:People from Churachandpur district