Malsawmfela

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Malsawmfela

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|9|3}}

| birth_place = Aizawl, Mizoram, India

| height = {{height|m=1.69}}

| currentclub = Aizawl

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| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Mohun Bagan

| youthyears2 = 2009–2010

| youthclubs2 = Salgaocar

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Pailan Arrows

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2013–

| clubs2 = Aizawl

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| years3 = 2018

| clubs3 = Chanmari

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| years4 = 2017

| clubs4 = → Chennai City FC (loan)

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| nationalyears1 = 2008

|nationalteam1 = India U16

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2009

| nationalteam2 = India U19

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 4

| nationalyears3 = 2010

| nationalteam3 = India U23

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 1

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Malsawmfela (born 3 September 1993 in Aizawl, Mizoram) is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Aizawl F.C. in the Mizoram Premier League.

Club career

=Pailan Arrows=

After impressing on tour with the India U16 team in England Malsawmfela was signed by Salgaocar of the I-League.{{cite web|last=Madaan|first=Sachin|title=Indian Football: Profiling The Future – Malsawmfela|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/indian-football-profiling-the-future-malsawmfela/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730130535/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/indian-football-profiling-the-future-malsawmfela/|url-status=live}} However, after not playing for the club in the 2009–10 I-League season Malsawmfela signed for Pailan Arrows (the AIFF XI) who were a new team whose goal was to create a batch of players that would be able to qualify India for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He scored his first goal for the club on 30 December 2012 against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. in the 33rd minute to give Pailan a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|title=ARROWS VS. HINDUSTAN AERO 2 – 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/12/30/india/i-league/aiff-xi/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/1044797/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212181142/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/12/30/india/i-league/aiff-xi/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/1044797/|url-status=live}} He then scored his second goal of the season against Mumbai F.C. on 15 January 2011 in the 9th minute to give Pailan the lead 1–0 but a 95th-minute goal from Ebi Sukore meant that Pailan had to settle for a 1–1 draw.{{cite web|title=ARROWS VS. MUMBAI 1 – 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/01/15/india/i-league/aiff-xi/mumbai-fc/1044818/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012}} He then scored his third goal on 3 April 2011 against HAL SC again at the Bangalore Football Stadium in the 80th minute as Pailan routed HAL 4–0.{{cite web|title=HINDUSTAN AERO VS. ARROWS 0 – 4|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/04/03/india/i-league/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/aiff-xi/1044885/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-date=3 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203062058/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/04/03/india/i-league/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/aiff-xi/1044885/|url-status=live}}

While with Arrows, he was loaned out to I-League 2nd Division side DSK Shivajians for the 2013 I-League 2nd Division season.{{cite web|last=Choudhuri|first=Arunava|title=DSK Shivajians FC announce squad for 2nd Division I-League|url=http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/dsk-shivajians-fc-announce-squad-for.html|work=Arunfoot|accessdate=24 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024030529/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/dsk-shivajians-fc-announce-squad-for.html|archivedate=24 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

International career

Malsawmfela started his international career at the under-16 level in 2008 when the under-16 team went out for a camp in the United States and England. The tour of the United States was set up in Charleston, West Virginia where after 25 days of training the India U16 team won six out of the seven match-ups with Malsawmfela coming out as the top-scorer among the other India U16 players with 16 goals. Then in September 2008 the India U16 team started to tour England where they took on the under-16 teams of Everton and Manchester United. In the match against Everton, when India U16s where down 1–0, Malsawmfela scored the equaliser before Everton scored another to result in India U16s losing 2–1. Then when the India U16 team took on Manchester United's under-16 team Malsawmfela scored the opening goal in the 5th minute to give India U16s an early lead before Manchester United U16s took the lead 2–1 into halftime. However Malsawmfela scored the equaliser for India's U16s in the 2nd half as India's U16s went on to draw the match 3–3.

Malsawmfela then made his debut at the under-19s level on 5 November 2009 during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification against Iraq's U19s where India's U19s lost the match 5–0.{{cite web|title=Iraq U19s 5–0 India U19s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2271 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104205057/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2271 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }} Malsawmfela then scored a brace for the India under-19s on 12 November 2009 against Afghanistan U19s in the 48th and 67th minutes of the game as India's U19s went on to win the match 4–1.{{cite web|title=Afghanistan U19 1–4 India U19|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2262|work=The Asian Football Confederation|accessdate=25 December 2012}} He then scored a brace in India under-19s next match against Kuwait on 15 November 2009 in the 45th and 56th minutes of the match to give India's under-19s a 3–0 victory.{{cite web|title=India U19s 3–0 Kuwait U19s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2258 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204015528/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2258 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }} Malsawmfela then rose up the India national levels, when he made his debut for India at the under-23 level during the 2010 Asian Games in South Korea on 7 November 2010 against Kuwait when he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Jeje Lalpekhlua as India U23s lost the match 2–0.{{cite web|title=KUWAIT U23 VS. INDIA U23 2 – 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/11/07/asia/asian-games/kuwait-u23/india-u23/1045564/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012|archive-date=26 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926075641/http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/11/07/asia/asian-games/kuwait-u23/india-u23/1045564/|url-status=live}}

Malsawmfela then scored his first goal for India at the under-23 level on 23 February 2011 against Myanmar U23s during the first round of the 2012 Olympic qualifiers where India's U23s won 2–1.{{cite web|title=India U23s 2–1 Myanmar U23s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=407&matchId=3339 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210042044/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=407&matchId=3339 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2012 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }}

Career statistics

=Club=

Statistics accurate as of 26 December 2012

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Federation Cup !colspan="2"\|Durand Cup !colspan="2"\|AFC !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="3"\| Pailan Arrows \|2010–11 \|10	3	0	0	0	0	—	—	10	3
2011–12 \|4	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	4	0
2012–13 \|3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	3	0
colspan="2" \| Career total !17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3