Lalbiakhlua Jongte

Indian footballer

Lalbiakhlua Jongte
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth	Mizoram, India
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Mohammedan, (on loan from Hyderabad)
Number	33
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Indian Arrows	9	(0)
2020–	Hyderabad	0	(0)
2023–	→ Mohammedan (loan)	0	(0)
International career
2016	India U14
2017	India U15	4	(0)
2016–2018	India U16	7	(0)
2019–	India U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Lalbiakhlua Jongte (born 23 July 2002), commonly known as Biaka, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I-League club Mohammedan, on loan from Indian Super League club Hyderabad.

Club career

Born in Mizoram, Jongte was promoted to the Indian Arrows senior squad for 2018–19 I-League.^[1] On 28 December 2019, Jongte made his debut in the 2019–20 I-League, against Churchill Brothers.^[2]

International career

Jongte started his youth career with the India national under-14 team, and was a regular in the team list.^{[citation needed]} He won the SAFF U-15 Championship with the under-15s in 2017, and qualified for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification.^[3] He then represented India national under-16 football team in the Four Nation Tournament organised at Serbia, where he awarded "Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament",^{[citation needed]} as India won the tournament defeating Tajikistan in the final.^[4]

Jongte also won the SAFF U-19 Championship with the India national under-19 football team in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 August 2022^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Indian Arrows	2019–20	I-League	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Hyderabad	2020–21	Indian Super League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22		0	0	3^[a]	0	—		3	0
	2022–23		0	0	1^[a]	0	—		1	0
	Hyderabad total		0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
Mohammedan (loan)	2023–24	I-League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			9	0	4	0	0	0	13	0

^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

References

^ "Four India U-16 boys set for I-League debut with Indian Arrows". goal.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Churchill Brothers vs. Indian Arrows – 28 December 2019 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ "SAFF U-15 Championship 2017: India Colts beat Nepal to be crowned champions". goal.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "India U-16 defeat Tajikistan 4–2 to win four-nation tournament in Serbia". goal.com. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
^ Lalbiakhlua Jongte at Soccerway