Loken Meitei

In this Meitei name, the family name is Moirangthem and the given name is Loken. "Meitei" is a name suffix.

Moirangthem Loken Meitei (born 4 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for I-League club Delhi.

Loken Meitei

Personal information
Full name	Moirangthem Loken Meitei
Date of birth	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Manipur, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team	Delhi
Youth career
2012–2014	Royal Wahingdoh
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Royal Wahingdoh	2	(0)
2016–2017	Real Kashmir	6	(0)
2017	Sagolband United	9	(1)
2017–2018	Kerala Blasters	6	(0)
2018–2019	Kerala Blasters B	7	(1)
2019–2020	TRAU	5	(0)
2020–2022	East Bengal	1	(0)
2022–2023	Real Kashmir	8	(0)
2023–	Delhi	0	(0)
International career
2015	India U19	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Career

Loken started his career with the youth set-up at Royal Wahingdoh^[1] before joining Shillong First Division side Shillong United for the 2014 season on loan.^[2]

He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh in the I-League on 27 January 2015 against Bharat FC, coming on as a 93rd-minute substitute for Bekay Bewar as Royal Wahingdoh won 2–1.^[3]

Kerala Blasters

On 23 July 2017, Meitei was selected in the 13th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by the Kerala Blasters for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.^[4] He made his debut for the club on 9 December 2017 against Goa. He started and played 62 minutes as Kerala Blasters lost 5–2.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 February 2023^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Royal Wahingdoh	2014–15	I-League	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Real Kashmir	2016–17	I-League 2nd Division	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
Kerala Blasters	2017–18	Indian Super League	6	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		7	0
Kerala Blasters B	2017–18	I-League 2nd Division	3	1	0	0	—		3	1
	2018–19		4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	Kerala Blasters B total		7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
TRAU	2019–20	I-League	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
East Bengal	2020–21	Indian Super League	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Real Kashmir	2022–23	I-League	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
Delhi	2023–24		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			35	1	1	0	0	0	36	1

1. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References

1. "Royals trounce Green Valley". Telegraph India. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. "Shillong United score five against Nongkrem". The Shillong Times. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
3. "Bharat FC 1-2 Royal Wahingdoh". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
4. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
5. "Goa 5-2 Kerala Blasters". Soccerway.
6. Loken Meitei at Soccerway