Lalrindika Ralte

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Lalrindika Ralte
Dika with East Bengal in 2019
Personal information
Full name Lalrindika Ralte
Date of birth (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Lunglei, Mizoram, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004-2009 IFA Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012
Churchill Brothers
 18 (7)
2010–2011 →
Pailan Arrows
(loan)		 7 (3)
2012–2017
East Bengal
 90 (18)
2014 → Mumbai City (loan) 14 (1)
2015 → Mumbai City (loan) 0 (0)
2016 →
Atlético Kolkata
(loan)		 13 (1)
2017–2018 NorthEast United 12 (0)
2018–2020 East Bengal 42 (4)
2021 Real Kashmir 10 (1)
Total 205 (35)
International career‡
2007–2008
India U16
 7 (3)
2009
India U19
 5 (2)
2011–2014 India U23 9 (1)
2011–2022 India 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:49, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Lalrindika Ralte (born 7 September 1992), popularly known as Dika, is a former Indian professional

attacking midfielder for Real Kashmir in the I-League
.

Born in a small town in Mizoram he started playing football at a very young age. During his playing career he has been regarded as one of the most talented footballers of the country in recent times with a brilliant left-foot and also a specialist in set pieces. Often a fan favourite among the Red and Golds for his genius understanding of the game and spectacular goals.[1]

Club career

Churchill Brothers and Pailan Arrows

Ralte started his career at

Mumbai to help Arrows win 2–1.[4]

Ralte moved back to Churchill for the

Pune in a 2–0 away victory.[9] He then scored his last goal of the season on 6 May 2012 against his former club, Pailan Arrows, in the 50th minute in a match that ended 3–2 in favor of his team.[10]

East Bengal

Dika's signed for

Selangor FA in a 1–0 home win for East Bengal; a left footed striker from outside the box, beating the Malaysian goalkeeper Norazlan Razali on the 43rd minute.[15]
On 9 April 2013, he scored a 25-yard long curling left-footer on the 86th minute to secure a 2–1 home win over Tampines Rovers FC in the AFC Cup group stage.[16] Ralte then would score his fourth goal of the AFC Cup against Kuwait SC on 1 October 2013 in the away leg of the 2013 AFC Cup semi-final match with a right-footed shot from the left of the box.[17] With the goal against Kuwait SC, he became the joint highest Indian scorer of the tournament with Bhaichung Bhutia.

Mumbai City(loan)

Ralte was picked up by

Andre Moritz twice in a 5–0 win over derby rivals FC Pune City.[19] Dika scored his first goal for Mumbai City on 7 December 2014 against Atletico de Kolkata in a 2–1 win.[20]

Return to East Bengal

In 2018 July, East Bengal announced the return of Didika before the

2018-19
season which was decided on the final day.
He joined Real Kashmir in 2021 January for a one year long deal.

Retirement

On 21 February 2022, Ralte announced a shocking retirement at the age of 29 through a social media post owing to personal and family reasons.[21]

International career

Ralte has played for India at the

2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifiers against Turkmenistan in which Ralte scored from a 36th-minute penalty to give India U23s a 4–1 victory.[28]

Ralte made his debut for the senior side on 10 July 2011 against

Nehru Stadium in Delhi; India drew 1–1 in that match.[30]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 25 March 2021[31] [32]

Club Season League Federation Cup CFL Premier A Durand Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Churchill Brothers
 2009–10 I-League 4 1 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0 9 1
2011–12
 14 6 3 0 — — 2 1 0 0 19 7
Total 18 7 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 28 8
Pailan Arrows
(loan)
2010–11
 I-League 7 3 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 7 3
East Bengal
2012–13
 21 5 4 1 11 3 4 0 7 3 47 12
2013–14 22 4 3 0 6 2 4 1 4 1 39 8
2014–15
 7 0 4 0 — — — — 1 0 12 0
2015–16
 2 0 2 1 — — — — 0 0 4 1
2016–17
 13 1 2 0 8 3 — — 0 0 23 4
Total 65 10 15 2 25 8 8[a] 1 12 4 125 25
Mumbai City (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 14 1 — — — — — — — — 14 1
Atlético Kolkata
(loan) 		2016 13 1 — — — — — — — — 13 1
North East United
2017-18
 12 0 1 0 — — — — — — 13 0
East Bengal
 2018-19 I-League 18 1 — — 7 1 — — — — 25 2
2019-20 9 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 20 2
Total 27 2 0 0 15 2 3 0 0 0 45 4
Real Kashmir 2020-21 I-League 10 1 — — — — — — — — 10 1
Career total 166 25 19 2 40 10 13 2 17 4 255 43
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in IFA Shield

National team statistics

[33] Statistics accurate as of 17 March 2015

India national team
Year Apps Goals
2011 9 0
2012 1 0
2013 2 0
2015 2 0
Total 14 0

Honours

India

Churchill Brothers

East Bengal

Atletico de Kolkata

References

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  12. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0–1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  13. ^ Vaz, John. "United Sikkim 0–1 East Bengal: Late Ralte goal seals three points for the away side". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  14. ^ Bera, Kaustav. "East Bengal 5–0 ONGC FC: Morgan's side demolish the Oilmen". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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  18. ^ "Lalrindika Ralte - Midfielder, Mumbai City FC | ISL Player Profile". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  19. ^ "The official site of Hero Indian Super League | Matchcentre". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  20. ^ "ISL: Mumbai's Ralte rattles Athletico de Kolkata". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  21. ^ "Want to keep working for Mizoram and Indian Football: Lalrindika Ralte". 13 February 2022.
  22. ^ "INDIA U16 6–0 Sri Lanka U16". Indian Football. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  23. ^ "INDIA U16 4–0 BHUTAN U16". Indian Football. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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  30. ^ "India vs Afghanistan LIVE Commentary". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  31. ^ "Lalrindika Ralte - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  32. ^ Lalrindika Ralte at Soccerway
  33. ^ "India - L. Ralte - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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