Mandar Rao Dessai

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Mandar Rao Dessai
Dessai shaking hands with Manohar Parrikar at the 2014 Lusofonia Games
Personal information
Full name Mandar Rao Dattarao Dessai
Date of birth (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Mapusa, Goa, India
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 East Bengal
Number 17
Youth career
Dempo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Dempo 30 (3)
2014 → Goa (loan) 11 (0)
2015 → Goa (loan) 15 (3)
2016–2020 Goa 71 (3)
2016–2017 → Bengaluru (loan) 9 (1)
2020–2023 Mumbai City 41 (0)
2023– East Bengal 12 (0)
International career‡
2015 India U23 1 (0)
2019–2021 India 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2021 Maldives
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:33, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2021

Mandar Rao Dessai (born 18 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Indian Super League club East Bengal.

Career

Dempo

Desai made his professional debut for

Duler Stadium and played the match till 55th minute before he was replaced by Jeje Lalpekhlua as his team lost the match 0–3.[3]

Goa (loan)

Mandar represented

2014 Indian Super League, on loan from Dempo, and was a regular for his team on the left wing.[2]

Return to Dempo

After the

2014-15 I-League
, he could not prevent his team from getting relegated. He made 14 appearances, with only 5 starts in the league.

Goa (loan)

Mandar was retained by

Delhi Dynamos and Pune City in 2015 Indian Super League. Mandar scored his 3rd goal of the season against Kerala Blasters in a 1–5 win at Kochi on 29 November 2015, where he also assisted Reinaldo for the 3rd goal.[7]

Return to Dempo

After contractual problems, Mandar returned to play for Dempo, where he had a contract until the end of the

2015–16 season where he helped his team win promotion back to the I-League.[8]

Goa

Desai signed a permanent deal with

2016 Indian Super League season. He later went to Spain for a short training cum trial stint with La Liga side Villarreal CF.[9]

Mumbai City

In 2020, Dessai moved to

2020–21 season. He was later included in club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[10]

International

Mandar captained

2014 Lusophony Games where he made 4 appearances and scored once, as he led his team to the gold medal, beating the under-20 team of Mozambique in the final.[11][12]

Mandar made his India U23 debut in the 2014 Asian Games against UAE U23.[13]

Personal life

Mandar was in a relationship with Cecilie Bjørnstrup Andersen, an amateur Danish footballer, since 2018. They have a daughter namely Aya. The couple separated in 2021.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 April 2023[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dempo
 2013–14 I-League 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2014–15 14 0 1[a] 0 — 15 0
2015–16
I-League 2nd Division
 10 3 — — 10 3
Dempo total 30 3 1 0 — 31 3
Goa (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 11 0 — — 11 0
2015 15 2 — — 15 2
Goa 2016 12 1 — — 12 1
2017–18
 20 2 3[b] 0 — 23 2
2018–19
 19 0 0 0 — 23 0
2019–20
 20 0 — — 20 0
Goa total 97 5 3 0 — 100 5
Bengaluru (loan) 2016–17 I-League 9 1 0 0 2[c] 0 11 1
Mumbai City
2020–21
 Indian Super League 17 0 — — 17 0
2021–22 14 0 — 5[d] 0 19 0
2022–23 10 0 6[e][b] 0 1[f] 0 17 0
Mumbai City total 41 0 6 0 6 0 53 0
Career total 173 9 9 0 8 0 190 9
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Qualifier for AFC Champions League group stage

International

As of 16 October 2021[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2019 5 0
2021 4 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Dempo

  • 2015–16

Goa

Mumbai City

  • 2020–21
  • 2020–21
  • 2022–23

India

References

  1. ^ "Mandar Rao Married Desai". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Mandar Rao Dessai profile - Age, Goals, Avg. passes and more". Indian Super League.
  3. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0-3 Shillong Lajong FC: Glen ends the north eastern side's Goan voodoo". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ^ "FC Goa beat spirited Delhi Dynamos FC 2-0". Indian Super League.
  5. ^ "FC Goa bounce back with a 3-1 away win". Indian Super League.
  6. ^ "FC Goa down Kerala Blasters 2-1 to go top". Indian Super League.
  7. ^ "Kerala Blasters v Goa Live Commentary & Result, 29/11/15, Indian Super League | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  8. ^ "Indian Super League: Mandar Desai - Fines delaying my FC Goa renewal | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  9. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original
    on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  10. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original
    on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Lusofonia Games: Mozambique beat India to enter football semis - Times of India". The Times of India.
  12. ^ Daniel, Chris Punnakkattu (28 January 2014). "Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament".
  13. ^ "Result | FB | Sports". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b Mandar Rao Dessai at Soccerway
  15. ^ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

External links

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