Phurba Lachenpa

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Phurba Lachenpa
Personal information
Full name Phurba Tempa Lachenpa[1]
Date of birth (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Sikkim, India
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Mumbai City
Number 1
Youth career
Shillong Lajong
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Shillong Lajong 22 (0)
2019–2020 Real Kashmir 15 (0)
2020– Mumbai City 48 (0)
International career
2023– India 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:58, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Phurba Lachenpa (born 4 February 1998) is an Indian professional

India national team.[2]

Club career

Shillong Lajong

He joined

Shillong Lajong's youth side that competed in the Shillong Premier League.[4] In September 2016, after recovering from a serious head injury, Lachenpa was named the club's player of the month. Shillong Lajong head coach, Thangboi Singto, praised Lachenpa saying "After suffering a serious head injury and undergoing an operation, he recovered and came back stronger and has shown a great improvement".[5]

During the

DSK Shivajians coming as a substitute after Vishal's red card in seventy fifth minute but Shillong managed to win 3–2.[6]
The next season, Lachenpa was made the club's first choice goalkeeper after Vishal's departure to
Mohun Bagan in last league game.[11]
Shillong Lajong got relegated that season.

Real Kashmir

On 1 July 2019, following the expiration of his contract at Shillong, he joined

2019-20 I-League where Kashmir's remaining five matches were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
.

Mumbai City

2020-21

On 23 October 2020, Lachenpa signed for Indian Super League club Mumbai City on a four-year deal.[16] He was the club's second choice goalkeeper, behind legendary Amrinder Singh.

Lachenpa made his debut and his only appearance of the

Indian Super League title in his first season.[19]

2021-22

After Amrinder's departure to

East Bengal, which ended in a 0–0 stalemate.[20][21]

He was later included in the club's

Al Shabab
with seven points failing to advance to knockout stage. But Mumbai's performance was the best ever performance ever by an Indian Club at AFC Champions League.

2022-23

For

Bektur Amangeldiev and had to be substituted in a 5–1 win which also resulted in the next match miss.[29]
He kept a clean-sheet in the semi-final 1–0 win over I-League side Mohammedan. He played in the final where Mumbai lost 2–1 to
ISL season keeping seven cleansheets with Mumbai finishing top of the table winning the Winners' Shield. In playoffs, He played in both legs against Bengaluru FC where the first one ended in a 1–0 loss and the second one in a 2–1 win taking it to penalty shootout where his side lost 9–8.[31]

He played in

He also played in
Churchill Brothers and NorthEast United FC where first one ended in a 2–1 win and second one in a loss by same margin. He missed last group stage game against Chennaiyin FC due to a minor injury [33] with Mumbai being eliminated in group stage on goal difference. On 28 June 2023, Lachenpa extended his contract keeping him at the club until 2026.[34]

2023-24

On 28 October 2023, in Mumbai's match vs Hyderabad FC, Phurba was shown a red card for a rash challenge on Joe Knowles, as the team suffered a 1–1 draw.[35] Phurba got his first clean sheet of the season on 8 December 2023, in the team's match versus Bengaluru FC.[36] This was followed up by two more consecutive clean sheets, versus FC Goa and East Bengal FC.[37][38] He started all 6 of Mumbai's 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage matches, as the club were knocked out in the group stage without winning a single match.[39]

In the

Yoell van Nieff set piece.[44] However, Mumbai lost in the semi-final to Odisha FC, thanks to a 42nd-minute penalty from ex-Mumbai forward Diego Maurício.[45]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 July 2023[46]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shillong Lajong 2016–17 I-League 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2017–18 13 0 1[b] 0 14 0
2018–19 9 0 0 0 9 0
Shillong Lajong total 22 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
Real Kashmir 2019–20 I-League 15 0 4[c] 0 19 0
Mumbai City 2020–21 Indian Super League 1 0 0 0 1 0
2021–22 3 0 0 0 5[d] 0 8 0
2022–23 22 0 8[e] 0 1[f] 0 31 0
Mumbai City total 26 0 8 0 6 0 40 0
Career total 63 0 14 0 6 0 83 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  4. AFC Champions League
  5. Indian Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions

Honours

Mumbai City

India

Individual

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