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{{Western name order|Tekcham Abhishek Singh}}<br />
{{Meitei name|Tekcham|Abhishek|Singh}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Abhishek Singh<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| full_name = Abhishek Singh Tekcham<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|01|02|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India<br />
| height = 1.70 m<br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]]<br />
| currentclub = [[Mohun Bagan|Mohun Bagan]]<br />
| clubnumber = <br />
| youthyears1 = –2019<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Minerva Academy FC|Minerva Academy]]<br />
| years1 = 2019–2022<br />
| clubs1 = [[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|Punjab B]]<br />
| caps1 = 4<br />
| goals1 = 2<br />
| years2 = 2022–2025<br />
| clubs2 = [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]<br />
| caps2 = 38<br />
| goals2 = 1<br />
| years3 = 2025–<br />
| clubs3 = [[Mohun Bagan|Mohun Bagan]]<br />
| caps3 = 0<br />
| goals3 = 0<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2022<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 3<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
| nationalyears2 = 2025–<br />
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]<br />
| nationalcaps2 = 2<br />
| nationalgoals2 = 0<br />
| nationalyears3 = 2025–<br />
| nationalteam3 = [[India national football team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps3 = 4<br />
| nationalgoals3 = 0<br />
| club-update = 17:38, 10 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
| nationalteam-update = 17:38, 31 March 2026 (UTC)<br />
}}<br />
'''Abhishek Singh Tekcham''' ({{langx|mni|Tekcham Abhishek Singh}}, born 2 January 2005) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] and the [[India national football team|India national team]].<br />
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==Club career==<br />
Abhishek Singh started his career with [[Minerva Academy FC|Minerva Academy]], based in Punjab. In 2020, Minerva Academy parted away with [[Punjab FC]]. Some players from Minerva moved to Punjab FC, including Abhishek Singh before the [[2021–22 I-League]]. He won the [[2022–23 I-League]], the then second division league of Indian football, with Punjab FC.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ali |first1=Aasif |title=Who is Punjab FC's new rising star Tekcham Abhishek Singh? |url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-isl-punjab-fc-abhishek-singh-202411 |website=khelnow.com |access-date=3 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205154147/https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-isl-punjab-fc-abhishek-singh-202411 |archive-date=5 December 2024 |date=23 November 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I-League 2022-23: RoundGlass Punjab FC crowned champions, provisionally promoted to Indian Super League |url=https://www.espn.in/football/report/_/gameId/666587 |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321111240/https://www.espn.in/football/report/_/gameId/666587 |archive-date=21 March 2023}}</ref><br />
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==International career==<br />
Singh was part of the [[India national under-20 football team|India under-20]] squad for the [[2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification]] and played all the three matches of the qualifiers. On 11 March 2025, the then [[India national football team|India national team]] head coach [[Manolo Márquez]] announced Singh's inclusion in the squad for the third round of [[2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round|AFC Asian Cup qualification]] matches. He made his debut in a friendly against the [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] before the qualifiers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sudeshna |title=Abhishek gets first India call up for himself and Punjab FC |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/abhishek-gets-first-india-call-up-for-himself-punjab-fc/articleshow/118901504.cms |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316204508/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/abhishek-gets-first-india-call-up-for-himself-punjab-fc/articleshow/118901504.cms |archive-date=16 March 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Career statistics ==<br />
=== Club ===<br />
{{updated|19 April 2026}}<ref>{{soccerway|tekcham-singh/876091}}</ref><br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Club<br />
!rowspan="2"|Season<br />
!colspan="3"|League<br />
!colspan="2"|Super Cup<br />
!colspan="2"|Continental<br />
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup<br />
!colspan="2"|Other(s)<br />
!colspan="2"|Total<br />
|-<br />
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goal!!Apps!!Goal<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="3"|[[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|Punjab B]]<br />
|{{nowrap|[[2020 I-League qualifiers|2019–20]]}}<br />
|[[I-League 2|I-League 2nd Division]]<br />
|1||0|| colspan="8" |–||1||0<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Reliance Foundation Development League|2024]]<br />
|[[Reliance Foundation Development League|RFDL]]<br />
|3||2|| colspan="8" |–||3||2<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"|Total<br />
!4!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!2<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="4"|[[Punjab FC|Punjab]]<br />
|[[2022–23 RoundGlass Punjab FC season|2022–23]]<br />
|[[I-League]]<br />
|4||1|| colspan="8" |–||4||1<br />
|-<br />
|[[2023–24 Punjab FC season|2023–24]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Indian Super League]]<br />
|12||0||3||0|| colspan="2" |–||1||0||colspan=2|-||16||0<br />
|-<br />
|{{nowrap|[[2024–25 Punjab FC season|2024–25]]}}<br />
|22||0||2||0|| colspan="2" |–||3||0||colspan=2|-||27||0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"|Total<br />
!38!!1!!5!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!47!!1<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan SG]]<br />
|[[2025–26 Mohun Bagan Super Giant season|2025–26]]<br />
|Indian Super League<br />
|9||0<br />
|1||0<br />
|1 {{efn|name=AFCCL|Appearance(s) in[[AFC Champions League Two]]}}||0<br />
|4||0<br />
|2 {{efn|name=IFAShield|Appearance(s) in [[IFA Shield]]}}||0<br />
|17||0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="3"|Career total<br />
!51!!3!!6!!0!!1!!0!!8!!0!!2!!0!!68!!3<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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=== International ===<br />
{{updated|31 March 2026}}<ref name="NFTprofile">{{NFT|98688}}</ref><br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"<br />
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[India national football team|India]]<br />
|2025||3||0<br />
|-<br />
|2026||1||0<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |Total!!4!!0<br />
|}<br />
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==Honours==<br />
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'''Punjab FC'''<br />
* [[I-League]]: [[2022–23 I-League|2022–23]]<br />
'''Mohun Bagan SG'''<br />
* [[IFA Shield]]: [[2025 IFA Shield|2025]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal bar|India|Association football|Biography}}<br />
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/91171?type=club Tekcham Abhishek Singh] at AIFF<br />
* {{Soccerway|876091}}<br />
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{{Punjab FC squad}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tekcham, Abhishek Singh}}<br />
[[Category:2005 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:India men's international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:India men's youth international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab FC players]]<br />
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant players]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]<br />
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