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{{short description|Indian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alen Deory
| image =
| fullname = Alen Deory Damlong
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.77}}
| currentclub = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) |Mohammedan SC]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 2010
| youthclubs1 = [[Sports Authority of India]]
| youthyears2 = 2011
| youthclubs2 = [[Tata Football Academy|Tata FA]]
| youthyears3 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs3 = [[IMG Academy]]
| youthyears4 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs4 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| youthyears5 = 2014–2015
| youthclubs5 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
| years1 = 2015–2018
| clubs1 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = → [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] (loan)
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] (loan)
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| clubs4 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| years4 = 2018–2020
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| clubs5 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) |Mohammedan SC]]
| years5 = 2020–
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = India U13
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2011
| nationalteam2 = India U14
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| nationalyears3 = 2011–2012
| nationalteam3 = [[India national under-16 football team|India U16]]
| nationalcaps3 =
| nationalgoals3 =
| nationalyears4 = 2013
| nationalteam4 = [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2017
| nationalteam5 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps5 = 3
| nationalgoals5 = 1
| nationalyears6 = 2018–2020
| nationalteam6 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps6 = 1
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| club-update = 1 June 2018 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 1 June 2018
}}

'''Alen Deory''' (born 12 January 1996) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays primarily as a [[Striker (association football)|forward]] for [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]] in the [[I-League]]

==Career==

===Early career===
Born in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], Deory belongs to [[Tiwa (Lalung)|Tiwa]] community (an indigenous Assamese community). He started his career when he joined the football program of the [[Sports Authority of India]] in Assam.<ref name="Alen United States U14">{{cite web|title=Alen Deori to train in United States |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul3110/sports07 |website=Assam Tribune |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022447/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul3110%2Fsports07 |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref> He then joined the [[Tata Football Academy]] in 2011 but only stayed for three-months before traveling to [[Florida]] in the [[United States]] to join the [[IMG Academy]] after receiving an IMG-Reliance Scholarship.<ref name="Alen United States U14"/> While at the IMG Academy, Alen was a part of the India IMG Academy team that defeated the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States women's senior team]] in a friendly match 4–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=India U-16 boys beat US Women's Senior Team|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4262|website=The All India Football Federation|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

After spending a couple years at the IMG Academy, Deory came back to India to join the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] Academy in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sarbajna|first1=Boudhayan|title=Indian Super League : High Local Flavor For North East United FC|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/indian-super-league-north-east-united-fc-rely-on-north-east-youngsters/|website=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> While with the AIFF Academy, Deory, along with teammate [[Udanta Singh]], took part in the Nike All Asia Camp where they were both selected to join the All-Star squad in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Achal|first1=Ashwin|title=Learn from the pros|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/learn-from-the-pros/article4436945.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

===Shillong Lajong===
On 21 July 2014, it was announced that Deory signed his first professional contract when he signed for [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] in the [[I-League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Shillong Lajong ropes in Aibor Khongjee, three others|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/i-league/Shillong-Lajong-ropes-in-Aibor-Khongjee-three-others/articleshow/38815218.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

====NorthEast United (loan)====
After signing for [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]], Deory sign on with their [[Indian Super League]] affiliated club, [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]], on loan for the [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014 season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Assam boys in ISL team for NE|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140823/jsp/northeast/story_18749247.jsp|website=Telegraph India|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> Deory then made his professional debut for NorthEast United on 8 November 2014 against [[Chennaiyin FC]]. He came on as a 61st-minute substitute for [[Seminlen Doungel]] as NorthEast United drew the match 2–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chennaiyin FC 2-2 NorthEast United|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/11/08/india/indian-super-league/chennai-titans/northeast-united/1931551/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

====Mumbai City====

After having a good season with Shillong Lajong FC, Mumbai City roped him to strengthen their attack.The 24-year-old Deory featured in only a single game for the club before leaving the side.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mohammedan SC rope in attacker Alen Deory from Mumbai City FC| url=https://footballexpress.in/i-league-mohammedan-signs-alen-deory-mumbai-city-isl/ |website=footballexpress.in|date=6 November 2020}}</ref>

==== Mohammedan SC====

Mohammedan SC signs one of India’s most promising youngster Alen Deory from Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mohammedan SC rope in attacker Alen Deory from Mumbai City FC| url=https://footballexpress.in/i-league-mohammedan-signs-alen-deory-mumbai-city-isl/|website=Football Express|date=6 November 2020}}</ref>

==International==
Deory has played for India at the under-13, under-14, [[India national under-16 football team|under-16]], [[India national under-19 football team|under-19]] and [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]] levels. He made his debut for the under-13 side in 2009 before joining the under-14 side the next year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Noronha|first1=Anselm|title=Alen Deory: NorthEast United FC can play against anybody|url=http://m.goal.com/s/en-india/news/5081485/|website=Goal.com|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> Deory was a part of the under-16 team that played in the [[2012 AFC U-16 Championship]] and then the under-19 team for the [[2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification|2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India hold China, end AFC U-16 Football with head held high|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/india-hold-china-end-afc-u16-football-with-head-held-high/article3942529.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India u-19 team for qualifiers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/india-u19-team-for-qualifiers/article5180892.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> In July 2017, he was selected in final [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]] squad which travelled to Qatar to play [[2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification]] and scored a goal against [[Turkmenistan national under-23 football team|Turkmenistan U23]].

==Career statistics==
{{updated|14 January 2015}}<ref>{{soccerway|alen-deory/383763}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]
|[[I-League]]||3||0||4||0||—||—||7||0
|-
|[[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
|[[I-League]]||9||0||3||1||—||—||12||1
|-
|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]
|[[I-League]]||12||1||2||0||—||—||14||1
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] (loan)
|[[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]]
|[[Indian Super League|ISL]]||5||0||—||—||—||—||5||0
|-
|[[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]]
|[[Indian Super League|ISL]]||2||0||—||—||—||—||2||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|[[Indian Super League|ISL]]||0||0||0||0||—||—||0||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!31!!1!!9!!1!!0!!0!!40!!2
|}

==Personal life==
Deory's favourite player is [[Cristiano Ronaldo]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Alen Deory: NorthEast United FC can play against anybody |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2014/09/04/5081485/alen-deory-northeast-united-fc-can-play-against-anybody|website=Goal.com|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=13 February 2015|author=Anselm Noronha}}</ref> and he also looks up to NorthEast United teammate [[Koke (footballer, born 1983)|Koke]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hope, Excitement and Confidence in Deory |url=http://www.assamtimes.org/node/12334|website=Assam Times|date=15 November 2014|accessdate=13 February 2015 |author=Anamika Dutta}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [http://alendeory.blogspot.in/ ALEN DEORY Profile]
* [http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/northeast-united-fc/midfielder-10687-alen-deory-playerprofile Indian Super League Profile].

{{Shillong Lajong F.C. squad}}
{{NorthEast United FC squad}}

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[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Guwahati]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Shillong Lajong F.C. players]]
[[Category:NorthEast United FC players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Assam]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]

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