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{{short description|Indian association football player}}<br />
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|name = Damaitphang Lyngdoh<br />
|image = <br />
|fullname = <br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|10|7|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Umlyngka, [[Meghalaya]], India<br />
|height = 155 cm<br />
|position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]<br />
|currentclub = [[Bengaluru FC]]<br />
|clubnumber = 14<br />
|youthyears1 = 2017<br />
|youthclubs1 = [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya State Team]]<br />
|youthyears2 = 2017–19<br />
|youthclubs2 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy#Under–15|Bengaluru FC U16]]<br />
|youthyears3 = 2019–20<br />
|youthclubs3 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy#Under–18|Bengaluru FC U18]]<br />
|youthyears4 = 2019–20<br />
|youthclubs4 = [[Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy#Reserves|Bengaluru FC B]]<br />
|years1 = 2021–<br />
|clubs1 = [[Bengaluru FC]]<br />
|caps1 = 1<br />
|goals1 = 0<br />
|nationalyears1 = <br />
|nationalteam1 = <br />
|nationalcaps1 = <br />
|nationalgoals1 = <br />
|club-update = 24 April 2021<br />
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'''Damaitphang Lyngdoh ''' (born 7 October 2003) is an [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]] who currently plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in the [[Indian Super League]] and [[AFC Cup]].<ref name="DL1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bengalurufc.com/2021/bfc-b/the-lyngdoh-in-our-loom/|title=The Lyngdoh in our loom|publisher=Bengaluru FC|date=31 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Youth==<br />
===Meghalaya State Team===<br />
Damaitphang and his friends made their way to the trails for [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya state football team]], much to his surprise the then 14-year-old got selected to represent his state in the sub-junior nationals which were being held in [[Kerala]].<ref name="DL1"></ref><br />
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===Bengaluru FC U-15, U-18 and B team===<br />
During the sub-junior national tournament of 2017, Damaitphang was caught by the eyes of then Bengaluru FC U-15 team's head coach Ajay Chorge. His goals tallied at 9, putting him among the joint top six scorers of the Junior League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesportsroom.in/2019/05/02/damaitphang-lyngdoh-finishes-with-9-goals-for-bengaluru-in-junior-league-zonals/|title=Damaitphang Lyngdoh finishes with 9 goals for Bengaluru in Junior League zonals|publisher=The Sports Room|date=2 May 2019}}</ref> As the season progressed, he kept on attracting more eyes and later was to promoted to the U-18 team and then to the B team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bengalurufc/status/1121332343552086016?s=20|title=BFC U15 playmaker Damaitphang Lyngdoh scored his fifth goal of the campaign with a delightful lob over the Sporthood FC goalkeeper in the second half yesterday|publisher=Bengaluru FC twitter|date=25 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Bengaluru FC===<br />
It was in March of 2021 when the 17-year-old did enough in the B team to impress the new coach at helm, [[Marco Pezzaiuoli]]. He was soon asked to train with the senior team before being handed a ticket to Goa, as part of the squad for the [[2021 AFC Cup]] campaign.<ref name="DL1"></ref><br />
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Damaitphang made his debut for the club on 14 April 2021 after he came as a substitute on 71st minute of the game against [[Nepal Army Club|Tribhuvan Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/bengalurufc/status/1382356043024326664?s=19|title=A massive moment for our Youth Development program as Damaitphang Lyngdoh comes on to replace Khabra, and make his first team debut|publisher=Bengaluru FC Twitter|date=14 April 2021}}</ref> and became the youngest player to represent senior team of Bengaluru FC at the age of 17 years 190 days<ref name="DL1"></ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
The third of four sons, Damaitphang hails from Umlyngka, a tiny village in the [[East Khasi Hills district|East Khasi Hills]] of Meghalaya. His mother works a government job, while his father operates a taxi in the village. On days that went long, young Lyngdoh made his way to the only nine-a-side ground in his locality.<ref name="DL1"></ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from East Khasi Hills district]]<br />
[[Category:People from Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]<br />
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]</div>>Lancepark