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{{Short description|Indian footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Ngaihte
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.76}}
| currentclub = [[Tollygunge Agragami F.C.]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Goodwill FC
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = [[Southern Samity]]
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = [[Rangdajied United F.C.|Rangdajied]]
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014
| clubs4 = → [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015
| clubs5 = [[F.C. Zalen]]
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = [[Guwahati F.C.]]
| years7 = 2017
| clubs7 = [[Minerva Punjab FC|Minerva Punjab]]
| caps7 = 14
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2017
| clubs8 = [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
| caps8 = 10
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2018
| clubs9 = [[Tollygunge Agragami F.C.|Tollygunge Agragami]]
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 1 November 2017
| nationalteam-update =
}}

'''David Ngaihte''' (born 16 December 1989) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who last played as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]] for [[Tollygunge Agragami]].

==Career==

===Early career===
With the motive to excel in academics and to get access to better education, David Ngaihte was sent to [[Delhi]].
In the capital, while practising with friends in the evening, as is a norm with the North Eastern guys, a [[Delhi]] club named Goodwill FC sported him and offered him to play for them in 2008.

Even then, the college going David Ngaihte wasn't serious about the offer but took it up just for the sake of playing the game he loves.
With nothing to prove, he caught the eyes of the capital's football aficionados and soon earned a berth for the [[Delhi football team|Delhi Santosh Trophy team]].

He spent the next three years completing his academics and switching between Delhi clubs. It wasn't until the [[2012 Santosh Trophy]] in [[Odisha]] that, David Ngaihte though he could curve out a career for himself in football.

Noticed by [[Southern Samity]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]], he joined the Kolkata club and had tremendously contributed for the team's good run in the [[2013 I-League 2nd Division]] that saw them in the final round of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manipur Footballer David Ngaihte Rocks For Rangdajied United|url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport10..181013.oct13|work=e-pao.net|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019141531/http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport10..181013.oct13|location=Imphal|date=17 October 2013|publisher=E-PAO|agency=Hueiyen News Service}}</ref>

===Rangdajied===
David made his professional debut for Rangdajied in the [[I-League]] on 4 October 2013 against [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Shillong)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong]] and played the whole match; as Rangdajied drew the match 2–2.<ref>{{cite web|last=Noronha|first=Anselm|title=Rangdajied United FC 2-2 Dempo SC: Papas denied his first win by the promoted outfit|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122561/rangdajied-united-fc-vs-dempo-sc/report|work=Goal.com|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007035441/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122561/rangdajied-united-fc-vs-dempo-sc/report|archive-date=7 October 2013}}</ref>

===Shillong Lajong===
On 5 May 2014 it was announced that Ngaihte has signed for [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] on a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rangdajied winger David Ngaihte Moves to Shillong Lajong|url=http://www.feverpitch.in/news.php?newsid=2972&news=Rangdajied-Winger-David-Ngaihte-Moves-To-Shillong-Lajong|work=Feverpitch.in|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215945/http://www.feverpitch.in/news.php?newsid=2972&news=Rangdajied-Winger-David-Ngaihte-Moves-To-Shillong-Lajong|archive-date=12 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|10 March 2017}}<ref>{{Soccerway|david-ngaihte/314921}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Rangdajied United F.C.|Rangdajied United]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013-14]]
|22||2||2||0||0||0||–||–||24||2
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013-14]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||1||0
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[NorthEast United FC]] (loan)
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013-14]]
|2||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||2||0
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014-15]]
|6||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||6||0
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Minerva Punjab FC]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014-15]]
|10||1||0||0||0||0||–||–||10||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!41!!3!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!43!!3
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://i-league.org/?tb_player=k-c-ngaihte I-league Profile]

{{Delhi Dynamos FC squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ngaihte, David}}
[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Rangdajied United FC players]]
[[Category:Shillong Lajong FC players]]
[[Category:Minerva Academy FC players]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:NorthEast United FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Men's association football wingers]]
[[Category:Tollygunge Agragami FC players]]

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