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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dhanpal Ganesh
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| currentclub = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| clubnumber = 17
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Pune F.C. Academy|Pune]]
| years1 = 2011–2016
| clubs1 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = → [[Pailan Arrows]] (loan)
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] (loan)
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016−
| clubs4 = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]] (loan)
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–
| nationalteam2 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 12:03, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 11 August 2017
}}

'''Dhanpal Ganesh''' (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==

===Pune===
Born in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], Ganesh became the first player from the [[Pune F.C. Academy|Pune Academy]] to sign with the first-team at [[Pune F.C.|Pune]] in July 2011.<ref name="Pune Profile">{{cite web|title=Dhanapal Ganesh|url=http://punefc.com/?player=dhanapal-ganesh|work=Pune Football Club|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417121556/http://punefc.com/?player=dhanapal-ganesh|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the club on 18 December 2011 against [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] at the [[Fatorda Stadium]]; he came on in the 94th minute for [[Othallo Tabia]] as Pune won the match 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-11-churchill-bros-0-2-pune-fc/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417134350/http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-11-churchill-bros-0-2-pune-fc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his first start for the club in the I-League on 18 April 2012 against [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] in a 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-25-pune-fc-2-0-salgaocar-sc/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417122414/http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-25-pune-fc-2-0-salgaocar-sc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Pailan Arrows (loan)====
For the [[2012–13 I-League]] season Ganesh was loaned out to the [[Pailan Arrows]] for the whole season.<ref name="Loan Watch">{{cite web|title=Loan Watch: Dhanpal Ganesan|url=http://punefc.com/?news=loan-watch-dhanpal-ganesan|work=Pune Football Club|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=28 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228095451/http://punefc.com/?news=loan-watch-dhanpal-ganesan|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his debut for the Arrows on 28 August 2012 in the [[Durand Cup]] against [[Air India FC|Air India]] in which he started as Arrows drew the match 1–1.<ref name="Loan Watch"/> He then made his league debut for Pailan Arrows on the league opening day against [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]] on 6 October 2013.<ref name="Loan Watch"/> He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for [[Holicharan Narzary]] as the Arrows won the match 3–2.<ref name="Loan Watch"/>

===Return to Pune===
After a season with the Arrows, Dhanpal was back at Pune for the [[2013-14 I-League|2013-14 season]]. He would make 12 appearances in the league and would feature regularly in the starting line-up in the second half of the season. He kept up his good form and made his debut in the [[AFC Champions League]] in a qualifier against [[Hanoi T&T]] in a 0–3 loss.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punefc.com/afc-champions-league-play-off-pune-fc-0-3-hanoi-tt-fc/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417145434/http://punefc.com/afc-champions-league-play-off-pune-fc-0-3-hanoi-tt-fc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dhanpal would score his first senior goal for Pune in the opening game of Pune's [[2014 Durand Cup]] campaign in a 3–0 win over [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punefc.com/durand-cup-2014-rd-1-churchill-bros-0-3-pune-fc/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706152134/http://punefc.com/durand-cup-2014-rd-1-churchill-bros-0-3-pune-fc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He started in the first ever Pune Derby against [[Bharat FC]] but was sent-off following off the ball challenge on the 88th minute of the game which ended 1-1.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://punefc.com/i-league-2015-rd-14-pune-fc-1-1-bharat-fc/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417144823/http://punefc.com/i-league-2015-rd-14-pune-fc-1-1-bharat-fc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Chennaiyin===
In July 2015 Ganesh was drafted to play for [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] in the [[2015 Indian Super League]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Noronha |first=Anselm |title=Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/10/13460302/cavin-lobo-to-kerala-keegan-pereira-to-mumbai-and-the?ICID=SP_HN_1 |work=Goal.com |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=10 July 2015 |archive-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162437/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/10/13460302/cavin-lobo-to-kerala-keegan-pereira-to-mumbai-and-the?ICID=SP_HN_1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==International==
On 20 June 2012 it was confirmed that Ganesh would play for the [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]] team during [[2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeje first Pune FC player in India captain role; Ganeshan gets a nod|url=http://punefc.com/?news=jeje-first-pune-fc-player-in-india-captain-role-ganeshan-gets-a-nod|publisher=Pune Football Club|access-date=15 September 2012|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928132235/http://punefc.com/?news=jeje-first-pune-fc-player-in-india-captain-role-ganeshan-gets-a-nod|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his debut for the under-23 team on 23 June 2012 against [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]] in the 2013 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers in which India won 5–2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/u22ac-schedule-results?fixtureid=6328&stageid=242&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|title=2013 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers: India 5-2 Lebanon|access-date=16 September 2012|archive-date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210061522/http://www.the-afc.com/en/u22ac-schedule-results?fixtureid=6328&stageid=242&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|url-status=live}}</ref>
He made his senior debut on 17 March 2015 against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]], coming on as a substitute for [[Eugeneson Lyngdoh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/match/nepal-v-india/9eqodt24uvis6gu47rpkavai1|title=Nepal v India Live Commentary & Result, 17/03/2015, WC Qualification Asia | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211234/https://www.goal.com/en/match/nepal-v-india/9eqodt24uvis6gu47rpkavai1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|27 March 2020}}<ref>{{soccerway|ganeshan-dhanpal/267289}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup/Super Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
|[[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]]
|rowspan="3"|[[I-League]]||2||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||2||0
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
||12||0||2||0||0||0||4||0||18||0
|-
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
||16||0||4||0||4||1||—||—||24||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Pune total
!30!!0!!6!!0!!4!!1!!4!!0!!44!!1
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Pailan Arrows]] (loan)
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|rowspan="1"|I-League||18||0||2||1||1||0||—||—||21||1
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] (loan)
|[[2015 Indian Super League|2015]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Indian Super League]]||0||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
|[[2016 Indian Super League|2016]]
||0||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||0||0
|-
|[[2017–18 Indian Super League|2017–18]]
||17||2||1||0||—||—||—||—||18||2
|-
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League|2018–19]]
||0||0||0||0||—||—||6||0||6||0
|-
|[[2019–20 Indian Super League|2019–20]]
||5||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||5||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Chennaiyin total
!22!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!6!!0!!29!!2
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]] (loan)
|[[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
|rowspan="1"|I-League||17||1||3||1||—||—||—||—||20||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!87!!3!!12!!2!!5!!1!!6!!0!!110!!6
|}

==Honours==

===Club===

;Chennaiyin
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]] Champions
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017-18]] Champions

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://punefc.com/?player=dhanapal-ganesh Pune Football Club Profile].

{{Chennaiyin FC squad}}

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[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Pune FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Chennaiyin FC players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]

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