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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fanai Lalrempuia
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|5|11|df=y}}<ref name="Pune Profile">{{cite web|title=Fanai Lalrempuia|url=http://punefc.com/?player=f-lalrempuia|work=Pune Football Club|access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Lunglei]], [[Mizoram]], India<ref name="Pune Profile"/>
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}<ref name="Pune Profile"/>
| currentclub = [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
| clubnumber = 23
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Central midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Bazarveng FC
| youthyears2 = 2010
| youthclubs2 = Maomit High School
| youthyears3 = 2011–2013
| youthclubs3 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
| years1 = 2013–2015
| clubs1 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
| caps1 = 27
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016–
| clubs3 = [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
| caps3 = 17
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = → [[Minerva Punjab FC|Minerva Punjab]] (loan)
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013–
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 07:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 26 December 2013
}}

'''Fanai Lalrempuia''' (born 11 May 1996) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder|central midfielder]] for [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] in the [[Indian Super League]]. He is known for his superb ball control, accurate passing and speed.<ref name="Pune Profile"/>

==Career==
===Early career===
Born in [[Lunglei]], [[Mizoram]], Lalrempuia started to play football from the age of 11 for his local side Bazarveng FC.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> Under the coaching of Flalbiakchhunga, his head coach at Bazarveng FC, Lalrempuia started to improve as a player.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> Eventually he was selected to join the Maomit High School under-14 side that was to compete in the [[Subroto Cup]] in 2010.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> While playing in the Subroto Cup Lalrempuia was spotted by [[Pune F.C. Academy]] assistant coach [[Gift Raikhan]] who then selected Fanai to trial at the academy.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> After the trial Lalrempuia was selected to join the academy. During his two seasons with the academy, Lalrempuia won the [[I-League U19]] twice in [[2012 I-League U20|2012]] and [[2013 I-League U20|2013]] while also scoring a total of six goals during that time.<ref name="Pune Profile"/>

===Pune===
Then at the age of only 16, Lalrempuia made his professional debut for [[Pune F.C.|Pune]] in the [[I-League]] on 20 April 2013 against [[Air India FC|Air India]] at the [[Balewadi Sports Complex]].<ref name="Pro Debut">{{cite web|title=Air India vs. Pune 0 – 6|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/20/india/i-league/air-india/pune-fc/1395270/|work=Soccerway|access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> He came on in the 55th minute of the match as a substitute for [[Velington Rocha]] as Pune went on to win the match 6–0.<ref name="Pro Debut"/> Lalrempuia scored his first goal in the I-League on 4 April 2015 against [[Bharat FC]] in the first ever Pune derby.<ref>http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/pune-vs-bharat-fc/1981035/report</ref>

=== NorthEast United ===
In 2016, Lalrenpuia has signed with [[Indian Super League]] club [[NorthEast United]].

==International==
On 28 September 2013, it was announced that Lalrempuia had been selected into the 23-man squad for the [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]] side during the [[2014 AFC U-19 Championship]] qualifiers.<ref>{{cite web|title=23-member Squad to reach Doha on Sunday|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5260|work=The All India Football Federation|access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> He then made his international debut for the country at the U19 level in India's first match of qualifiers against [[Qatar national under-20 football team|Qatar U20]] on 4 October 2013.<ref name="U19 Debut">{{cite web|title=India U19 0–2 Qatar U19 |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u19-championship-2014-schedule-results.html?fixtureid=7558&stageid=293&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary |work=The All India Football Federation |access-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007065757/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u19-championship-2014-schedule-results.html?fixtureid=7558&stageid=293&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary |archive-date=7 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> He started the match and lasted the full 90 minutes as India lost 2–0.<ref name="U19 Debut"/>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|20 March 2021}}<ref>{{soccerway|fanai-lalrempuia/292792}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation/Super Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|[[I-League]]||3||0||0||0||—||—||3||0
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|I-League||11||0||2||0||4||0||17||0
|-
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|I-League||13||2||0||0||—||—||13||2
|-
|[[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
|[[2015 FC Pune City season|2015]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||3||0||0||0||—||—||3||0
|-
|[[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]] (loan)
|[[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
|I-League||5||0||0||0||—||—||5||0
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
|[[2016 NorthEast United FC season|2016]]
|Indian Super League||2||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||2||0
|-
|[[2017–18 NorthEast United FC season|2017—18]]
|Indian Super League||3||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||4||0
|-
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|Indian Super League
|2
|0
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |_
|3
|0
|-
|[[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|Indian Super League
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |_
|1
|0
|-
|[[2020–21 Indian Super League season|2020–21]]
|Indian Super League
|9
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |_
|9
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!17
!0
!1
!0
! colspan="2" |—
!18
!0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!57!!2!!3!!0!!4!!0!!64!!2
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{NorthEast United FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalrempuia, Fanai}}
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Lunglei district]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mizoram]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Pune FC players]]
[[Category:NorthEast United FC players]]
[[Category:RoundGlass Punjab FC players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:FC Pune City players]]

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