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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lalchhuanmawia
| image =
| fullname = Lalchhuanmawia Fanai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|4|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lengpui]], [[Mizoram]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Full-back (association football)|Left back]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2010–2012
| clubs1 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| caps1 = 20
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2014
| clubs2 = [[Shillong Lajong FC|Shillong Lajong]]
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2014–2017
| clubs3 = [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = → [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]] (loan)
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017–2019
| clubs5 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2020
| clubs6 = [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–2021
| clubs7 = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2021–2022
| clubs8 = [[RoundGlass Punjab FC|RoundGlass Punjab]]
| caps8 = 9
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 18:27, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 15:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
}}

'''Lalchhuanmawia Fanai''' (born 14 April 1989), is an Indian professional [[Football player|footballer]] who plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].

==Career==
===JCT===
Chhuantea started his professional career from Punjab-based team JCT FC, where he has played for them Punjab Football League and in I-League for 2 years. He has also represented [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]] in Santosh Trophy.

===Shillong Lajong===
Chhuantea played for Shillong Lajong from 2012 to 2014 and made 30 appearances.<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|-lalchhuanmawia/271546}}</ref> On 4 November 2012, Chhuantea made his debut for Lajong against [[United S.C.]] in which Lajong won by 3–2; after that Chhuantea score the winning goal for his new team Lajong won by 1–0 against HAL Bangalore.

===Bengaluru===
In July 2014, it was announced that Chhuantea signed one-year deal with [[Bengaluru FC]].<ref name="BFCThree">{{cite web|url=http://www.bengalurufc.com/complete_news/club/143 |title=BFC makes three new signings |date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718035956/http://www.bengalurufc.com/complete_news/club/143 |archivedate=18 July 2014 }}</ref> On 24 January 2015, Chhuantea made his debut for Bengaluru FC against [[Pune F.C.|Pune FC]] at Bangalore Football Stadium. In his debut season with Bengaluru, he has made 16 appearances and has helped them to win I-League. On 4 February 2015, Chhuantea made his [[AFC Champions League]] debut against [[Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.|Johor Darul Ta'zim]] at [[Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]] Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/|title=All Competitions | AFC|website=the-AFC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/24/india/i-league/bengaluru/pune-fc/1980974/|title=Bengaluru vs. Pune - 24 January 2015 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> He signed a two-year contract with Bengaluru at the end of the season, which would keep him at the club until the end of the 2016-17 I-League season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lyngdoh, Walker pen new Bengaluru FC deals |url=http://bengalurufc.com/detailclubnews.php?id=186 |work=[[Bengaluru FC]] |date=4 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618214545/http://bengalurufc.com/detailclubnews.php?id=186 |archivedate=18 June 2015 }}</ref>

====Mumbai City (loan)====
In July 2015 Chhuantea was drafted to play for [[Mumbai City FC]] 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 |accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref> He made total 9 appearances for Mumbai City in whole ISL season.

===Pune City===
On 23 July 2017, Fanai has been picked up by FC Pune City for 2017-18 ISL season.

===Chennaiyin FC===
In September 2020, Fanai signed a one-year deal with [[Chennaiyin FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chennaiyinfc.com/full-backs-chhuantea-fanai-and-reagan-singh-join-chennaiyin-fc-for-2020-21-season/|title=Full-backs Chhuantea Fanai and Reagan Singh join Chennaiyin FC for 2020-21 season|website=chennaiyinfc.com|accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>

==International career==
On 11 June 2015, Chhuantea made his debut for the [[India national football team]] in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier]] against [[Oman national football team|Oman]].

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|8 March 2022}}<ref>{{soccerway|lalchhuanmawia/271546}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Shillong Lajong FC|Shillong Lajong]]
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
| rowspan="3" |[[I-League]]
|17||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||17||0
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|13||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||13||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|[[2014–15 Bengaluru FC season|2014–15]]
|16||0||1{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearances in the [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]}}||0||5{{efn|name=statsAFCCL|Appearances in the [[AFC Champions League]]}}{{efn|name=statsAFCC|Appearances in the [[AFC Cup]]}}||0||22||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]] (loan)
|[[2015 Mumbai City FC season|2015]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian Super League]]
|9||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||9||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|[[2015–16 Bengaluru FC season|2015–16]]
| rowspan="1" |I-League
|12||0||0||0||8{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||0||20||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]] (loan)
|[[2016 Mumbai City FC season|2016]]
| rowspan="1" |Indian Super League
|1||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||1||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|[[2016–17 Bengaluru FC season|2016–17]]
| rowspan="1" |I-League
|0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=statsAFCC}}||0||1||0
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
|[[2017–18 FC Pune City season|2017–18]]
| rowspan="4" |Indian Super League
|9||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||9||0
|-
|[[2018–19 FC Pune City season|2018–19]]
|7||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||7||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
|[[2019–20 Odisha FC season|2019–20]]
|3||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||3||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
|[[2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season|2020–21]]
|4||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||4||0
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[RoundGlass Punjab FC|RoundGlass Punjab]]
|[[2021–22 I-League|2021–22]]
| rowspan="1" |I-League
|3||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||3||0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!94!!0!!1!!0!!14!!0!!109!!0
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[India national football team|India]]
|2015||3||0
|-
|2016||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!4!!0
|}

==Honours==

'''[[Bengaluru FC]]'''
*[[Indian Federation Cup]]: [[2014–15 Indian Federation Cup|2014–15]]
*[[I-League]]: [[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]

'''India'''
* [[SAFF Championship]]: [[2015 SAFF Championship|2015]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/36954/lalchhuan-mawia/ Profile] at Goal.com

[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Shillong Lajong FC players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mizoram]]
[[Category:People from Mamit district]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]
[[Category:Mumbai City FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Men's association football full-backs]]

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