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{{Short description|Indian football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lhingdeikim
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Lhingdeikim Kipgen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|1|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Peniel Village, [[Churachandpur]], [[Manipur]], India
| height = 1.50 m<ref name="AFC-squad-list">{{cite web |title=2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists |url=https://assets.the-afc.com/2026_AFC_U20_Womens_Asian_Cup/Finals/Downloads/Squads/AFC-U20-Women's-Asian-Cup-2026---squads.pdf?source=url |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |access-date=31 March 2026 }}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2019-2023
| clubs1 = Pehlum Lamhil Lawm
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 =
| clubs3 = Rani Laxmibai SA
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 12
| nationalyears1 = 2025–
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 2 January 2025
}}
'''Lhingdeikim Kipgen''' (23 January 2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIFF - Lhingdeikim Kipgen |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/151439?type=club |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=The AIFF}}</ref> is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] from [[Manipur]], who plays as a forward for the club [[Garhwal United FC|Garhwal United]] in the [[Indian Women's League 2]] and the [[India women's national football team]].

== Early life and career ==
Kipgen is from Peniel village, Tuibong TD block, [[Churachandpur]] district, Manipur, India. She started with the local club, Pehlum Lamhil Lawm. Later, she honed her skills at Baichung Bhutia Football Schools programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1165000451878698&set=a.633503148361767&type=3 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> She also played for [[Eastern Sporting Union]] in the [[2022–23 Indian Women's League]] season.

She made her senior India debut in the FIFA friendlies against [[Maldives]] at the [[Padukone - Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence|Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence]] in December and January 2025. She made her debut in the second friendly and scored her first four career goals for the country on 2 January 2025. She scored twice in each half (12', 16', 56', 59'). She is selected by the Indian chief coach [[Crispin Chettri]] for the National camp at [[RDS Stadium|Anantapur]], Andhra Pradesh, ahead of the [[2025 Pink Ladies Cup]], to be held at Sharjah, [[United Arab Emirates]], from 20 to 26 February 2025. On 17 February 2025, she was named in the final squad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=India women's head coach Crispin Chettri names 23-member squad for Pink Ladies Cup in UAE |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/india-womens-football-squad-pink-ladies-cup-russia-korea-republic-full-team-crispin-chettri/article69228786.ece |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crispin Chettri names 23-member squad for Pink Ladies Cup in UAE |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/crispin-chettri-names-23-member-squad-for-pink-ladies-cup-in-uae |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=The AIFF}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|2 January 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!National team!!Year!!Caps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=1|[[India women's national football team|India]]
|2025
|1
|4
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!1
!4
|}

:''Scores and results list India's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+List of international goals scored by Lhingdeikim
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || rowspan=4| 2 January 2025 || rowspan=4| Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, [[Bengaluru]], India || rowspan=4| {{fbw|MDV}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=4 align=center| 11–1 || rowspan=4| [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 3. || align=center|'''7'''–1
|-
| 4. || align=center|'''8'''–1
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/151439?type=club Lhingdeikim Kipgen] at [[All India Football Federation]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kipgen, Lhingdeikim}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2008 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's footballers]]
[[Category:India women's international footballers]]
[[Category:India women's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Manipur]]
[[Category:People from Churachandpur district]]
[[Category:Indian Women's League 2 players]]
[[Category:Eastern Sporting Union players]]
[[Category:Garhwal United FC players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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Rajesh Ghosh at 20:40, 8 April 2026