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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Malsawmfela
| image =
| image_size =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|9|3}}
| birth_place = [[Aizawl]], Mizoram, India
| height = {{height|m=1.69}}
| currentclub = [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
| youthyears2 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs2 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| years1 = 2010–2013
| clubs1 = [[Pailan Arrows]]
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2013–
| clubs2 = [[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = [[Chanmari F.C.|Chanmari]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = → [[Chennai City FC]] (loan)
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2008
|nationalteam1 = [[India national under-16 football team|India U16]]
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2009
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 2010
| nationalteam3 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3 = 1
}}

'''Malsawmfela''' (born 3 September 1993 in [[Aizawl]], Mizoram) is an Indian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Aizawl F.C.]] in the [[Mizoram Premier League]].

==Career==

===Pailan Arrows===
After impressing on tour with the [[India national under-16 football team|India U16]] team in England Malsawmfela was signed by [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] of the [[I-League]].<ref name=ProfileTHT>{{cite web|last=Madaan|first=Sachin|title=Indian Football: Profiling The Future – Malsawmfela|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/indian-football-profiling-the-future-malsawmfela/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref> However, after not playing for the club in the [[2009–10 I-League]] season Malsawmfela signed for [[Pailan Arrows]] (the ''AIFF XI'') who were a new team whose goal was to create a batch of players that would be able to qualify India for the [[2018 World Cup]] in Russia.<ref name=ProfileTHT/> He scored his first goal for the club on 30 December 2012 against [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.]] in the 33rd minute to give Pailan a 2–1 victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARROWS VS. HINDUSTAN AERO 2 – 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/12/30/india/i-league/aiff-xi/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/1044797/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref> He then scored his second goal of the season against [[Mumbai F.C.]] on 15 January 2011 in the 9th minute to give Pailan the lead 1–0 but a 95th-minute goal from [[Ebi Sukore]] meant that Pailan had to settle for a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARROWS VS. MUMBAI 1 – 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/01/15/india/i-league/aiff-xi/mumbai-fc/1044818/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref> He then scored his third goal on 3 April 2011 against HAL SC again at the [[Bangalore Football Stadium]] in the 80th minute as Pailan routed HAL 4–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=HINDUSTAN AERO VS. ARROWS 0 – 4|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/04/03/india/i-league/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/aiff-xi/1044885/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref>

While with Arrows, he was loaned out to [[I-League 2nd Division]] side [[DSK Shivajians F.C.|DSK Shivajians]] for the [[2013 I-League 2nd Division]] season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Choudhuri|first=Arunava|title=DSK Shivajians FC announce squad for 2nd Division I-League|url=http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/dsk-shivajians-fc-announce-squad-for.html|work=Arunfoot|accessdate=24 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024030529/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/dsk-shivajians-fc-announce-squad-for.html|archivedate=24 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==International==
Malsawmfela started his international career at the [[India national under-16 football team|under-16]] level in 2008 when the under-16 team went out for a camp in the United States and England.<ref name=ProfileTHT/> The tour of the United States was set up in [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], West Virginia where after 25 days of training the India U16 team won six out of the seven match-ups with Malsawmfela coming out as the top-scorer among the other India U16 players with 16 goals.<ref name=ProfileTHT/> Then in September 2008 the India U16 team started to tour England where they took on the under-16 teams of [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref name=ProfileTHT/> In the match against Everton, when India U16s where down 1–0, Malsawmfela scored the equaliser before Everton scored another to result in India U16s losing 2–1.<ref name=ProfileTHT/> Then when the India U16 team took on Manchester United's under-16 team Malsawmfela scored the opening goal in the 5th minute to give India U16s an early lead before Manchester United U16s took the lead 2–1 into halftime.<ref name=ProfileTHT/> However Malsawmfela scored the equaliser for India's U16s in the 2nd half as India's U16s went on to draw the match 3–3.<ref name=ProfileTHT/>

Malsawmfela then made his debut at the [[India national under-19 football team|under-19]]s level on 5 November 2009 during the [[2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification]] against [[Iraq national under-20 football team|Iraq's U19s]] where India's U19s lost the match 5–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iraq U19s 5–0 India U19s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2271 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130104205057/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2271 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }}</ref> Malsawmfela then scored a brace for the India under-19s on 12 November 2009 against Afghanistan U19s in the 48th and 67th minutes of the game as India's U19s went on to win the match 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Afghanistan U19 1–4 India U19|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2262|work=The Asian Football Confederation|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref> He then scored a brace in India under-19s next match against Kuwait on 15 November 2009 in the 45th and 56th minutes of the match to give India's under-19s a 3–0 victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=India U19s 3–0 Kuwait U19s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2258 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130204015528/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=370&matchId=2258 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }}</ref> Malsawmfela then rose up the India national levels, when he made his debut for India at the [[India national under-23 football team|under-23]] level during the [[2010 Asian Games]] in South Korea on 7 November 2010 against Kuwait when he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for [[Jeje Lalpekhlua]] as India U23s lost the match 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=KUWAIT U23 VS. INDIA U23 2 – 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/11/07/asia/asian-games/kuwait-u23/india-u23/1045564/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref>

Malsawmfela then scored his first goal for India at the under-23 level on 23 February 2011 against [[Myanmar national under-23 football team|Myanmar U23s]] during the first round of the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 1|2012 Olympic]] qualifiers where India's U23s won 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=India U23s 2–1 Myanmar U23s |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=407&matchId=3339 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121210042044/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=407&matchId=3339 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2012 |work=The Asian Football Confederation |accessdate=25 December 2012 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
''Statistics accurate as of 26 December 2012''


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; 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="3"| [[Pailan Arrows]]
|[[2010–11 I-League|2010–11]]
|10||3||0||0||0||0||—||—||10||3
|-
|[[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]]
|4||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||4||0
|-
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|3||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||3||0
|-
! colspan="2" | Career total
!17!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!17!!3
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malsawmfela}}
[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Aizawl]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:I-League 2nd Division players]]
[[Category:Mizo people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Mizoram]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan AC players]]
[[Category:Salgaocar FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Aizawl FC players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Chanmari FC players]]
[[Category:Chennai City FC players]]

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