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{{short description|Indian footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Manglenthang Kipgen
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|06|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gamnomphai]], [[Manipur]], India
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
| clubnumber = 17
| youthyears1 = 2020–21
| youthclubs1 = FC Madras
| youthyears2 = 2021–24
| youthclubs2 = [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
| years1 = 2022–
| clubs1 = [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
| caps1 = 12
| goals1 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2023–24
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| club-update = 15:30, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 15:30, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
}}

'''Manglenthang Kipgen''' (born 3 June 2005) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for the [[Indian Super League]] club [[Punjab FC|Punjab]].<ref name="aiff">{{cite web |title=Manglenthang Kipgen profile |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/107339?type=club |publisher=[[All India Football Federation]] |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>

== Club career ==
Kipgen started playing football at a very young age of six. He used to play barefoot in his school. In 2020, he joined FC Madras at the age of 15. He remained there for one season before joining [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]'s [[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|youth team]]. In 2022, he played his first competitive league matches in the [[2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup]]. However, he played 3 matches for the senior team of Punjab at the [[2022–23 I-League]], then second tier of [[Indian football league system]]. He won this edition of [[I-League]] with Punjab, his first senior championship title. For the next season, he played for both youth as well as senior team. He played six matches for the youth team at the [[2023 Reliance Foundation Development League|2023]] [[Reliance Foundation Development League|Development League]] and scored 2 goals.<ref name="aiff"/><ref name="I league">{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/roundglass-punjab-gains-isl-promotion-clinches-i-league-title/article66581077.ece|title=RoundGlass Punjab FC wins I-League title, gains ISL promotion|date=4 March 2023|access-date=4 March 2023|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=[[Sportstar]]|archive-date=4 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304174447/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/roundglass-punjab-gains-isl-promotion-clinches-i-league-title/article66581077.ece}}</ref><ref name="sportstar">{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharjee |first1=Neeladri |title=Manglenthang Kipgen, the Next Gen star looking to turn more heads in Indian football at SAFF U20 Championship 2024 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/manglenthang-kipgen-profile-india-u20-saff-championship-2024-premier-league-next-gen-punjab-fc-news/article68532838.ece |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 August 2024}}</ref>

Following the championship of 2022–23 I-League, Punjab was promoted to the [[Indian Super League]] (ISL), the top tier league of India. He made his ISL debut against [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] on 29 October 2023. He also represented the club in [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]] and [[Durand Cup]]. In 2024, he played in the [[Next Generation Cup|Next Gen Cup]] and scored highest number of goals for the youth team.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="sportstar"/><ref name="isl">{{cite web |title=Manglenthang Kipgen profile |url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/midfielder-176253-manglenthang-kipgen-profile |publisher=[[Indian Super League]] |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> He also won the [[2024 Reliance Foundation Development League|2024 Development League]] with the youth team, his first youth championship title.<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab FC beats East Bengal to lift maiden RFDL National Youth Championship 2023-24 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/former-mohun-bagan-coach-helps-punjab-beat-east-bengal-to-win-national-youth-championship-rfdl-2023-24/article68190849.ece |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524190153/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/former-mohun-bagan-coach-helps-punjab-beat-east-bengal-to-win-national-youth-championship-rfdl-2023-24/article68190849.ece |archive-date=24 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== International career==
Kipgen was part of the [[India national under-23 football team|India under-19]] squad that won the [[2023 SAFF U-19 Championship]]. In the final against [[Pakistan national under-20 football team|Pakistan]], he scored a [[Hat-trick#Football codes|brace]] to help India to win the championship.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghosh |first1=Soumo |title=Manglenthang Kipgen: A valuable addition to limited game time |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/manglenthang-kipgen-a-valuable-addition-to-limited-game-time |access-date=24 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524191335/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/manglenthang-kipgen-a-valuable-addition-to-limited-game-time |archive-date=24 May 2025 |date=24 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SAFF">{{cite web |title=SAFF U-19 Championship 2023 match report Pakistan vs India |url=https://saffederation.org/uploads/651837674ce95.pdf |publisher=[[South Asian Football Federation]] |access-date=24 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524191412/https://saffederation.org/uploads/651837674ce95.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2025 |date=30 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2025, [[India national under-23 football team|India under-23]] head coach [[Naushad Moosa]] listed Kipgen in the 29-members probable squad for two friendlies that will be held in Tajikistan in June 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naushad Moosa names 29-member probable squad for India U23s |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/naushad-moosa-names-29-member-probable-squad-for-india-u23s |publisher=[[All India Football Federation]] |access-date=22 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522171716/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/naushad-moosa-names-29-member-probable-squad-for-india-u23s |archive-date=22 May 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{{updated|23 May 2025}}<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|manglenthang-kipgen/882850}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Durand Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goal
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
|[[2022–23 RoundGlass Punjab FC season|2022–23]]
|[[I-League]]
|3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||0
|-
! colspan="2"| Total
!3!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!3!!0
|-
|[[2023–24 Punjab FC season|2023–24]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian Super League]]
|4||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||6||0
|-
|[[2024–25 Punjab FC season|2024–25]]
|5||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||6||0
|-
! colspan="2"| Total
!9!!0!!2!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!12!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!12!!0!!2!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!15!!0
|}


== Honours ==
;Club:
'''[[Punjab FC Reserves and Academy|Punjab FC youth team]]'''
* [[Reliance Foundation Development League|Development League]]: [[2024 Reliance Foundation Development League|2024]]<ref name="sportstar"/>
'''[[Punjab FC]]'''
* [[I-League]]: [[2022–23 I-League|2022–23]]<ref name="I league"/>
;National Team:
'''[[India national under-23 football team|India under-19]]'''
* [[SAFF U-19 Championship]]: [[2023 SAFF U-19 Championship|2023]]<ref name="SAFF"/>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal bar|India|Association football|Biography}}
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/107339?type=club Manglenthang Kipgen] at AIFF
* [https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/midfielder-176253-manglenthang-kipgen-profile Manglenthang Kipgen] at ISL
* {{Soccerway|882850}}

{{Punjab FC squad}}

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[[Category:2005 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Manipur]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:India men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Punjab FC players]]

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