Mehtab Singh
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998
Place of birth Khemkaran, Punjab, India[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 5
Youth career
Mahilpur Football Academy
2016–2017 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 East Bengal 17 (0)
2019 → Gokulam Kerala (loan) 5 (0)
2020– Mumbai City 56 (3)
International career‡
2019–2022 India U23 2 (0)
2023– India 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2023 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:06, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Mehtab Singh (born 5 June 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the India national team.

Career

Early career

Mehtab Singh was born in Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometres away from the Pakistan border. He travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahilpur football academy to learn to play football. He later represented the East Bengal U18 side in the 2017–18 U18 I-League.

On 13 December 2017, he scored a goal to help his team to a victory over Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match.[2]

East Bengal

He was promoted to the senior squad and played in the 2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division for the club.[3] On 28 November 2017, he made I-League debut in a 2–2 draw against Aizawl.[4]

On 14 November 2018, he suffered a head injury due to an collision with Siddharth Singh during the practice when the duo jumped for an aerial ball as their heads clashed against each other. Mehtab was the worst affected as he was seen with a bloody forehead and lay unconscious for sometime before being rushed to the hospital where he had 18 stitches.[5][6]

Gokulam Kerala

On 31 January 2019, he was loaned to Gokulam Kerala for the rest of the season. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Kerala side.[7]

Mumbai City

In 2020, Singh moved to Mumbai City and emerged victorious at the 2020–21 Indian Super League. Later in March 2022, he was included in club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[8]

International

On 13 February 2019, Singh was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.[9] He made his debut for the side in a friendly match against Qatar U23 ahead of the competition.[10]

On 14 March 2023, Singh was called up to the Indian senior squad for the first time.[11] He made his debut in the Hero Tri-Nation International Football Tournament against Myanmar on 22 March, as one of the starters in a 1–0 victory.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 April 2023[13]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2017–18 I-League 60–––60
2019–20 110–2[lower-alpha 1]0–130
East Bengal total 170002000190
Gokulam Kerala (loan) 2018–19 I-League 50–––50
Mumbai City 2020–21 Indian Super League 120–––120
2021–22 131––6[lower-alpha 2]0191
2022–23 2123[lower-alpha 3]15[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 4]0304
2023–24 000000–00
Mumbai City total 463315170615
Career total 683317170855
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in play–offs for AFC Champions League

International

As of 13 October 2023[14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 202390
Total90

Honours

East Bengal

Mumbai City

India

References

  1. ↑ "Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels". mykhel.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "U'18 I League: Mehtab Singh strike gives East Bengal a 1-0 win in derby". xtratime.in. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Dey, Sayak Dipta (17 November 2017). "I-League 2017/18 : What does the season have in store?". sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "I League 2017-18: East Bengal settles for a 2-2 draw against defending champions Aizawl FC". xtratime.in. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Injured defender Mehtab Singh likely to miss East Bengal's next two matches". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "East Bengal defender out of danger after head collision". theweekendleader.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mehtab Singh joins Gokulam Kerala on loan for the rest of the 2018-19 season". facebook.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. ↑ Guha, Sayantan (6 April 2022). "All you need to know about Mumbai City FC's AFC Champions League 2022 campaign". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp". Navhind Times. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "india U-23 SUFFER NARROW LOSS TO QATAR". AIFF.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Igor Stimac names provisional squad ahead of Hero Tri-Nation International Football Tournament". The AIFF. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Ghosh, Soumo (22 March 2023). "Anirudh Thapa strikes in India's win over Myanmar in Hero Tri-Nation opener". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Mehtab Singh at Soccerway
  14. ↑ Mehtab Singh at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ↑ "Calcutta Football League: East Bengal wins eighth consecutive title". sportslive.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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