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Nallappan Mohanraj

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Nallappan Mohanraj
Personal information
Full name Nallappan Mohanraj
Date of birth (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru United (head coach)
Youth career
Sports Authority of India
2006–2007 HAL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Mohun Bagan 126
2012–2013 Pune
2013–2014 Mumbai Tigers
2014 → Sporting Goa 10 (0)
2015 Atletico de Kolkata 5 (1)
2015 →Bharat FC (loan) 11 (1)
2016 Chennaiyin
2017 ATK
2018 Churchill Brothers 14 (0)
International career
2007–2008 India U19 12
2011–2012 India U23 2 (0)
2011–2016 India 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nallappan Mohanraj (born 23 February 1989[citation needed] in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He managed Bengaluru United in the I-League 2.[1]

Early career

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Born in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, Mohanraj started Playing for Sports Authority of India in Chennai. He went for the under-16 and under-19 state selections, and didn't get selected for either. After that, he went for a trial at the Tata Football Academy, and didn't get through. But Carlton Chapman, the assistant coach there, told me he had a good left foot, and sent him for a trial at (I-League 2nd Division side) HAL, Bangalore. Finally, the HAL coach Krishnaji Rao gave him chance.[2]

Career

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After his stint at HAL, Mohanraj signed for Mohun Bagan at the beginning of the 2007-08 season. He enjoyed a very successful stint with Mohun Bagan where he won the Indian Federation Cup in 2008, followed up with the ONGC Super Cup and runner-up in the I-League in 2009. In 2012-13 with Pune F.C. he picked up yet another I-League runner up medal.

Sporting Goa

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On 5 February 2014 Mohanraj signed for Sporting Clube de Goa on loan from Mumbai Tigers as their club was disbanded.[3] He made his debut for Sporting Goa on 16 February 2014 in the I-League match against Pune F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he started and played the whole match and also earned a yellow card in the 66th minute as Sporting Goa drew the match 1-1.[4]

International

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Mohanraj won the 2009 Nehru Cup with the India national team. He was also the captain of the India U-18 team that toured Germany and played against the Academy teams of VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg and Munich 1860, before participating in the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship tournament in Iran. On 23 February 2011 Mohanraj played his first game for the Indian U23 team against Myanmar.

Honours

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India

Atlético de Kolkata

References

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  1. ^ "FC Bengaluru United appoint former India player Mohanraj as head coach". The Print. Press Trust of India. 23 January 2025. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  2. ^ "A happy homecoming for stars". The Hindu. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ Km, Shekkeer. "India International Mohan Raj joins Sporting Clube de Goa". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Pune FC vs. Sporting Goa 1-1". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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