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Place of birth
  
Meghalaya, India

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in)

Name
  
Rupert Nongrum


Number
  
4

2010–2015
  
Shillong Lajong

Playing position
  
Midfielder

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Date of birth
  
(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 19)

Current team
  
Shillong Lajong F.C.

Rupert Nongrum (born 21 August 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Delhi Dynamos in Indian Super League on loan from Shillong Lajong in the I-League.

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Shillong Lajong

Born in Malki Meghalaya, Nongrum joined Shillong Lajong as a youth player in 2010. While with Lajong, Nongrum participated in the Subroto Cup with his high school team, Myngken Christian HSS. He eventually made it up to the under-19 team where he played for the club in the I-League U19. After good performances with the under-19 side, Nongrum was promoted to the reserve side for Shillong Lajong that participated and won the Shillong Premier League. He scored a brace for Lajong in the game that clinched the title for his club against Langsning on 29 November 2014.

His performance for the club in the Shillong Premier League earned Nongrum a promotion to the first-team. He made his senior debut for the club on 14 February 2015 in the I-League against Bengaluru FC. He started the match but could not prevent Shillong Lajong losing 2–0.On 21 January 2017, Rupert scored his first goal for Shillong Lajong against Minerva Punjab FC and won the match 2-1.

Delhi Dynamos (loan)

on 29 July 2016, ISL club Delhi Dynamos announced the signing of Rupert Nongrum on loan from Shillong Lajong. Rupert played as winger under head coach Gianluca Zambrotta in Delhi Dynamos entire season.

International

Nongrum was called up to the India U19 side in 2013. He was in the India U19 for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers and made his debut for India U19 against Uzbekistan by coming-on as 46th-minute substitute for Gurba Gagrai.

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2017

References

Rupert Nongrum Wikipedia


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