Dhanpal Ganesh

Dhanpal Ganesh
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994
Place of birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Chennaiyin
Number 3
Youth career
Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Pune 30 (0)
2012–2013Pailan Arrows (loan) 18 (0)
2015– Chennaiyin 0 (0)
National team
2012– India U23 3 (0)
2015– India 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:11, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Dhanpal Ganesh (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League on loan from Pune in the I-League.

Career

Pune

Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Ganesh became the first player from the Pune F.C. Academy to sign with the first-team at Pune in July 2011.[1] He made his professional debut for the club on 18 December 2011 against Churchill Brothers at the Fatorda Stadium; he came on in the 94th minute for Othallo Tabia as Pune won the match 2–0.[2] He made his first start for the club in the I-League on 18 April 2012 against Salgaocar in a 2-0.[3]

Pailan Arrows (loan)

For the 2012–13 I-League season Ganesh was loaned out to the Pailan Arrows for the whole season.[4] He made his debut for the Arrows on 28 August 2012 in the Durand Cup against Air India in which he started as Arrows drew the match 1–1.[4] He then made his league debut for Pailan Arrows on the league opening day against Mumbai on 6 October 2013.[4] He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Holicharan Narzary as the Arrows won the match 3–2.[4]

Return to Pune

After a season with the Arrows, Dhanpal was back at Pune for the 2013-14 season. He would make 12 appearances in the league and would feature regularly in the starting line-up in the second half of the season. He kept up his good form and made his debut in the AFC Champions League in a qualifier against Hanoi T&T in a 0-3 loss.[5] Dhanpal would score his first senior goal for Pune in the opening game of Pune's 2014 Durand Cup campaign in a 3-0 win over Churchill Brothers.[6] He started in the first ever Pune Derby against Bharat FC but was sent-off following off the ball challenge on the 88th minute of the game which ended 1-1.[7]

Chennaiyin FC

In July 2015 Ganesh was drafted to play for Chennaiyin in the 2015 Indian Super League.[8]

International

On 20 June 2012 it was confirmed that Ganesh would play for the India U23 team during 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification.[9] He made his debut for the under-23 team on 23 June 2012 against Lebanon U23 in the 2013 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers in which India won 5–2.[10] He made his senior debut on 17 March 2015 against Nepal, coming on as a substitute for Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[11]

Career statistics

As of 30 May 2015[12]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune 2011–12 I-League20000020
Pailan Arrows (loan) 2012–13 I-League1802110211
Pune 2013–14 I-League120200040180
2014–15 I-League1604041241
Career total 480815140652

References

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