Dhanpal Ganesh

Dhanpal Ganesh
Personal information
Date of birth13 June 1994
Place of birthChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Pune
Number17
Youth career
Pune
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–Pune27(0)
2012–2013→ Pailan Arrows (loan)18(0)
National team‡
2012–India U233(0)
2015–India1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:02, 28 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:53, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Dhanpal Ganesh (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Defensive midfielder for 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 a 87th minute substitute for Holicharan Narzary as the Arrows won the match 3–2.[4]

Reutrn 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 send-off following off the ball challenge on the 88th minute of the game which ended 1-1.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] He made his senior debut on 17 March, 2015 against Nepal, coming on as a substitute for Eugeneson Lyngdoh.[10]

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2015[11]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune 2011–12 I-League200000——20
Pailan Arrows (loan) 2012–13 I-League1802110——211
Pune 2013–14 I-League120200040180
2014–15 I-League1304041——211
Career total 450815140622

References

  1. ↑ "Dhanapal Ganesh". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ↑ http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-11-churchill-bros-0-2-pune-fc/
  3. ↑ http://punefc.com/i-league-rnd-25-pune-fc-2-0-salgaocar-sc/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Loan Watch: Dhanpal Ganesan". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ↑ http://punefc.com/afc-champions-league-play-off-pune-fc-0-3-hanoi-tt-fc/
  6. ↑ http://punefc.com/durand-cup-2014-rd-1-churchill-bros-0-3-pune-fc/
  7. ↑ http://punefc.com/i-league-2015-rd-14-pune-fc-1-1-bharat-fc/
  8. ↑ "Jeje first Pune FC player in India captain role; Ganeshan gets a nod". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. ↑ 2013 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers: India 5-2 Lebanon
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ Dhanpal Ganesh profile at Soccerway

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