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Mandar Rao Dessai
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Dessai shaking hands with Manohar Parrikar at the 2014 Lusofonia Games
Personal information
Full name Mandar Rao Dattarao Dessai
Date of birth (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Mapusa, Goa, India
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back, winger
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 17
Youth career
Dempo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Dempo 30 (3)
2014 → Goa (loan) 11 (0)
2015 → Goa (loan) 15 (2)
2016–2020 Goa 71 (3)
2016–2017 → Bengaluru (loan) 9 (1)
2020– Mumbai City 31 (0)
National team‡
2015 India U23 1 (0)
2019– India 9 (0)
Honours
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2021 Maldives
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:46, 13 February 2022 (UTC
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2021

Mandar Rao Dessai (born 18 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and winger for Indian Super League side Mumbai City and the India national team.[3][4] Mandar holds the record for most appearances in the history of Indian Super League.[5]

Career

Dempo

Desai made his professional debut for Dempo in the 2013-14 I-League on 22 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong at the Duler Stadium and played the match till 55th minute before he was replaced by Jeje Lalpekhlua as his team lost the match 0–3.[6]

Goa (loan)

Mandar represented Goa in the 2014 Indian Super League, on loan from Dempo, and was a regular for his team on the left wing.[2]

Return to Dempo

After the 2014 ISL, Mandar returned to his senior club and started the new season in the 2014-15 Indian Federation Cup, where he played in 5 of his teams' cup-winning campaign, assisting Tolgay Ozbey once in a group game. While he was regular for Dempo during the 2014-15 I-League, he could not prevent his team from getting relegated. He made 14 appearances, with only 5 starts in the league.

Goa (loan)

Mandar was retained by Goa for the 2015 Indian Super League with Zico impressed by him from the 2014 season. He started and scored in the first game of the season against Roberto Carlos lead northern outfit Delhi Dynamos from a Romeo Fernandes assist as his team won 2–0.[7] He scored again in a round 4 game away at Guwahati against NorthEast United after coming on as a substitute, from a swift counterattack, showing his impressive pace.[8] Mandar then turned in his first assist of the season at home against Kerala Blasters from a corner, assisting Gregory Arnolin with a goal that turned out be the winner.[9] He won Hero of the Match awards for his performances against Delhi Dynamos and Pune City in 2015 Indian Super League. Mandar scored his 3rd goal of the season against Kerala Blasters in a 1–5 win at Kochi on 29 November 2015, where he also assisted Reinaldo for the 3rd goal.[10]

Return to Dempo

After contractual problems, Mandar returned to play for Dempo, where he had a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season where he helped his team win promotion back to the I-League.[11]

Goa

Desai signed a permanent deal with Goa from the 2016 Indian Super League season. He later went to Spain for a short training cum trial stint with La Liga side Villarreal CF.[12]

Mumbai City

In 2020, Dessai moved to Mumbai City and emerged champions of the 2020–21 season. He was later included in club's 2022 AFC Champions League squad.[13]

International

Mandar captained Goa-India during the 2014 Lusophony Games where he made 4 appearances and scored once, as he led his team to the gold medal, beating the under-20 team of Mozambique in the final.[14][15]

Mandar made his India U23 debut in the 2014 Asian Games against UAE U23.[16]

Personal life

Mandar was in a relationship with Cecilie Bjørnstrup Andersen, an amateur Danish footballer, since 2018. They have a daughter namely Aya. The couple separated in 2021.

Career statistics

As of 1 February 2022[17][18]
Club Season League Domestic cup Continental cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dempo 2013–14 I-League 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
2014–15 14 0 5 0 – – 19 0
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 10 3 – – – – 10 3
Dempo total 30 3 5 0 0 0 35 3
Goa (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 11 0 – – – – 11 0
2015 15 3 – – – – 15 3
Goa 2016 12 1 – – – – 12 1
2017–18 20 2 3 0 – – 23 2
2018–19 19 0 0 0 – – 23 0
2019–20 20 0 0 0 – – 20 0
Goa total 101 6 3 0 0 0 104 6
Bengaluru (loan) 2016–17 I-League 9 1 0 0 2 0 11 1
Mumbai City 2020–21 Indian Super League 17 0 0 0 – – 17 0
2021–22 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Mumbai City total 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Career total 165 10 8 0 2 0 175 10

International

As of 16 October 2021[19]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2019 5 0
2021 4 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Dempo

Goa

Mumbai City

India

References

  1. ^ "Mandar Rao Married Desai". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Mandar Rao Dessai profile - Age, Goals, Avg. passes and more". Indian Super League.
  3. ^ "Mumbai City FC Players squad and Support Staff". Mumbai City FC. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Senior Men". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Indian Super League - All-time appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0-3 Shillong Lajong FC: Glen ends the north eastern side's Goan voodoo". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ^ "FC Goa beat spirited Delhi Dynamos FC 2-0". Indian Super League.
  8. ^ "FC Goa bounce back with a 3-1 away win". Indian Super League.
  9. ^ "FC Goa down Kerala Blasters 2-1 to go top". Indian Super League.
  10. ^ "Kerala Blasters v Goa Live Commentary & Result, 29/11/15, Indian Super League | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  11. ^ "Indian Super League: Mandar Desai - Fines delaying my FC Goa renewal | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  12. ^ Kaviraj, Tina (26 August 2016). "Indian midfielder Mandar Rao Dessai trains with La Liga side Villarreal". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Lusofonia Games: Mozambique beat India to enter football semis - Times of India". The Times of India.
  15. ^ Daniel, Chris Punnakkattu (28 January 2014). "Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament".
  16. ^ "Result | FB | Sports". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  17. ^ Mandar Rao Dessai at Soccerway
  18. ^ Mandar Rao Dessai profile Indian Super League
  19. ^ Mandar Rao Dessai at Soccerway
  20. ^ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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