Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (born 2 December 1991) is an Indian

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player who plays as a halfback. He made his debut in the Indian team in 2012, and plays for

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in the

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Career

International career

Singh was named as a stand-by player for the 2011 Champions Trophy in

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, China, and was selected in the main squad following the dropping out of two players. However, he missed out as his passport was not ready at the time. Eventually, he made his debut in 2011, at the Champions Challenge I in

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. He was a part of the team that competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in

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, finishing second, and a ninth-place finish at the

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. In the same year, he won the gold medal with the team at the Asian Games in Incheon.

Club career

At the auction of the inaugural season of

, Singh was bought by the Mumbai franchise for 22,000. The team named

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finished fifth in both the

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and the second seasons before announcing their withdrawal from the league in September 2014. Singh finished with one goal in the two seasons. Following the Magicians' withdrawal, Singh was signed by the then new team

, for the 2015 season.

References

External links

Chinglensana Kangujam
profile at

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