Jerry Mawihmingthanga (born 9 March 1997) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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Career

DSK Shivajians

Born in

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...

, Mawihmingthana started his career with the

DSK Shivajians DSK Shivajians Football Club (founded as Shivajians Sports Club) was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra. The club was owned by the DSK Group, and competed in the I-League, then top tier of Indian football league ...

Academy. In March 2016, Mawihmingthana, along with teammate

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, went to train with Liverpool Reserves in England.

Loan to NorthEast United

On 16 May 2016, it was announced that Mawihmingthana, along with Chhangte, would sign on loan for

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of the

from

. He made his debut for the team on 7 October 2016 against

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. He came on in the 72nd minute for

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Return to DSK Shivajians

After NorthEast United failed to qualify for the

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, Mawihmingthana returned to DSK Shivajians, only playing one match for NorthEast United. He made his senior debut for the club in their first match of the season against

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. He started and played the whole match as DSK Shivajians lost 1–0. On 11 March 2017, Mawihmingthanga scored his first professional goal against Mumbai. He found the net in the 83rd minute as DSK Shivajians went on to win 5–0. He then scored his second goal of his career a month later against

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on 17 April 2017. His 29th minute strike was the only goal in a 1–0 victory for DSK Shivajians.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, after completing his season with

, Mawihmingthanga was selected in the seventh round of the

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for the

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. He made his debut for Jamshedpur in their first ever match on 18 November 2017 against his former club

. He started and played the whole match as Jamshedpur drew 0–0. On 17 January 2018, Mawihmingthanga scored his first competitive goal in the Indian Super League in a 2–1 victory against the

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. He opened the scoring just 22 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in Indian Super League history. Over the course of the two seasons he spend at Jamshedpur, he would end up scoring once and assisting 4 times.

Odisha

Jerry signed for newly re-branded

for the

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, where he would play 17 times, scoring twice and assisting 5 times. The 2020–21 season would be a disappointing one for his team finishing bottom of the table despite Jerry scoring twice and assisting 5 times during the season to match his numbers from his first season. On 22 April 2021, Odisha announced contract extension with Jerry. He had a good 2021–22 season with 3 assists and 2 goals, but Odisha failed to qualify for the 2021–22 ISL playoffs. On 17 August 2022, he scored a brace in the

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season opener against

, which ended in a thumping 6–0 win for Odisha.

International

Mawihmingthana has represented India at the under-19 level. In July 2017, after his season with

, Mawihmingthanga was selected to be part of the India U23 side.

Career statistics

Honours

India U23 *

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Silver medal:

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Individual * FPAI Young Player of the Year: 2019–20

References

External links

Indian Super League Profile

Jamshedpur FC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mawihmingthana, Jerry 1997 births Living people Footballers from Mizoram Indian footballers DSK Shivajians FC players NorthEast United FC players Jamshedpur FC players Association football midfielders Indian Super League players I-League players India youth international footballers Odisha FC players South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in football