Lalchhuanmawia Fanai (born 14 April 1989), is an

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professional

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who plays as a defender.

Career

JCT

Chhuantea started his professional career from Punjab-based team JCT FC, where he has played for them Punjab Football League and in I-League for 2 years. He has also represented

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in Santosh Trophy.

Shillong Lajong

Chhuantea played for Shillong Lajong from 2012 to 2014 and made 30 appearances. On 4 November 2012, Chhuantea made his debut for Lajong against

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in which Lajong won by 3–2.,after that Chhuantea score the winning goal for his new team Lajong won by 1–0 against HAL Bangalore

Bengaluru

In July 2014, it was announced that Chhuantea signed one-year deal with Bengaluru FC. On 24 January 2015, Chhuantea made his debut for Bengaluru FC against

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at Bengalore Football Stadium. In his debut season with Bengaluru, he has made 16 appearances and has helped them to win I-League. On 4 February 2015, Chhuantea made his

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debut against

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at Larkin Stadium Malaysia. He signed a two-year contract with Bengaluru at the end of the season, which would keep him at the club until the end of the 2016-17 I-League season.

Mumbai City (loan)

In July 2015 Chhuantea was drafted to play for

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in the

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. He made total 9 appearances for Mumbai City in whole ISL season.

Pune City

On 23 July 2017, Fanai has been picked up by FC Pune City for 2017-18 ISL season.

Chennaiyin FC

In September 2020, Fanai signed a one-year deal with Chennaiyin FC.

International career

On 11 June 2015, Chhuantea made his debut for the

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in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Bengaluru FC *

Indian Federation Cup The Federation Cup (also known as Hero Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was an annual knockout football competition in Indian football which started in 1977. From its inception, until I-League was started in 1997 (then called NFL), it ...

: 2014–15 *

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: 2015–16 India *

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References

External links

Profile
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