Manish Maithani is an Indian

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player who played as a

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for

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and currently coaches a local club in Dehradun DESA FC.

Career

Mohun Bagan

After two seasons playing as a youth with Indian National Youth Teams Maithani signed for

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in 2009. On 28 March, he had scored the equalizer against

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, after coming in as a substitute.

Mohammedan (loan)

After the 2012–13 season ended, Maithani signed with IMG-Reliance to join their

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but due to objection from the

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clubs in which they said they would not sign any players who joined the ISL it meant that Maithani would be without a club for a long period of time. Then, on 30 October 2013, it was announced that Mohammedan S.C. had broken that barrier when they signed Maithani on loan. Maithani made his debut for Mohammedan in the I-League on 24 October 2013

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at the Salt Lake Stadium; in which he came on as a substitute for

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in the 73rd minute as Mohammedan drew the match 0–0.

FC Pune City

Mathani was drafted in by Indian Super League side FC Pune City for the

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.He played 2 matches in the 2014 Indian Super League.The next year he played 8 matches for the team.

Vitória de Guimarães B

Mathani was loaned out to 2nd division side

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in Portugal from FC Pune City for 5 months.

Doon Elite Soccer Academy (DESA)

Maithani started playing and coaching simultaneously, starting a local football academy. He has been coaching a promising bunch of talent in his academy with national players like Rishi Upadhyay and Anubhav Rawat who has recently been selected in the Uttrakhand squad for Santosh Trophy 2021.

2022-2023 Season (DESA FC)

DESA FC started the season in Dehradun District Soccer League winning all the games of Group Stage and advancing to the league stages comfortably.

International

Manish made his senior international debut against Azerbaijan national football team, Azerbaijan for India on 27 February 2012.

Honours

India U23 *

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References

External links

* http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/35920/manish-mathani * http://www.mohunbaganac.com/players/manish-maithani {{DEFAULTSORT:Maithani, Manish 1987 births Living people Mohun Bagan AC players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players I-League players Sportspeople from Dehradun Footballers from Uttarakhand Indian footballers India international footballers India youth international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Indian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for India