Pradeep Mohanraj (born 11 November 1990) is an Indian

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who currently plays for

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in the

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Career

Chirag United Kerala

The 2011-12 football year got off to a good start for Pradeep as he made his debut for

Chirag United Club Kerala Viva Kerala Football Club (also known as Chirag United Club Kerala) was an Indian professional association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players wh ...

in the

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against

Prayag United United Sports Club (formerly known as both Prayag United, and Chirag United) is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded as Eveready Association in 1927, the club competes in the Calcutta ...

Air India

After failing to help Chirag United Kerala out of relegation Mohanraj signed for Air India FC who also play in the

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and on 26 August 2012 made his debut for the club during the

2012 Durand Cup The 2012 Durand Cup was the 125th season of the Durand Cup, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in India. Churchill Brothers were the current holders, having beaten Prayag United in the 201 ...

against

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and even scored his first goal for the club and his career in the 18th minute as Air India went on to win the match 3–0. He then scored his second goal for the club on 30 August 2012 in the Semi-Finals of the 2012 Durand Cup against

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in the 55th minute; Air India went on to win the match 7–6 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after regulation time. Then on 1 September 2012 Mohanraj won his first professional tournament of his career when Air India won against

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3–2 on penalties in the

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of the 2012 Durand Cup; Mohanraj scored one of the penalties for Air India. Mohanraj then scored a brace for Air India on 4 November 2012 but this time in the professional

against

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at the

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in which Mohanraj scored in the 3rd and 14th minute of the match which led Air India to a 4–2 victory.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2013''

Honours

;Air India * Durand Cup (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohanraj, Pradeep Indian men's footballers 1990 births Living people People from Ooty Footballers from Tamil Nadu I-League players Chirag United Club Kerala players Air India FC players Mumbai Tigers FC players Mumbai FC players Men's association football midfielders Ozone FC players I-League 2nd Division players Indian Super League players Odisha FC players