Rochharzela (born April 15, 1998), popularly known as Chhara is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

NorthEast United NorthEast United FC is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded on 13 April 2014 during the inaugural season of Indian Supe ...

Club career

Aizawl FC

Born in India, Rochharzela made his senior debut with

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club Aizawl F.C., during the 2017–18 season. In the 2019–20 season, Rochharzela was the top

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Football Club goal scorer, scoring the greatest goal tally by an Indian during the season. He helped Aizawl come back to tie a game against Real Kashmir,⁣ who took a lead of 2–0 after

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and Kallum Higginbotham scored. Rochharzela's goal helped the team finish the game with a final score of 2–2. Rochharzela also plays for the club in the

Mizoram Premier League The Mizoram Premier League (also known as the Zote Honda Mizoram Premier League for sponsorship ties) is the highest state-level football league in Mizoram, India. On a national scale, the state's top tier league is the 4th tier of Indian footb ...

and won Skynet Young Player Of The Year 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 ...

in the 2017–18 season.

NorthEast United

In 2020, Rochharzela joined

club

on a three-year deal. Rochharzela scored 1 goal in 12 appearances in the

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. He played his first match of the

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on 20 November 2021, as a substitute for V.P. Suhair in the 66th minute of the game which ended in a 2–4 loss. He scored a goal for NorthEast United on 4 December against FC Goa in their 2–1 win.

Career statistics

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References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Mizoram Indian footballers Association football midfielders Aizawl FC players NorthEast United FC players I-League players I-League 2nd Division players Indian Super League players {{India-footy-bio-stub