| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Suresh Meitei Nongmeikapam | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Manipur, India | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Punjab | ||
| Number | 74 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Army Red | ||
| 2019–2022 | Churchill Brothers | 36 | (0) |
| 2022– | Punjab | 35 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Suresh Meitei Nongmeikapam (Meitei:Nongmeikapam Suresh Meitei, born 30 March 1994) is an Indian professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forIndian Super League clubPunjab.
Suresh was born on 30 March 1994 in Indian state ofManipur.[1]
Suresh had featured forArmy Red in the2019 Durand Cup.[2] He served as the captain of the club.[3] Suresh played his first match againstI-League sideEast Bengal on 3 August 2019. The match ended 2–0 in favour ofEast Bengal.[4] Suresh played his second match against the reserve team ofIndian Super League sideBengaluru FC on 5 August 2019. The match finished with the scoreline 1–1 draw.[5] Suresh played his third match for the team against the reserve team ofIndian Super League sideJamshedpur FC on 9 August 2019. Suresh scored a brace in the match. The game ended 2-2 after final whistle.[6][7] Suresh played three matches forArmy Red and scored 2 goals for the team.
Suresh signed forI-League sideChurchill Brothers on 2019. He featured for the club in2019-20 I-League season.[8] Suresh played his debut match on 26 January 2020 againstGokulam Kerala F.C. The match ended 1–0 in favour ofGokulam Kerala.[9] Suresh again started in the next match againstNEROCA FC on 2 February 2020. The match ended 4–1 withChurchill Brothers taking the victory.[10] He played his third match againstChennai City FC on 9 February 2020. The match ended with scoreline 1–2 withChennai City taking the victory.[11] Suresh played his last match of the season against Kolkata giantsEast Bengal on 29 February 2019 where he started as a substitute forGlan Martins in the 66th minute of the game. Suresh was booked in the stoppage time.[12] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[13] Suresh appeared in 4 matches in total forChurchill Brothers at the end of the season.[citation needed]
Suresh stayed atChurchill Brothers for the2020-21 I-League season.[14] Suresh started in the lineup in the clubs' first match of the season againstIndian Arrows on 10 January 2021, which they ended up winning 2-5.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Army Red | 2019 | – | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | |
| 2021 | – | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | – | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | – | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
| Churchill Brothers | 2019–20 | I-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | I-League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Punjab | 2022–23 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 14 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Indian Super League | 11 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 5 | ||