Lalruatthara

Lalruatthara Biography

Lalruatthara was born on 30 July 1998 in Aizawl, Mizoram India. He is an Indian professional footballer.

He is a left back with respect to playing position playing for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League and the India national team.

Background

At the age of 14, Lalruatthara tried his luck in football with the Chandigarh Football Academy and was selected into it.

But soon he was removed from the academy for reasons unknown even to him.

Soon he joined the youth team of Luangmual and thereafter signed a senior level contract with Chanmari of the Mizoram Premier League.

Club career

He was in the Chanmari side which won the 2013–14 edition of the Premier League and then again in the Mizoram team that won the 2014 Santosh Trophy.

Lalruatthara signed with Aizawl for I-League and left his former team of Chanmari for the whole 2015–16 period. On 9th of January 2016 he made his professional debut for Aizawl against Mohun Bagan.

On 17 January 2017, he scored his first goal for the club against Shillong Lajong. His goal was the first of the two goals scored by his side in the 2–1 victory. He was a player in the Aizawl team that won the 2016–17 I-League.

On 18th of September 2016 it was made public that Lalruatthara will play for Delhi Dynamos on loan in the Indian Super League. It was a £45k deal.

Again he returned to Aizawl FC after the loan period got over.

Lalruatthara was selected into the fourth round of the 2017–18 season’s ISL Players Draft on 23rd July 2017 by the Kerala Blasters for the Indian Super League of the season.

It was again a £45k deal. He debuted on 17th of November 2017 against ATK, the football club of kolkata. He initiated the match and helped the team to pull off a 0–0 draw.

Debut

Lalruatthara has played for the Indian senior team in a match against Kyrgyzstan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers.

He was selected for the final India U23 national squad in July 2017 to play 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification.