Gift Raikhan

Gift Raikhan (born 25 May 1981) is an Indian retired footballer who played as a left back , and the current manager of I-League club NEROCA FC.

Gift Raikhan
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-25) 25 May 1981
Place of birth Mapao Zingtun, Manipur, India
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 NEROCA FC (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 BMFC
2000–2002 Churchill Brothers
2002–2004 HAL
2004–2006 Indian Bank
2005–2006 → Vasco (loan)
2006 → BEML (loan)
2007 Pune
Teams managed
2015–2018 NEROCA
2018–2019 Aizawl
2019 Gokulam Kerala(Technical Director)
2019– NEROCA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

During a playing career which spanned six seasons, Raikhan played for BMFC, Churchill Brothers, HAL, Indian Bank, Vasco, BEML, and Pune.[1] He even played in the I-League.[2]

His favorite moment of his career was during the 2000 Rovers Cup when he scored for BMFC against Churchill Brothers which helped secure his move to the club.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring in 2007 Raikhan joined the Youth System at Pune. From 2008 to 2010 Raikhan was assistant to Norbert Gonsalvez in coaching the u17 and u15 teams.[1] In 2011, he was promoted to head coach of the Pune F.C. Academy U20 side and in 2012 led the team to a championship by finishing first in the 2012 I-League U20.[1]

In September 2013 it was confirmed that Raikhan had been promoted to the first-team at Pune F.C. as the assistant to new head coach Mike Snoei.[3]

In June 2018, Aizawl F.C. announced signing of Raikhan from NEROCA F.C. as head coach for 2018-19 I-League.[4][5]

Managerial statistics
As of 8 December 2018.
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
NEROCA FC 2015 2018 34 20 8 6 058.82
Aizawl 2018 2019 11 2 3 6 018.18
NEROCA FC 2019 Present 2 1 0 1 050.00
Total 45 22 11 12 048.89

    Honours

    Manager


    NEROCA

    Individual

    1. Best Coach of 2017-18 I-League

    References
    1. "U20 I-League: Champions Pune FC sign off on all-win note, down Prayag Utd 3-1". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
    2. "I-League". Indian Football. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
    3. "Pune FC add Gift and goalkeeping coach Glen to team staff". Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
    4. "I-League: Aizawl FC snap up Gift Raikhan from NEROCA FC". goal.com. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
    5. "Gift Raikhan as Head Coach". Aizawl FC (official Facebook page). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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