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Pronay Halder (Bengali: প্রণয় হালদার; born 25 February 1993) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.
Born in Barrackpore, West Bengal, Halder started his youth career with Tata Football Academy in 2007 and got graduated in 2010.[2]
Halder signed for Pailan Arrows in the I-League for the 2011-12 season in the summer of 2011. He then played in Pailan's second victory of the season in a Round 23 match against HAL.[citation needed]
On 26 October 2013, Halder signed for Dempo with three other players Alwyn George, Holicharan Narzary and Narayan Das.[3] He made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 1 November 2013 against Mohun Bagan at the Duler Stadium and played the whole match which ended in a 0–0 draw.[4]
Halder represented FC Goa during the 2014 Indian Super League but did not feature in any game, due to an injury, which kept him out of most of the 2014-15 I-League season.[5] Halder was signed up by FC Goa again on loan from Dempo for the 2015 ISL.[6]
On 30 December 2015, Halder signed two-year contract with Mohun Bagan.[citation needed] Coach Sanjoy Sen said in a press conference later in the week that Halder was an "inspirational young talent".[citation needed]
On 16 January 2016, Halder made his debut for Mohun Bagan against Salgaocar which Bagan won 4–2.[citation needed] Halder has made a total of 10 appearances in I-League season and was awarded Man of the Match twice.[citation needed] He was the first choice defensive midfielder in Bagan[citation needed] but due to knee injury it kept him sidelined for 2 weeks.[citation needed] On 24 February 2016, Halder started for Bagan in AFC Cup against Maldives club Maziya S&RC.[citation needed]
On 8 January 2017, Halder played against Churchill Brothers in first game of the season.[citation needed] He has also played in AFC Cup for Bagan in most of the group stage matches.[citation needed]
Halder signed for Mumbai City for 2016 ISL season.[citation needed]
On 23 July 2017, Halder got picked by Goa in ISL Draft for 2017–18 season.[citation needed]
In June 2018, ATK has signed Halder on a two-year deal.[citation needed] He became the number one choice for coach Steve Coppell in midfield.[citation needed]
In September 2021, Jamshedpur loaned in Pronay for the upcoming season. He returned to the city where he made his start as a football player with Tata Football Academy.[7]
He made his debut for the club against East Bengal, on 21 November, in a 1–1 stalemate.[8][9] On 15 March, he scored his only goal of the season in the playoffs semi-final second leg, against Kerala Blasters in a 1–1 (1–2 agg) draw.[10][11]
Halder played for India U19, and was involved in three matches and scored against Uzbekistan U19.[citation needed]
He was the part of India U23 for 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification which was held in Oman from 23 June 2012.[12] Halder played 4 matches during the tournament.[13]
Halder became the 496th player to earn a senior cap for India on 31 August 2015 against Nepal in an International friendly.[14] Halder scored a stunning long ranger on his debut for India against Chinese Taipei in Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai.[citation needed]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Pailan Arrows | 2011–12 | I-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 4[a][b] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
Palian Arrows total | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Dempo | 2013–14 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Dempo total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Mohun Bagan | 2015–16 | I-League | 11 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 7[c][d] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2016–17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Mohun Bagan total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Goa (loan) |
2015 | Indian Super League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Mumbai City (loan) |
2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Goa | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
ATK | 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
ATK total | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
Mohun Bagan | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
ATKMB total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Jamshedpur (loan) |
2021–22 | Indian Super League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
Jamshedpur | 2022–23 | 7 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Career total | 151 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 175 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
India | 2015 | 5 | 0 |
2016 | 5 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 1 | |
2019 | 6 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 1 |
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 1 June 2018 | Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India | ![]() |
5–0 | 5–0 | 2018 Intercontinental Cup | [17] |
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