| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Mapao Zingtun, Manipur, India | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999ā2000 | Bengal Mumbai | ||
| 2000ā2002 | Churchill Brothers | ||
| 2002ā2004 | HAL | ||
| 2004ā2006 | Indian Bank | ||
| 2005ā2006 | ā Vasco (loan) | ||
| 2006 | ā BEML (loan) | ||
| 2007 | Pune | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015ā2018 | NEROCA | ||
| 2018ā2019 | Aizawl | ||
| 2019 | Gokulam Kerala (Technical Director) | ||
| 2019ā2021 | NEROCA | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Gift Raikhan (born 25 May 1981) is an Indian retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager.[1]
Playing career[edit | edit source]
During a playing career which spanned six seasons, Raikhan played for BMFC, Churchill Brothers, HAL, Indian Bank, Vasco, BEML, and Pune.[2] He even played in the I-League.[3]
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.[2]
Coaching career[edit | edit source]
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.[2] 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.[2]
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.[4]
In June 2018, Aizawl F.C. announced signing of Raikhan from NEROCA F.C. as head coach for 2018ā19 I-League.[5][6]
Managerial statistics[edit | edit source]
- As of 8 December 2018.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 NEROCA FC
|
2015 | 2018 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 58.82 | ||
| Aizawl
|
2018 | 2019 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18.18 | ||
| NEROCA FC
|
2019 | 2021 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 31.25 | ||
| Total | 61 | 27 | 14 | 20 | 44.26 | ||||
Honours[edit | edit source]
Managerial[edit | edit source]
- NEROCA
Individual[edit | edit source]
- Best Coach of 2017ā18 I-League
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Banerjee, Ritabrata (17 August 2017). "NEROCA FC sign Gourmangi Singh and Fabien Vorbe". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ā 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "U20 I-League: Champions Pune FC sign off on all-win note, down Prayag Utd 3-1". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ā "I-League". Indian Football. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ā "Pune FC add Gift and goalkeeping coach Glen to team staff". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ā "I-League: Aizawl FC snap up Gift Raikhan from NEROCA FC". goal.com. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ā "Gift Raikhan as Head Coach". Aizawl FC (official Facebook page). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ā "Delightful Neroca Desperate To Break Second Division Jinx". i-league.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ā "Minerva Punjab presented with winners' trophy; NEROCA's Gift Raikhan named season's best coach". FirstPost. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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