| Fanai Lalrempuia | |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1996[1] |
| Birth Place: | Lunglei, Mizoram, India |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Bazarveng FC |
| Youthyears2: | 2010 |
| Youthclubs2: | Maomit High School |
| Youthyears3: | 2011–2013 |
| Youthclubs3: | Pune |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Pune |
| Caps1: | 27 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Clubs2: | Pune City |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Minerva Punjab (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016–2021 |
| Clubs4: | NorthEast United |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 07:42, 14 December 2020 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 26 December 2013 |
Fanai Lalrempuia (born 11 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He is known for his superb ball control, accurate passing and speed.[1]
Born in Lunglei, Mizoram, Lalrempuia started to play football from the age of 11 for his local side Bazarveng FC.[1] Under the coaching of Flalbiakchhunga, his head coach at Bazarveng FC, Lalrempuia started to improve as a player.[1] Eventually he was selected to join the Maomit High School under-14 side that was to compete in the Subroto Cup in 2010.[1] While playing in the Subroto Cup Lalrempuia was spotted by Pune F.C. Academy assistant coach Gift Raikhan who then selected Fanai to trial at the academy.[1] After the trial Lalrempuia was selected to join the academy. During his two seasons with the academy, Lalrempuia won the I-League U19 twice in 2012 and 2013 while also scoring a total of six goals during that time.[1]
Then at the age of only 16, Lalrempuia made his professional debut for Pune in the I-League on 20 April 2013 against Air India at the Balewadi Sports Complex.[2] He came on in the 55th minute of the match as a substitute for Velington Rocha as Pune went on to win the match 6–0.[2] Lalrempuia scored his first goal in the I-League on 4 April 2015 against Bharat FC in the first ever Pune derby.[3]
In 2016, Lalrenpuia has signed with Indian Super League club NorthEast United.
On 28 September 2013, it was announced that Lalrempuia had been selected into the 23-man squad for the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.[4] He then made his international debut for the country at the U19 level in India's first match of qualifiers against Qatar U20 on 4 October 2013.[5] He started the match and lasted the full 90 minutes as India lost 2–0.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Pune | 2012–13 | I-League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Pune City | 2015 | Indian Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Minerva Punjab (loan) | 2016–17 | I-League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |
| NorthEast United | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | — | _ | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 0 | — | _ | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |||