| K Lalrinfela | |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Hnahthial, Mizoram, India |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Aizawl |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Mohun Bagan U18 |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bengaluru U18 |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Bengaluru B |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Ramhlun North |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | Ramkrishna Club |
| Years4: | 2022 |
| Clubs4: | Swaraj FC |
| Years5: | 2022– |
| Clubs5: | Aizawl |
| Caps5: | 45 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 22:53, 6th April 2024 (UTC) |
K Lalrinfela (born 11 March 2000), commonly known by his nickname Mafela, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Aizawl in the I-League.
Born in Hnahthial, Mizoram, Mafela joined Mohun Bagan Football Academy in 2015 after going through necessary trials conducted by the academy. After a year of staying in the academy, he looked for a seemingly better academy elsewhere hoping that further more improvements will come from such an academy. In 2017, he joined Bengaluru B and stayed there till his graduation. He had played for Bengaluru U18. He also participated in Subroto Cup, 2015 and B.C Roy Trophy as well as represented Mizoram in Santosh Trophy Qualifiers, 2021.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Before joining Aizawl in 2022, Mafela had played for other football clubs such as Ramakrishna Club and Swaraj FC. In July 2022, he signed a two-year professional contract with The People's Club. He made his professional debut for Aizawl against TRAU on 15 November, at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl.[5] [6] He played for 90 minutes in the first match of the 2022–23 I-League season and scored his debut professional goal at 48th minute and won the Hero of the Match Award.[7] [8] [9] Besides having scored one goal, Mafela has registered two assists to his name in the current 2022 I League, one against Sreenidi Deccan FC and another one against Mumbai Kenkre FC. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
He sustained an injury to his foot in a match against Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) on 13 January 2023 and therefore missed the next two away matches - one against Sudeva Delhi FC on 16 January 2023 and another one against NEROCA FC on 21 January 2023.
Even though not being fully recovered from the injury, he appeared in the home match against Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) on 26 January 2023 where Aizawl FC won by one goal.
In the 2023-24 I-league season, he played 90 plus minutes in the first match of Aizawl FC for the season against Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) at Naihati Bankimanjali Stadium on 29th October, 2023 and scored the lone goal for Aizawl.[15] [16] In the second match of the season on 7th November, 2023 against Sreenidi Deccan FC at Deccan Arena, he registered an assist for his meticulous pass which was converted to alter the match's trajectory.[17] He made another assist in the 46th minute of the match against Delhi FC on November 17th, 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.[18] [19] He registered one more goal to his name in their home match against Namdhari FC on 21st November, 2023. [20] In a crucial I-League encounter against Gokulam Kerala FC on Saturday, December 16, 2023, he executed a deceptive body feint to outmaneuver a Gokulam Kerala defender and sent a well-directed low cross into the box and registered an assist to his name one more time. [21] [22] [23]
| Club | Season | League | Super Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Assists | |||
| Bengaluru B | 2018–19 | I-League 2nd Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aizawl | 2022–23 | I-League | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 23 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Aizawl total | 41 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 42 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 7 | |||