| Suresh Singh | |
| Fullname: | Suresh Singh Wangjam |
| Birth Date: | 7 August 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Manipur, India |
| Currentclub: | Bengaluru |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | AIFF Elite Academy |
| Youthyears2: | 2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bengaluru B |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Indian Arrows |
| Caps1: | 30 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019– |
| Clubs2: | Bengaluru |
| Caps2: | 87 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 30 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | India U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam3: | India U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | India |
| Nationalcaps4: | 27 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 20:53, 18 March 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 22:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC) |
Suresh Singh Wangjam (born 7 August 2000), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and India national team. He won the 2020–21 AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award.[1] He also represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017.
Born in Manipur, and nicknamed as both El Torito and Gooli Suresha, Wangjam was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India.[2] After the tournament, Wangjam was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time.[3] He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He started and played the whole match as Indian Arrows won 3–0.[4]
Wangjam represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[2]
He made his senior team debut on 25 March 2021 in an 1–1 draw match against Oman.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Indian Arrows | I-League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Indian Arrows total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Bengaluru | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bengaluru total | 87 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 106 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 117 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 138 | 5 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list India's goal tally first
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