Pronay Halder

Pronay Halder
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jamshedpur
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2010 Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Pailan Arrows 24 (1)
2013–2016 Dempo 20 (0)
2015 → Goa (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Mohun Bagan 20 (0)
2016 → Mumbai City (loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018 Goa 13 (0)
2018–2020 ATK 22 (1)
2020–2023 Mohun Bagan SG 18 (0)
2021–2022 → Jamshedpur (loan) 14 (1)
2023– Jamshedpur 20 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 India U19 4 (1)
2012–2016 India U23 5 (0)
2015–2022 India 23 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:30, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:29, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

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.

Club career

Born in Barrackpore, West Bengal, Halder started his youth career with Tata Football Academy in 2007 and got graduated in 2010.

Pailan Arrows

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]

Dempo

On 26 October 2013, Halder signed for Dempo with three other players Alwyn George, Holicharan Narzary and Narayan Das. 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.

FC Goa (loan)

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. Halder was signed up by FC Goa again on loan from Dempo for the 2015 ISL.

Mohun Bagan

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]

2015-16 season

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]

2016-2017 season

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]

Mumbai City (loan)

Halder signed for Mumbai City for 2016 ISL season.[citation needed]

FC Goa

On 23 July 2017, Halder got picked by Goa in ISL Draft for 2017–18 season.[citation needed]

ATK

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]

Jamshedpur

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.

He made his debut for the club against East Bengal, on 21 November, in a 1–1 stalemate. 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.

International

Youth

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. Halder played 4 matches during the tournament.

Senior

Halder became the 496th player to earn a senior cap for India on 31 August 2015 against Nepal in an International friendly. Halder scored a stunning long ranger on his debut for India against Chinese Taipei in Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2023
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pailan Arrows 2011–12 I-League 3000—30
2012–13 21140—251
Palian Arrows total 2414000281
Dempo 2013–14 I-League 17040—210
2014–15 3000—30
Dempo total 2004000240
Mohun Bagan 2015–16 I-League 1101070190
2016–17 900010100
Mohun Bagan total 2001080290
Goa
(loan)		 2015 Indian Super League 8000—80
Mumbai City
(loan)		 2016 5000—50
Goa 2017–18 13020—150
ATK 2018–19 14020—160
2019–20 8100—81
ATK total 2212000241
Mohun Bagan 2020–21 Indian Super League 16000—160
2022–23 2000—20
ATKMB total 1800000180
Jamshedpur
(loan)		 2021–22 Indian Super League 14100—141
Jamshedpur 2022–23 702010100
Career total 1513150901753
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  5. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  6. ↑ Appearance in playoff for AFC Champions League

International

As of 7 June 2021
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201550
201650
201700
201841
201960
202120
Total221
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.1 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India Chinese Taipei5–05–02018 Intercontinental Cup

Honours

India

Jamshedpur

References

  1. ↑ "Pronay Halder profile - Goals, Passes and more". Indian Super League.
  2. ↑ "TFA could shoulder to home players". Retrieved 25 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Arrows players for Dempo". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0-0 Mohun Bagan: The Goans were held to a disappointing draw". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Papas: Dempo played with an extra man at the back - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "FC Goa sign four new players | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jamshedpur sign Indian International midfielder Pronay Halder on loan". fcjamshedpur.com. 8 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC hold SC East Bengal in intense clash". khelnow.com. 21 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "East Bengal 1 – 1 Jamshedpur". Soccerway. 21 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "ISL 2021-22: Rock-solid Kerala Blasters pip Jamshedpur FC 2-1 over two legs to book final date". olympics.com. 15 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kerala Blasters 1 – 1 Jamshedpur". Soccerway. 15 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Indian U-22 soccer squad leaves for Muscat". India.nydailynews.com. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ "All Competitions | AFC". the-AFC.
  14. ↑ "Nepal manage to hold India". www.the-aiff.com. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Pronay Halder at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Pronay Haldar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "FIVE-STAR INDIA EASE PAST CHINESE TAIPEI". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "ISL 2021–22: Jamshedpur win the League Winners Shield | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC clinch League Winners' Shield after beating Mohun Bagan". Indian Super League. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.