Rohit Danu

Rohit Danu (born 10 July 2002) is an Indian footballer who currently plays as a forward for the Hyderabad FC and India national under-19 football team.

Rohit Danu

Personal information
Date of birth	10 July 2002
Place of birth	Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Hyderabad FC
Number	24
Youth career
0000–2017	AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Indian Arrows	15	(4)
2020—	Hyderabad FC	1	(0)
National team^‡
2017–2018	India U16	21	(8)
2018–2019	India U17	2	(0)
2019-	India U19	8	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 16 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2018

Career

At the age of 15, Rohit Danu would have been the youngest player of India national U17 football team which played 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Danu, the youngest member in the Indian camp, joined the team after the Portuguese manager Luís Norton de Matos became impressed with his dribbling ability and maturity at such a young age. However, Danu suffered an ankle injury after joining the squad and the manager decided against naming him in the squad.

Due to injury, Danu was not even registered for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers. [2] But later, after India qualifying to 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, he was part of the u16 team, playing friendlies in exposure trips. However, Danu could not make it to final squad of 2018 AFC U-16 Championship because the rule says that to play 2018 AFC U-16 Championship, a player must be born after 1 January 2002 and registered in the qualifiers. If not registered for qualifiers , the player must born after 1 September 2002. Unfortunately birth date of Rohit Danu is 10 July 2002. Since he was not registered in the qualifiers due to injury, he was not eligible for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.

Indian Arrows

On 5 January 2019, at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 27 days, Rohit Danu has beaten his fellow team-mate Jitendra Singh’s record of being the youngest ever goal scorer in the top division of Indian football, I-League.[3] The 16-year-old scored in the 14th minute against Aizawl FC at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.[4]

Hyderabad FC

On 16 October 2020, Rohit Danu signed for Hyderabad FC on a three year deal , making it his first ever professional contract with a top tier club.[5] On 15 December 2020 , Rohit Danu made his debut for Indian Super League side Hyderbad FC against SC East Bengal.He came on as a 77th minute substitute for the Hitesh Sharma as Hyderabad FC won the match for 3–2.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 December 2020[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Indian Arrows	2018–19	I-League	14	4	1	0	–		0	0	15	4
	2019–20	I-League	7	0	0	0	–		0	0	7	0
Hyderabad FC	2020–21	Indian Super League	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Career total			22	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	4

Notes

International

As of match played 8 June 2019

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
India U16	2018	-	-
India U19	2019	5	1
Total		5	1

References

1. "Bageshwar footballer Rohit Danu becomes youngest ever I-League scorer". Dehradunfootball.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
2. "Two India under-19 footballers injured in cable caraccident". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
3. "Rohit Danu becomes youngest I-League scorer as Indian Arrows beat Aizawl 1-0". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
4. "Rohit Danu becomes youngest I-League scorer as Indian Arrows edge Aizawl FC". thefangarge.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
5. "Hyderabad FC signs youngsters Akash Mishra, Rohit Danu and Biaka Jongte". Sportstar.thehindu.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
6. "ISL 2020-21 HFC vs SCEB Highlights: Santana brace powers Hyderabad past SC East Bengal". Sportstar.thehindu.com. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
7. Rohit Danu at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2018.