Rohit Danu

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Rohit Danu
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India[1]
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hyderabad
Number 24
Youth career
2015–2017 AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Indian Arrows 21 (4)
2020– Hyderabad 19 (2)
National team‡
2017–2018 India U16 21 (8)
2018–2019 India U17 2 (0)
2019– India U20 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:11, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2018

Rohit Danu (born 10 July 2002) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Hyderabad and the India national under-20 team.

Career[]

Early career[]

Danu joined the AIFF Elite Academy in 2015 under Bibiano Fernandes, were he picked up to represent India in various youth levels.[2] At the age of 15, he would have been the youngest player of India national U17 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 final 21-man squad.[3]

Due to injury, Danu was not even registered for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.[4] 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 I-League and Indian top flight overall .[5] The 16-year-old scored in the 14th minute against Aizawl FC at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.[6]

Hyderabad[]

On 16 October 2020, Danu joined Indian Super League club Hyderabad on a three-year deal, making it his first ever professional contract with a top-tier club.[7] On 15 December 2020, he made his ISL debut for Hyderabad against East Bengal. He came on as a 77th minute substitute for the Hitesh Sharma as Hyderabad won the match for 3–2.[8] On 27 November 2021, Danu scored his first ever ISL goal in a 3–1 victory against Mumbai City.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 19 February 2022[10]
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 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
Indian Arrows total 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 4
Hyderabad FC 2020–21 Indian Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2021–22 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Hyderabad total 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2
Career total 41 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 6
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. ^ "Young gun Rohit Danu banks on 'scoring mentality' to succeed in first-ever Hero ISL season". the-aiff.com. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "U-17 World Cup: 15 Year Old Rohit Danu Wants India to Do Well Despite Being Left Out of the Squad". 90min.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Two India under-19 footballers injured in cable caraccident". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Rohit Danu becomes youngest I-League scorer as Indian Arrows beat Aizawl 1-0". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Rohit Danu becomes youngest I-League scorer as Indian Arrows edge Aizawl FC". thefangarge.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Hyderabad FC signs youngsters Akash Mishra, Rohit Danu and Biaka Jongte". Sportstar.thehindu.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "ISL 2021-22: Hyderabad FC trounces defending champion Mumbai City 3-1". Sportstar. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ^ Rohit Danu at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2018.


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