Isak Vanlalruatfela

Isak Vanlalruatfela
Personal information
Full name Isak Vanlalruatfela
Date of birth (2001-05-19) 19 May 2001
Place of birth Mizoram, India
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Odisha
Number 19
Youth career
Redstar Football Academy
2017–2018 Bengaluru
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Aizawl 19 (3)
2020– Odisha 65 (10)
International career‡
2024 India U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:30, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Isak Vanlalruatfela (born 19 May 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Odisha.

Club career

Isak played in the NECS Cup for Bawngkawn LC, and was later moved up to Bengaluru FC, in 2018/19 season he was signed by Aizawl F.C. from Electric Veng FC.[1] He made his professional debut for the Aizawl against Chennai City F.C. on 16 November 2018, He was brought in as substitute in the 69th minute as Aizawl lost 1–2.[2]

On 24 June 2020, Isak joined Indian Super League club Odisha FC.[3] He scored his first league goal on 30 November 2021 in a thrilling 6–4 win over SC East Bengal.[4]

International career

On 7 March 2024, Vanlalruatfela received first call-up to the national squad of India as one of the 35 probables by head coach Igor Štimac, for the both home and away games against Afghanistan in round 2 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2024[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] AFC Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aizawl 2018–19 I-League 12200——122
2019–20 I-League 7100——71
Total 193000000193
Odisha 2020–21 Indian Super League 2000——20
2021–22 Indian Super League 5100——51
2022–23 Indian Super League 10240—5[b]1193
2023–24 Indian Super League 244517[c]2—367
2024–25 Indian Super League 12100——121
Total 5389172517412
Career total 72119172519315
  1. ↑ Includes Super Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours

Odisha

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Aizawl FC sign Isak Vanlalruatfela from Bengaluru FC U-18s!". Arunava Chaudhari. 2 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Aizawl 1-2 Chennai City". Soccerway.
  3. ↑ "Odisha FC rope in young Indian duo of Isak Vanlalruatfela and Paul Ramfangzauva". The Times of India. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "ISL: Odisha FC come from behind to beat SC East Bengal in 10-goal thriller". Hindustan Times. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Igor Stimac names 35 probables for India's FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Afghanistan". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Isak Vanlalruatfela at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Isak Vanlalruatfela at BeSoccer
  8. ↑ Rawat, Akhil; AIFF Media Team (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". the-aiff.com. Kozhikode: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 Rawat, Akhil (28 January 2024). "12 years of pall of gloom lifted: East Bengal win a spine-chiller to take home Kalinga Super Cup". AIFF Media Team. Bhubaneswar: AIFF. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Odisha FC's Isak Ralte wins the Emerging Player of the Month award for February 2023". Indian Super League. 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Odisha FC's Isak Ralte wins the Emerging Player of the Month award for December 2023". Indian Super League. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024.