Noufal Puthenveettil Noushad (born 30 October 2000), known as Noufal P. N., is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the India national team.
Early life Noufal was born in Thiruvambady, a small hill town near Kozhikode. He started playing football at the age of eight and first played for the local club Cosmos Football Club. He credits NNMHSS Chelembra with backing him unconditionally, during his school days, he developed his early football career playing for NNMHSS Chelembra in school-level tournaments. Later, he played for BASCO FC in the Kerala Premier League 2021-2022. His impressive performances saw him picked up for the Kerala state team for the Santosh Trophy, where he was later picked by Gokulam Kerala.
Noufal later won 2021–22 Santosh Trophy as a player of the Kerala football team..Santosh Trophy: Kerala beats Bengal, Meghalaya trumps Rajasthan Sportstar 18 April 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023
Club career Gokulam Kerala Noufal signed by his hometown club Gokulam Kerala on 15 September 2022. He played his first match against Mohammedan SC against Aizawl on 25 February 2023 where he assisted two goals and was named Man of the Match.
On 28 October 2023, Noufal scored his first league goal against Inter Kashi.
On 2 December 2023, he scored the second goal in a 2-2 draw against Namdhari.
Mumbai City On 15 June 2024, Indian Super League club Mumbai City announced the signing of Noufal on a three-year contract. He made his debut for the club as a substitute in their first game of the season on 13 September 2024, away against Mohun Bagan. Coming in with Mumbai 2-0 down, he played a crucial role in both of Mumbai's goals, giving the cross that led to a goal-mouth scramble for the first goal, and directly assisting the second goal, as they fought back to draw the match 2-2.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupAFCOthersTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalAppsGoalGokulam KeralaI-League2003000102402023–24I-League23530—40305Total435600050545Mumbai City2024–25Indian Super League14030——1702025–26Indian Super League7310——83Total213400000253Career total6481004050798
International
National teamYearAppsGoalsIndia202610Total10
Honours Kerala 2021–22 Santosh Trophy:
References
External links AIFF profile