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Adarsh Lama Tamang (born 5 July 1995 in Darjeeling in West Bengal) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mohun Bagan A.C. in the I-League.

Early Career
A resident of Darjeeling, West Bengal Adarsh Tamang has played mostly as attacking midfielder in his football career so far, though at times he has also been used as the holding medio. He started playing football in a local club at Darjeeling, before joining the Mohun Bagan Jalpaiguri Football Academy in 2010. After staying at the Jalpaiguri Academy for 8 months, he was asked to attend trial at the Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy, Durgapur, where Coach Jo Paul Ancheri selected him and from there on, Adarsh had been part of the MBSFA, Durgapur till July 2013.

Adarsh played many matches for the Academy. Some of the important tournaments in which Adarsh participated are an U-17 tournament at Chandigarh, U-19 All Academy Tournament, Bangladesh Gold Cup (for U-19 MBSFA team), I-league U19 (twice for Mohun Bagan), Kings Cup at Bhutan and Sikkim Governors Gold Cup held at Gangtok.

In the Sikkim Governors Gold Cup, the U-19 Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy team lost to Senior BSF team in the semi final. In July 2013, Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy defeated East Bengal in tie-breaker to clinch the Nityananda Das and Krishna Prasad Memorial Knockout Football Tournament; Adarsh was adjudged Man of the Match in the final.

After he attended the trial of Mohun Bagan Senior Team at the Durgapur camp, he got selected by Chief Coach Karim Bencherifa, who was impressed by his performance during the camp.