Germanpreet Singh
Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Gurdaspur, Punjab, India | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chennaiyin | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AIFF Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Dempo | 17 | (1) |
| 2017 | Minerva Punjab | 11 | (0) |
| 2017– | Chennaiyin | 52 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | India U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015– | India U23 | 11 | (1) |
| 2016– | India | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2019 | |||
Career
Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Singh is a graduate of the AIFF Academy.[1] He then signed for Dempo of the I-League and made his professional debut on 27 January 2015 against Sporting Goa. He came on as a 5th-minute substitute for Peter Carvalho as Dempo won 3–0.[2] He then scored his first ever professional goal in his next match on 7 February 2015 against Royal Wahingdoh. After coming off the bench at half-time, Singh scored what would be the opening goal of the game for Dempo but the match still ended 1–1.[3]
Chennaiyin
In 2017 Germanpreet signed from Minerva Punjab on a 3 year deal. He only made a single appearance in his first season. On 30 September 2018 he was included in the game squad for the opening match. He made a total of 11 appearances for his team before the AFC Asian Cup Break.
International
Germanpreet represented the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers in 2013.[4] He was also selected into the preliminary squad for the India U23 side for the 2014 Asian Games.[1]
Germanpreet made his Indian U23 debut against Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015 in a 2016 AFC U-23 qualifier in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Bangladesh.[5]
In August 2016, he made his debut for his national team as a substitute in a game against Thailand, that India won by 4–1.
Career statistics
- As of 26 February 2021[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dempo | 2014–15 | I-League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Minerva Punjab | 2016–17 | I-League | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Chennaiyin | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 58 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
Honours
References
- "Nine sporting players among shortlisted". Times of India. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "Dempo 3-0 Sporting Goa". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "Royal Wahingdoh 1-1 Dempo". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- Bhutani, Rahul (13 October 2013). "AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers : India Win Hearts, Lose Plot". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "All Competitions | AFC". the-AFC.
- Germanpreet Singh at Soccerway
External links
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