Gurjinder Kumar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth |
Nawanshahr, Punjab , India | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2007 | Chandigarh FA | ||
| 2007–2010 | Tata FA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Pune | 84 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Salgaocar | 29 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Pune City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 |
Minerva Punjab | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Mohun Bagan | 24 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | NorthEast United | 45 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | India U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012– | India | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:28, 4 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
Gurjinder Kumar (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ; born 10 October 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Club career
Early career
Born in
Nawanshahr, Punjab, Gurjinder was born into a family of footballers.[1] At the age of 10, after his older brother died, he started to take football seriously and joined the Chandigarh Football Academy.[1] After spending seven years there Kumar moved to the famed Tata Football Academy where he joined the academy senior side.[1]
Pune
In 2010, Gurjinder signed his first professional contract with
Chirag United Kerala.[7] He won the Ashok Piramal Group "Young Player of the Year" award for 2012–13 season.[8]
Gurjinder did not score again until the
Rangdajied United on 11 December 2013 to give Pune a 2–0 lead which they would eventually give up and lose 3–2.[9]
Salgaocar
Gurjinder Kumar signed for
2014-15 Indian Federation Cup, scoring 3 times in the group stages.[10]
FC Pune City
In July 2015 Kumar was drafted to play for FC Pune City in the 2015 Indian Super League.[11]
NorthEast United
In 2020 Kumar was signed by
NorthEast United
on a 2 years deal.
International
In June 2011 Kumar made his international debut for India at the under-23 level against Qatar U23 side for the 2012 Olympic qualifiers.[1] Then on 1 February 2012 Kumar was called up to the senior India side for a preparation camp for the upcoming 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.[12] He then made his senior international debut for India on 27 February 2012 against Azerbaijan in a friendly in which he started and played the full 90 minutes as India lost 0–3.[13][14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 19 April 2023[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pune | 2010–11 | I-League | 22 | 1 | 4[a][b] | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 21 | 3 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13 | 23 | 0 | 5[a][b] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 18 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 7[c][d] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 84 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 106 | 5 | ||
| Salgaocar | 2014–15 | I-League | 18 | 0 | 9[a][b] | 3 | — | 27 | 3 | |
| Pune City (loan) | 2015 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Salgaocar | 2015–16 | I-League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
Minerva Punjab
|
2016–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mohun Bagan | 2017–18
|
I-League | 5 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2018–19
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2019–20
|
8 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| NorthEast United | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2021–21 | 16 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 11 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 189 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 229 | 9 | ||
International stats
- As of 24 December 2013[16]
| India national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
Honours
Individual
- Pune's Best U-23 Player of the Year: 2010–11
- Pune F.C.Goal of the Year: 2011–12
- Ashok Piramal Group Young Player of the Year: 2012–13
Club
- Mohun Bagan
- 2018–19[17]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Pune FC. "5 Gurjinder Kumar". Pune FC. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ a b "PUNE VS. CHIRAG KERALA 4 – 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "💒婚活サイト口コミ比較ランキングおすすめ令和2021年👰人気成婚率で縁結び".
- ^ "PUNE VS. CHIRAG KERALA 3 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "CHURCHILL BROTHERS VS. PUNE 0 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "PUNE VS. MUMBAI 3 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Douhou Pierre is Pune FC player of the year". The Hindu. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ D'Sa, Edwin. "Defender Anas first Indian player to bag 'Pune FC Player of the Year' award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "RANGDAJIED UNITED VS. PUNE 3 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "India - G. Kumar - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Team India leaves for Dubai". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Azerbaijan vs. India (3:0)".
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Kumar, Gurjinder". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Gurjinder Kumar at Soccerway
- ^ "Gurjinder Kumar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years". sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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