Amrit Gope
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 September 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bengaluru | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hindustan | |||
| Telco Sports Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Jamshedpur B | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | TRAU | 16 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bengaluru | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Amrit Gope (born 12 September 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bengaluru in the Indian Super League.[1]
Club career[edit]
Jamshedpur B[edit]
Gope, first tasted senior competitive football with Jamshedpur B in the 2018–19 season. On 13 January 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team, against TRAU, in a 1–0 loss.[2] He played a combined 12 matches for them in the I-League 2nd Division, over two seasons.
Gope got promoted to the senior team ahead of the 2019–20 season, after impressive performances in between the sticks with the reserves team.[3]
TRAU[edit]
Having worked his way up from the Jamshedpur B, Gope signed for TRAU on a one-year deal. On 9 January 2021, he made his debut for the club, against Aizawl in a 1–0 win, riding on some valiant goalkeeping.[4] He saved a penalty from MC Malsawmzuala and received a yellow card but managed to kept a clean-sheet in a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC.[5]
Gope extended his contract with TRAU ahead of the 2021–22 season.[6] He played in nine matches and managed to keep three clean sheets throughout the season.
Bengaluru FC[edit]
He signed for the ISL club Bengaluru FC on a two year deal.[7] He made his debut in a 2-2 draw against FC Goa in durand cup but remained on the bench for rest of the tournament as Bengaluru won the final by defeating Mumbai City FC 2-1. He remained on the bench for the rest whole season as a backup for Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and played in no games for the first team. He moved to Bengaluru FC B and played in the first group stage game of I-League 2 against FC Bengaluru United but received a straight red in the 38th minute.[8]
He was included in 2023 Durand Cup squad and played in a 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters.[9] [10]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 30 August 2022[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jamshedpur B | 2018–19 | I-League 2nd Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| TRAU | 2020–21 | I-League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| TRAU total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bengaluru | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "Bengaluru FC sign promising youngsters Amrit Gope and Faisal Ali". bengalurufc.com. 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Jamshedpur FC Reserves go down fighting 1 - 0 against TRAU FC in I-League Second Division". Jamshedpur FC. 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Gope promoted to the first team". Twitter. 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Komron Tursunov's strike helps TRAU beat Aizawl FC in I-League". Times of India. 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Tursunov's early strike for TRAU sinks Aizawl". 10 February 2021.
- ^ "I-League: Excited for chance to prove myself, says TRAU goalkeeper Gope". ANI News. 21 February 2022.
- ^ "ISL 2022-23 Transfer News: Bengaluru FC sign Amrit Gope, Faisal Ali on long-term deal". 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Blue Colts begin 2nd Division League with win over FC Bengaluru United". 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Bengaluru FC announce squad for Durand Cup title defence". 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC hold Kerala Blasters to a 2-2 draw as Gokulam storm into quarters". 18 August 2023.
- ^ Amrit Gope at Soccerway