Germanpreet Singh

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Germanpreet Singh
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Jamshedpur
Number 28
Youth career
AIFF Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dempo 14 (1)
2017-2018 Minerva Punjab 11 (0)
2018–2022 Chennaiyin 55 (1)
2022– Jamshedpur 8 (0)
International career
2013 India U19 4 (0)
2015–2016 India U23 11 (1)
2016–2019 India 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 January 2019

Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 31 January 2024[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 10 0 0 0 10 0
Chennaiyin total 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
Minerva Punjab 2016–17 I-League 11 0 3[a] 0 14 0
Chennaiyin 2017–18 Indian Super League 7 0 0 0 7 0
2018–19 9 0 1[b] 0 6[c] 0 16 0
2019–20 13 0 4[b] 0 17 0
2020–21 11 0 0 0 11 0
2021–22 15 1 0 0 15 1
Chennaiyin total 55 1 5 0 6 0 66 1
Jamshedpur 2022–23 Indian Super League 5 0 1[b] 0 6 0
2023–24 3 0 4[b] 0 7 0
Total 8 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 88 2 13 0 6 0 107 2
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours[edit]

Chennaiyin

India

India U23

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nine sporting players among shortlisted". Times of India. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Dempo 3-0 Sporting Goa". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Royal Wahingdoh 1-1 Dempo". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ Bhutani, Rahul (13 October 2013). "AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers : India Win Hearts, Lose Plot". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ "All Competitions | AFC". the-AFC.
  6. ^ Germanpreet Singh at Soccerway
  7. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Singh, Germanpreet". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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