Germanpreet Singh

Germanpreet Singh
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996
Place of birth Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
Dempo
Number 28
Youth career
Tata FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Dempo 17 (1)
National team
2013 India U19 4 (0)
2015– India U23 6 (0)
2016– India 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:56, 29 May 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2016

Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Dempo in the I-League.

Career

Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Singh is a graduate of the Tata Football Academy.[1] He then signed for Dempo S.C. 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]

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]

Career statistics

As of 29 May 2016[6]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dempo 2014–15 I-League41000041
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division130130
Career total 171000000171

References

  1. 1 2 "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. http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8826&stageid=348&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
  6. Germanpreet Singh profile at Soccerway
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