Gurjinder Kumar
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 October 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Nawanshahr, Punjab, India | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pune | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2007 | Chandigarh FA | ||
| 2007–2010 | Tata FA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010– | Pune | 72 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | India U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012– | India | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Gurjinder Kumar (Punjabi: ਹਰਸ਼ਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ; born 10 October 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Pune F.C. in the I-League.
Career
Early Career
Born in Nawanshahr, Punjab, Kumar was born into a family of footballers.[1] At the age of ten, after his older brother passed away, Kumar started to take football more 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 Kumar had signed his first professional contract with Pune F.C. of the I-League.[1] After the 2010–11 season Kumar was named the Pune's best under-23 player at the clubs annual awards ceremony.[1] Then after the 2011–12 season he was given the "Goal of the Year" award for his strike against Chirag United Club Kerala.[2] He then won the Ashok Piramal Group "Young Player of the Year" award after the 2012–13 season.[3]
Kumar scored his first professional goal during his first season at the club on 26 February 2011 against Viva Kerala in which his 11th minute goal put Pune into an early 2–0 lead.[4] The club eventually mananged to get into a 4–0 lead but then gave up four goals to draw the match 4–4.[4] He then scored his second career goal the next season against Viva Kerala again but this time Pune managed to go on and win the match 3–1.[5] Kumar then went on to score his third goal of his career, and his second that season, only a month later on 21 December 2011 against Churchill Brothers in which his 84th minute strike helped Pune finish the match 2–0 winners.[6] His fourth goal of his career, and last for the season, came on 18 January 2012 against Mumbai in which he found the net in the 90th minute to finish a 3–0 victory for Pune.[7]
Kumar then did not scored another goal until the 2013–14 season when he scored against Rangdajied United on 11 December 2013 to give Pune a 2–0 lead which they would eventually give up and lose 3–2.[8]
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 preperation camp for the upcoming 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.[9] He then made his senior international debut for India on 23 February 2013 against Oman in a friendly at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in which he started and played the full 90 minutes as India lost 5–1.[10]
Career statistics
Club career stats
- As of 24 December 2013[11]
| Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pune | 2011–12 | I-League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | I-League | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | I-League | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | I-League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Career total | 72 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5 | ||
International stats
- As of 24 December 2013[12]
| 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Pune FC. "5 Gurjinder Kumar". Pune FC. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ↑ "Douhou Pierre is Pune FC player of the year". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ D'Sa, Edwin. "Defender Anas first Indian player to bag 'Pune FC Player of the Year' award". Times of India. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PUNE VS. CHIRAG KERALA 4 - 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "RANGDAJIED UNITED VS. PUNE 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ↑ "Team India leaves for Dubai". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ "Oman 5-1 India Lineups". Goal.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ Gurjinder Kumar profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Gurjinder Kumar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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