Robin Singh (footballer)

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Robin Singh
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990
Place of birthNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubBengaluru FC
Number9
Youth career
2003–2005Chandigarh FA
2005–2009Tata FA
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013East Bengal42(10)
2013–Bengaluru FC15(1)
National team‡
2011India U231(0)
2012–India11(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2013

Robin Singh (born 9 May 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bengaluru FC in the I-League.

Career

Early career

Born in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Singh started playing cricket and football at an academy in Noida at the age of nine years old. He played with them at many youth tournaments.[2] He started playing his football with former Indian footballer, Anadi Barua.[2] At the age of thirteen Singh had to make a choice between either football or cricket and chose football as that was the sport he enjoyed most playing out of the two.[2] Gaining support from his parents Singh started to attend St. Stephen’s Football Academy which is located in Chandigarh.[2] A short time later Singh was selected by the UT Sports Department to join the Chandigarh Football Academy.[2] While there Singh played a role in Chandigarh's tournaments like the Junior Challenge Administrator’s Cup Football Tournament and the Pre-Subroto Mukerjee Football Tournament.[2] However Singh was axed by the Academy in 2005 after the Subroto Cup for not being in synch with the training program.[2] However after leaving the Chandigarh Football Academy Singh joined the famed Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur, Orissa in 2005.[2] While at Tata Football Academy Singh was converted into a striker after playing his entire life as a winger in most cases due to his fast pace.[3]

East Bengal

After spending four years at Tata Football Academy and spending almost a year in both United Arab Emirates (where he trained with a UAE Pro League club[2]) and England (where he was trained by Mel Eves[2]) Singh signed for East Bengal F.C. of the I-League after being scouted by them during a match between East Bengal and Tata FA in which Singh scored a brace against East Bengal at the East Bengal Ground to knock them out of the IFA Shield in what was East Bengal's quickest ever exit from the tournament in their history.[2][3] He was officially signed from Tata Football Academy for INR50 lakhs on a 2-year deal in 2009.[2] Singh started his impact early for the club helping them win small cups like the Jubilee Cup.[2] Then on 26 November 2010 Singh scored a brace for East Bengal against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the 2010 Calcutta Football League to confirm East Bengal as champions of the West Bengal state league championship that season.[4] Singh scored his first two league and professional goals for East Bengal on 12 December 2010 against Pailan Arrows at the Salt Lake Stadium where he scored in both the 49th and 71st minute to give East Bengal a 4–0 victory.[5] Singh then scored again for East Bengal on 29 December 2010 against Air India FC at the Salt Lake Stadium in which he scored in the 34th minute as East Bengal went on to win 6–1.[6] Singh then scored for East Bengal again on 4 February 2012 against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan yet again but this time in the I-League in the 32nd minute which eventually led to East Bengal drawing the game 1–1.[7] Singh then continued his scoring run by scoring against Mumbai on 30 March 2012 at the Salt Lake Stadium with him scoring in the 25th minute to lead East Bengal to an eventual 3–1 victory.[8] Singh then scored the winner for East Bengal on 16 April 2012 against Chirag United Club Kerala at the Salt Lake Stadium in the 77th minute to give East Bengal a 4–3 victory after being held at 3–3 for most of the match.[9] Singh then scored his last goal of the 2011-12 I-League season on 30 April 2012 against Sporting Clube de Goa at the Salt Lake Stadium in which he scored from a penalty in the 82nd minute as East Bengal won 3–0.[10]

During the 2012–13 season, Singh scored three goals. His first goal that season came against 24 November 2012 against ONGC in which he scored the final goal in the 83rd minute for East Bengal as the side won 5–0.[11] He then found the net again on 30 December 2012 against the Pailan Arrows in which he found the net in the 44th minute to lead East Bengal to a 3–0 victory.[12] He then scored his final goal of the season on 5 January 2012 against Salgaocar in which he found the net in the 59th minute to help East Bengal to a 4–1 victory.[13]

Bengaluru FC

After spending three seasons with East Bengal, Singh signed for new direct-entry I-League side Bengaluru FC on 11 July 2013.[14] He made his debut for the side in the clubs very first I-League game ever against Mohun Bagan A.C. on 22 September 2013 in which he came on in the 80th minute for Malemngamba Meetei as Bengaluru drew the match 1–1.[15] After being an off-the-bench sub in the first six matches of the season, Singh scored an unfortunate own goal against his former club, East Bengal, on 26 October 2013 at the Kalyani Stadium in the 49th minute as Bengaluru lost 2–0, their first loss of the season.[16] He however then scored his first actual goal of the season on 21 December 2013 against Salgaocar in which he scored from the penalty spot in the 93rd minute to give Bengaluru FC a 2–1 victory.[17]

International

Singh has represented India at the under-16, under-23, and senior level. He represented the under-16s when he was at Tata Football Academy and even played against clubs like VfL Wolfsburg youth and FC Augsburg youth teams.[3] He made his debut at the under-23 level on 9 March 2011 against Myanmar during the 2012 Olympic qualifiers in which he came on as a 67th minute substitute for Malsawmfela as India U23's drew 1–1 which was enough on aggregate to send them to the 2nd Round of Asian Olympic qualification.[18]

Singh then made his senior debut for India on 25 August 2012 during the 2012 Nehru Cup against Maldives at the Nehru Stadium in the Indian capital of Delhi, coming on as a 46th minute substitute for his East Bengal teammate Sanju Pradhan; India won the match 3–0.[19] Then on 2 September 2012 Singh helped India win the Nehru Cup by beating Cameroon's B team in the final 5–4 on penalties with Singh coming on in the 63rd minute for Sanju Pradhan and then scoring the first penalty for India in the penalty shoot-out after the match ended in regulation time 2–2.[20]

Singh then scored his first ever goal for India's seniors on 2 March 2013 against Chinese Taipei during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers when he found the net in the 90th minute to give India a last minute winner, 2–1.[21]

International goals

Score and Result lists India's goals first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 March 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar  Chinese Taipei 2–1 2–1 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2013[1][22]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2010–11 13361——50244
2011–12 16432——60256
2012–13 13300——20153
Total 421093001306613
Bengaluru FC 2013–14 15100————151
Career total 571193001308114

National team statistics

As of 22 November 2013[1]
India national team
YearAppsGoals
201230
201381
Total111

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Singh, Robin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 Deep Singh, Kunwar. "Robin Singh – The New Star In Indian Football Horizon". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sengupta, Rahul. "Players To Watch: East Bengal's Robin Singh". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  4. ↑ "‘Red’ letter day for EB". Telegraph India. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  5. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. ARROWS 4 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  6. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. AIR INDIA 6 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  7. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. MOHUN BAGAN 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  8. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. MUMBAI 3 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  9. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. CHIRAG KERALA 4 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  10. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. SPORTING GOA 3 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  11. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. ONGC 5 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  12. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. ARROWS 3 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  13. ↑ "SALGAOCAR VS. EAST BENGAL 1 - 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Robin Singh signs a two-year deal with JSW". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 July 2013. 
  15. ↑ "BENGALURU VS. MOHUN BAGAN 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2013. 
  16. ↑ "EAST BENGAL VS. BENGALURU 2 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2013. 
  17. ↑ "I-league: Bengaluru FC beat Salgaocar FC 2-1 through penalties". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 22 December 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Myanmar U23 1-1 India U23". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  19. ↑ "India vs Maldives LIVE Commentary". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  20. ↑ Bali, Rahul. "Cameroon 6-7 (4-5 on pen) India: The Blue Tigers make it a hat-trick of Nehru Cup titles". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  21. ↑ "India 2-1 Chinese Taipei". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 
  22. ↑ Robin Singh (footballer) profile at Soccerway
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