Sandesh Jhingan

Sandesh Jhingan
Personal information
Full nameSandesh Jhingan
Date of birth21 July 1993[1]
Place of birthChandigarh, India
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Sporting Goa
(on loan from Kerala Blasters FC)
Number28
Youth career
St Stephen's FA
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013United Sikkim
2013–2014Mumbai11(0)
2014Kerala Blasters FC14(0)
2014–2015→ Sporting Goa (loan)9(0)
National team‡
2014–India U233(0)
2015–India2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:30, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Sandesh Jhingan (born 21 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sporting Goa in the Indian I-League on loan from Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League. A versatile all-round defender, Jhingan is comfortable playing as a left or right full-back.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Chandigarh, Jhingan began his career at the St Stephen's Football Academy. While with the academy, he helped the side reach the South-East Asian finals of the Manchester United Premier Cup.[2] He also helped his state team, Chandigarh win the B.C. Roy Trophy, the national under-19 tournament in India.[2]

United Sikkim

In November 2011, Jhingan attended trials for I-League 2nd Division side United Sikkim.[3] He eventually went on to sign for the Sikkim side one month later in December.[3] In his first season at United Sikkim, Jhingan had the opportunity to play alongside former India national team captains Baichung Bhutia and Renedy Singh. He appeared six times during the 2012 I-League 2nd Division final round[4] where he helped his club gain promotion to the I-League.[3]

Jhingan made his senior I-League debut on United Sikkim's opening match of the season against Salgaocar on 6 October 2012.[5] He played the full 90 minutes and scored his first professional goal in the 73rd minute, thus helping his team to win the match 3–2.[5] Jhingan then scored his second goal of the season on 18 November 2012 in a 2–1 loss against Sporting Goa.[6]

In February 2012 it was reported that Jhingan had received trial offers from two Chinese League One teams and that he was to fly to China for the trials on 15 February.[7] However, his selection for the India national team camp, starting 11 February, saw Jhingan remain with United Sikkim for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[7]

Mumbai FC

Following United Sikkim's relegation from the I-League, Jhingan signed on with IMG-Reliance for the Indian Super League which at the time was supposed to kick-off in January 2014.[8] He had also received an offer from Dempo, but he rejected the club at the time.[8] Then, on 12 November 2013, it was confirmed that Jhingan had joined I-League side Rangdajied United for the remainder of the season.[9] However, on 5 December, it was announced that Jhingan had instead signed on loan from IMG-Reliance for Mumbai of the I-League for the rest of the season.[10] Jhingan made his debut for Mumbai on 7 December 2013 against Pune. He played the full 90 minutes as Mumbai won the match 2–1.[11]

Kerala Blasters FC

On 22 July 2014, a day after his 21st birthday, Jhingan was selected by the Kerala Blasters FC in the second round of the Indian Super League draft.[12] Jhingan was a regular for Kerala Blasters during the league, garnering much praise for his excellent performances resulting in interest from clubs in Europe and USA.[13] Jhingan was named the "Emerging Player" of the 2014 Indian Super League.[14]

Sporting Clube de Goa (loan)

On 2 February, Jhingan confirmed that he would be joining Sporting Goa for the 2014-15 I-League on loan from ISL side Kerala Blasters, rejecting offers from Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan. Jhingan chose the goan side in favor of attending the many trial offers he had from Europe - Spain, Denmark, Turkey and Switzerland, as the trials were too close to the 2 February 2015 European winter Transfer Window. He also confirmed through his agent that should any trials come up during the 2014-15 I-League season, he would attend them, but accepts that it is more likely that trials be arranged in July, during pre-season in most of Europe.[15]

Jhingan made his debut for Sporting Goa against Mumbai at The Cooperage Ground's re-opening, helping his side to a goal-less draw.[16]

International

After winning the B.C. Roy Trophy, Jhingan was selected to join a India U19 camp, however, injuries prevented him from making his debut.[3] He was then selected to join the India national team camp in 2013, before the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers, but once again injury meant that Jhingan could not join up with the national team.[17]

Jhingan made his debut for the India U23 during the 2014 Asian Games playing both of India's games.[18][19]

Jhingan finally made his debut for the senior Indian team on 12 March 2015 against Nepal in a 2-0 win at Guwahati.[20][21] After return leg against Nepal, he was selected to be part of the India U23 squad for 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers and played in the match against Bangladesh U23 in a 0-0.[22]

Career statistics

As of 24 April 2015[1]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
United Sikkim 2012–13 I-League21220————232
Mumbai 2013–14 I-League11000————110
Kerala Blasters FC 2014 ISL140——————140
Sporting Goa (loan) 2014–2015 I-League900000——90
Career total 552200000572

Honours

Individual

Club

United Sikkim

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sandesh Jhingan profile at Soccerway
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lundup, Tashi. "The Curious Case of Sandesh Jhingan". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rai, Saurabh. "Bhaichung Is The "God of Indian Football": Sandesh Jhingan". Feverpitch. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.kolkatafootball.com/aiff_2nd_divn_ileague_2012/final.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "United Sikkim vs. Salgaocar 3 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sporting Goa vs United Sikkim 2 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lundup, Tashi. "The Curious Case of Sandesh Jhingan". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Sandesh Jhingan: I am still optimistic of playing for an I-League club". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sandesh signed by bottom-placed Rangdajied". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Ghoshal, Amoy. "Jhingan set to join Mumbai FC". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Pune vs. Mumbai 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Ghoshal, Amoy. "ISL domestic player draft: Mumbai and Kerala pick four India internationals each". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  13. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/ISL-Its-India-shining-in-global-football-market/articleshow/45582865.cms
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/1875-hume-voted-best-player-elano-wins-golden-boot
  15. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sandesh-keeps-Euro-dream-on-hold-to-join-Sporting/articleshow/46089666.cms
  16. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/mumbai-vs-sporting-goa/1980990/report
  17. ↑ Lundup, Tashi. "The Curious Case of Sandesh Jhingan". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  18. ↑ http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/FB/Result?RSC=FBM400G02&lang=en
  19. ↑ https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/FB/Result?RSC=FBM400G01&lang=en
  20. ↑ Atanu Mitra & Brendon Netto (12 March 2015). "India 2-0 Nepal: Chhetri leads Blue Tigers to victory over neighbours". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  21. ↑ Mitra, Atanu (12 March 2015). "Lyngdoh: Football speaks on the field". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  22. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8830&stageid=348&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
  23. ↑ https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6107