Alwyn George

Alwyn George

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	NorthEast United
Number	12
Youth career
2008–2011	Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Pailan Arrows	32	(5)
2013–2015	Dempo	34	(2)
2014	→ Goa (loan)	1	(0)
2015–	Bengaluru FC	21	(1)
2016	→ Delhi Dynamos (loan)	3	(0)
2018—2019	Pune City	3	(0)
2020–	Punjab	1	(0)
International career‡
2012	India U23	4	(4)
2012–	India	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:50, 11 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:05, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Alwyn George is an Indian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for NorthEast United in the Indian Super League.

Career

Pailan Arrows

Alwyn started his football career with the Tata Football Academy in 2008 and won the Junior National Championship with Tata FA in 2008, beating Sporting Goa youth 3–1. ^[1] After spending four years at Tata, Alwyn signed his first professional contract with Pailan Arrows in the I-League on 11 February 2012. The next day, Alwyn made his debut in the I-League against Dempo in a game in which the Arrows lost 2–0 but with Alwyn putting in a man of the match performance for his team. ^[2]

Alwyn scored his first goal of the 2012–13 season against ONGC on 1 December 2012 to help Pailan win 4–1. ^[3] On 6 April 2013, he headed in a cross from the left by Seminlen Doungel on the 74th minute to complete a 2–0 upset of defending champions Dempo at the Tilak Maidan Stadium.

Dempo

On 26 October 2013 it was confirmed that George has signed for Dempo on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players - Holicharan Narzary, Pronay Halder and Narayan Das. ^[4] He made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 1 November 2013 against Mohun Bagan at the Duler Stadium in which he came on as a substitute for Peter Carvalho in the 46th minute as Dempo drew the match 0–0. ^[5] On 29 April, Alwyn was named best young Indian player of the season for a second year running. ^[6]

Alwyn represented FC Goa during the 2014 Indian Super League on loan from parent club Dempo but was used sparingly. ^[7]

Bengaluru FC

On 29 July 2015 former I-League champions Bengaluru FC announced the signing of Alwyn. Alwyn will be part of blue brigade who are eager to repeat the success that they achieved in their first season. ^[8] Due to his impressive performance at domestic as well as Continental competitions, Club and the player decided to extend the contract further for a year ^[9]

International

Alwyn was called for India U23 team in June 2012, for the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifiers held from 23 June 2012. He played his first game for under-23 team against Lebanon U23 on 23 June 2012 in the opening group match of AFC U-22 qualification. India U23 won the match 5–2 with Alwyn scoring twice in the 38th and 54th minute. ^[10] He then scored the only goal for India U23 during the second match AFC U-22 qualification against Iraq U23 on 25 June 2012 as India U23 lost 1–2. ^[11] George was suspended for India U23's next match against United Arab Emirates U23 due to picking up two yellow cards (one against Lebanon U23 and one against Iraq U23). He returned for India U23s match against Turkmenistan U23 on 30 June 2012 and once again he scored in the 67th minute as India U23 won the match 4–1. ^[12]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 4 August 2017 ^{[13] [14]}

Club	Season	League			Federation Cup		Durand Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pailan Arrows	2011–12	I-League	7	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	7	2
	2012–13	I-League	25	3	1	0	0	0	—	—	26	3
Dempo	2013–14	I-League	18	1	4	1	0	0	—	—	22	2
	2014–15	I-League	16	1	5	0	0	0	—	—	21	1
Goa (loan)	2014	Indian Super League	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
Bengaluru FC	2015–16	I-League	6	0	2	0	0	0	10	2	18	2
	2016–17	I-League	11	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	19	2
	2017–18	Indian Super League	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	0
Delhi Dynamos (loan)	2016	Indian Super League	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0
Career Total			91	8	16	1	0	0	14	2	121	11

Honours

India

• SAFF Championship runner-up: 2013
• Nehru Cup: 2012

Individual

• Football Players' Association of India Emerging Player of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14 ^[15]

References

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2. "Pailan Arrows 0-2 Dempo SC - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
3. Bera, Kaustav. "Pailan Arrows 4–1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
4. "Arrows players for Dempo". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
5. Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0–0 Mohun Bagan: The Goans were held to a disappointing draw". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
6. Kaustav Bera (29 April 2014). "Balwant Singh named Indian Player of the Year and more from the FPAI Indian Football Awards". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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8. "Alwyn George signed by Bengaluru FC for I-League 2015-16". Indianfootballnetwork.com. 29 July 2015.
9. "Amrinder, Alwyn extend BFC deals | Bengaluru Football Club". Bengalurufc.com. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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14. "Alwyn George - Profile and Statistics". Soccerpunter.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
15. "Westwood bags FPAI best coach award, PK lifetime achievement". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata: The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.