Amrit Gope

Amrit Gope

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Jamshedpur, Bihar, (now-Jharkhand), India
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Jamshedpur
Youth career
	Hindustan
	Telco Sports Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	Jamshedpur B	12	(0)
2021–2022	TRAU	16	(0)
2022–2024	Bengaluru	0	(0)
2024–	Jamshedpur	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Amrit Gope (born 12 September 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur

Club career

Jamshedpur B

Gope, first tasted senior competitive football with Jamshedpur B in the 2018–19 season. On 13 January 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team, against TRAU, in a 1–0 loss. ^[1] He played a combined 12 matches for them in the I-League 2nd Division, over two seasons.

Gope got promoted to the senior team ahead of the 2019–20 season, after impressive performances in between the sticks with the reserves team. ^[2]

TRAU

Having worked his way up from the Jamshedpur B, Gope signed for TRAU on a one-year deal. On 9 January 2021, he made his debut for the club, against Aizawl in a 1–0 win, riding on some valiant goalkeeping. ^[3] He saved a penalty from MC Malsawmzuala and received a yellow card but managed to kept a clean-sheet in a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC. ^[4]

Gope extended his contract with TRAU ahead of the 2021–22 season. ^[5] He played in nine matches and managed to keep three clean sheets throughout the season.

Bengaluru FC

He signed for the ISL club Bengaluru FC on a two-year deal. ^[6] He made his debut in a 2-2 draw against FC Goa in durand cup but remained on the bench for rest of the tournament as Bengaluru won the final by defeating Mumbai City FC 2-1. He remained on the bench for the rest whole season as a backup for Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and played in no games for the first team. He moved to Bengaluru FC B and played in the first group stage game of I-League 2 against FC Bengaluru United but received a straight red in the 38th minute. ^[7]

He was included in 2023 Durand Cup squad and played in a 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters. ^{[8] [9]}

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 August 2022 ^[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jamshedpur B	2018–19	I-League 2nd Division	9	0	0	0	–		9	0
	2019–20		3	0	3 [a]	0	–		6	0
TRAU	2020–21	I-League	7	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2021–22		9	0	0	0	–		9	0
	TRAU total		16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Bengaluru	2022–23	Indian Super League	0	0	1 [a]	0	–		0	0
Career total			28	0	4	0	0	0	32	0

1. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

References

1. "Jamshedpur FC Reserves go down fighting 1 - 0 against TRAU FC in I-League Second Division". Jamshedpur FC. 13 January 2019.
2. "Gope promoted to the first team". Twitter. 14 October 2019.
3. "Komron Tursunov's strike helps TRAU beat Aizawl FC in I-League". Times of India. 9 January 2021.
4. "Tursunov's early strike for TRAU sinks Aizawl". 10 February 2021.
5. "I-League: Excited for chance to prove myself, says TRAU goalkeeper Gope". ANI News. 21 February 2022.
6. "ISL 2022-23 Transfer News: Bengaluru FC sign Amrit Gope, Faisal Ali on long-term deal". 1 July 2022.
7. "Blue Colts begin 2nd Division League with win over FC Bengaluru United". 13 March 2023.
8. "Bengaluru FC announce squad for Durand Cup title defence". 3 August 2023.
9. "Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC hold Kerala Blasters to a 2-2 draw as Gokulam storm into quarters". 18 August 2023.
10. Amrit Gope at Soccerway