| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arshdeep Singh Saini | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Chandigarh, India | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hyderabad | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chandigarh Football Academy | |||
| AIFF Elite Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Minerva Punjab | 26 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Odisha | 33 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Goa | 17 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hyderabad | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 3 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Arshdeep Singh Saini (born 6 October 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Hyderabad.
Singh began his career with the AIFF Elite Academy, playing in various competitions. [1] On 1 November 2015, He joined Minerva Academy FC who were about to participate in I-League 2nd Division. [2] [3] On 11 December 2015, he made his professional debut against PIFA Sports FC in a western conference game. He kept his first professional cleansheet as the match ended in a 3–0 win. [4] He started in all final round games and kept three cleansheets as Minerva finished second after a 3–1 loss to Dempo SC. [5]
He made his Durand Cup debut on 30 August 2016 where despite a 2–0 loss to Gangtok Himalayan SC he managed to impress. [6] He also played the next game which ended in a 3–0 loss to Indian Navy. [7] He missed next three games due to a sudden illness. [8] Despite finishing second in I-League 2 Minerva were promoted to I-League after Dempo SC withdrew. [9] [10] On 21 January 2017, Singh made his I-League debut against Shillong Lajong. He started and played the full match as Minerva lost 2–1. [11] He started only in four games conceding six goals with no cleansheets.
In 2017–18 I-League season, he was again a backup keeper making only three starts but helped Minerva win their first ever I-League title. [12] [13] This was young Arshdeep and Minerva Punjab's first ever major trophy [14]
On 22 September 2018, he extended his contract for another season. [15] He started the season in a 2–2 draw against Shillong Lajong. [16] He started in eight games keeping two cleansheets with Minerva finishing ninth in the league. Since, Minerva were winners of previous I-League season they qualified for 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs. However, he was on the bench in the 4–0 loss to Iranian club Saipa FC in preliminary round 2. [17]
As a result, Minerva qualified to play in AFC Cup group stage. On 3 April 2019, he made his continental debut in the first game against Chennaiyin FC which ended in a 0–0 stalemate. [18] After being benched for next game, he played in next two games against Manang Marshyangdi Club which both ended in a draw. [19] [20] He suffered a nose injury in the next game against Chennaiyin after colliding with C. K. Vineeth which made him being substituted off in the 11th minute in an eventual 1–1 draw. [21] Hence, he missed the last game against Abahani Limited Dhaka, the same game where he was benched. [22]
On 19 July 2019, he joined newly rebranded Odisha FC on a 3-year deal. [23] He made his debut on 26 October 2019 in a 2–1 loss to NorthEast United FC which was also his ISL debut. [24] He made thirty three appearances for Odisha during his three seasons all coming in league but managing to keep only five cleansheets and Odisha even finished last in 2020-21 ISL season when he was the first choice keeper. [25]
On 30 June 2022, FC Goa completed the signing of Arshdeep Singh on a two-year deal. [26] On 21 October 2022, he made his debut for Goa coming as a fifty-ninth-minute substitute for Dheeraj Singh who suffered a head injury in a 2–0 win over Chennaiyin FC. [27] He started in the next game against Hyderabad FC which ended in a 1–0 loss. [28] He made his Super Cup debut on 10 April 2023 in a 5–3 loss to Jamshedpur FC. [29] But managed to keep cleansheets in next two games against Gokulam Kerala and Mohun Bagan which both ended in a 1–0 win. [30] [31]
He started the next season with a cleansheet in 6–0 hammering over Shillong Lajong in Durand Cup. [32] He also started in the first game of 2023—24 ISL against his former club and newly promoted Punjab FC and managed another cleansheet in a 1–0 win. [33]
On 26 June, Arshdeep extended his contract till the end of the 2025—26 season. [34] He started the season with a cleansheet against A-League side Brisbane Roar in a 1-0 victory at 2024 Bandodkar Trophy. [35]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Minerva Punjab | 2015–16 | I-League 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | I-League | 4 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Odisha | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Goa | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Hyderabad | 2024–25 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 80 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 0 | ||
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