Deepak Devrani

Deepak Devrani

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	New Delhi, India
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Punjab
Number	26
Youth career
	East Bengal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Pailan Arrows	23	(4)
2013–2014	Sporting Goa	9	(1)
2014–2015	Pune City	0	(0)
2015	→ Mohun Bagan (loan)	0	(0)
2016−2019	Minerva Punjab	21	(0)
2019−2020	TRAU	12	(2)
2020–2021	Gokulam Kerala	14	(0)
2021–2022	Chennaiyin	4	(0)
2022–	Punjab	8	(1)
2023–2024	→ Inter Kashi (loan)	12	(1)
International career‡
2007–2009	India U16	9	(2)
2009–2010	India U19	7	(2)
2011–	India U23	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:21, 8 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Deepak Devrani (born 10 December 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Punjab.

Early career

Deepak was about 12 when he first starting kicking the ball. He first started playing football in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi, where his first coach was Nirmal Singh. Then he got selected for D.D.A. Yamuna Nagar where he played under coaches Naveen Khandwal and Ranjith Thapa. In 2007, he moved to the Chandigarh football academy. Since the under-16 level, he has been playing for the national team.

He started his career as a youngster with East Bengal. After not seeing any playing time for East Bengal he jumped at the opportunity to play for Pailan Arrows. ^[1]

Club career

Pailan Arrows

After years in the East Bengal youth system, Devrani was sent to play for the Pailan Arrows, a team that played in the I-League and aimed at preparing players for the 2018 World Cup. During the 2010-11 season, Devrani played only five times for Indian Arrows. Devrani then missed Pailan's first 20 games of the 2011-12 I-League with a knee injury in which Pailan did not win a single match. He made his debut for the Pailan Arrows on 25 March 2012. ^[2]

Devrani scored his first goal for Pailan Arrows on 21 September 2012 against Mumbai during the 2012 Federation Cup in which he scored the equalizer for Pailan to help them draw the match 2–2. ^[3] Devrani then scored his first I-League goal on 1 December 2012 against ONGC F.C. when he scored in the 10th minute to give Pailan the lead in a match that would end in favor of Pailan Arrows 4–1. ^[4] Devrani however did not end December well as he again had to come off injured for Pailan Arrows in the 2nd minute of the match against East Bengal F.C. on 30 December 2012 as his side went down 3–0. ^[5]

Sporting Goa

On 18 July 2013 it was confirmed that Devrani has signed for Sporting Goa with Ravi Kumar. ^[6] He made his debut for Sporting Goa in the I-League on 24 October 2013 against Rangdajied at the Duler Stadium; in which he played the whole match and scored one goal in the 30th minute; as Sporting Goa won the match 3-0. ^[7]

FC Pune City

Devrani signed up with FC Pune City for the 2014 Indian Super League. ^[8]

Minerva Punjab FC

Devrani signed up with Minerva Punjab FC with their debut season in I-League.

TRAU

On 3 September 2019 Deepak signed a deal and moved to TRAU F.C. ^[9]

Chennaiyin FC

On 4 August 2021, it was announced that Deepak had signed a one-year deal with the Indian Super League side Chennaiyin FC. ^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 April 2024 ^[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pailan Arrows	2010–11	I-League	5	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		6	0
	2011–12		1	0	3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		4	0
	2012–13		17	1	3 [lower-alpha 1]	1	—		20	2
Sporting Goa	2013–14		9	1	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		10	1
Pune City	2014	Indian Super League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Mohun Bagan (loan)	2014–15	I-League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Minerva Punjab	2016–17		5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2017–18		6	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		7	0
	2018–19		10	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	11	0
TRAU	2019–20		12	2	0	0	—		12	2
Gokulam Kerala	2020–21		14	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	—		15	0
Chennaiyin	2021–22	Indian Super League	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Punjab	2022–23	I-League	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
Inter Kashi (loan)	2023–24	I-League	12	1	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		13	1
Career total			103	6	11	1	1	0	115	7

1. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
4. Appearance(s) in IFA Shield

Honours

Minerva Punjab ^[12]

• I-League: 2017–18

Gokulam Kerala

• I-League: 2020–21 ^[13]

Individual

• I-League Team of the season: 2020–21

References

1. "Olympic goal for Deepak". Indian Express. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
2. Srivastava, Ayush. "Pune FC 1-0 Pailan Arrows: The Red Lizards edge past the toothless Kolkatan outfit". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
3. "Pailan Arrows 2-2 Mumbai FC: Four goal thriller ends in a stalemate". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
4. Bera, Kaustav. "Pailan Arrows 4-1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
5. Mitra, Atanu. "East Bengal 3-0 Pailan Arrows: Trevor Morgan's side dismantle the Arrows with ease". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
6. "Sporting Clube de Goa unveil former Pailan Arrows duo - Deepak Devrani & Ravi Kumar". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
7. "Sporting Goa v. Rangdajied United 3-0". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
8. "Deepak Devrani profile - Goals, Passes and more". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
9. "India - D. Devrani - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
10. Sportstar, Team (4 August 2021). "ISL 2021-22: Chennaiyin FC signs defender Deepak Devrani on one-year deal". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
11. Deepak Devrani at Soccerway
12. "Minerva Punjab crowned I-League champions". Rediff. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
13. "Gokulam Kerala FC Stage Sensational Comeback To Win Maiden I-League Title vs TRAU". Outlook India. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.