Gaurav Bora

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Gaurav Bora
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Guwahati, Assam, India
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
NorthEast United
Number 13
Youth career
Pune
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Pune City 0 (0)
2018 Pune City B 9 (1)
2017–2018Chennai City (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019Chennai City (loan) 20 (2)
2019–2022 Odisha 41 (0)
2022– NorthEast United 13 (0)
International career
2019–2021 India U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:11, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Gaurav Bora (born 13 July 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club NorthEast United.

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Club career

Born in Guwahati, Assam, Bora moved with his family to Delhi when he was younger. [1] After playing for his school team, Bora was selected to be trained at the Baichung Bhutia Football School. Due to his good performance with the team, Bora was selected to represent the Delhi under-16 state team9 and was scouted to have a trial with Pune City. [1] His trial was successful and Bora joined the Pune City Academy. [1]

In November 2017, Bora was loaned to Chennai City of the I-League. [1] He made his professional debut for the club on 29 November 2017 against Indian Arrows. He only played 26 minutes as Chennai City were defeated 3–0. [2] After impressing the Chennai City coaching staff during the 2017–18 season, Bora was loaned back to the club the next season. [1] During the 2018–19 season, Bora was moved by head coach Akbar Nawas from midfield to central defense, where he created a solid partnership with Roberto Eslava. [1]

On 9 March 2019, Bora scored a brace in Chennai City's last match of the season against Minerva Punjab which helped the club win their first ever I-League title, and Bora's first trophy. [3] [4]

Odisha

On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Bora had joined Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League. [5] Bora then made his debut for the re-branded club i.e. Odisha FC, on 22 December 2019 against Goa where he came on as a halftime substitute for Daniel Lalhlimpuia. The match eventually ended up as a 0–3 defeat for Odisha. [6]

NorthEast United

On 25 August 2022, Gaurav joined Indian Super League club NorthEast United from Odisha for the upcoming season. [7]

International

On 13 February 2019, Bora was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. [8] He made his debut for the side in their first match of the qualifiers against Uzbekistan U23. He played the whole match as India U23 were defeated 2–0 and eventually failed to qualify. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 January 2023 [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pune City B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 910091
Chennai City
(loan)
2017–18 I-League 701 [lower-alpha 1] 080
2018–19 2023 [lower-alpha 1] 0232
Chennai City total2724000312
Odisha 2019–20 Indian Super League 10000100
2020–21 18000180
2021–22 13000130
Odisha total4100000410
NorthEast United 2022–23 Indian Super League12000120
Career total8934000933
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Honours

Club

Chennai City [11]

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References

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  2. "Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City". Soccerway.
  3. "Chennai City 3-1 Minerva Punjab". Soccerway.
  4. Namboothiri, Arjun (21 March 2019). "I-League champion Gaurav Bora could be India's next 'big' thing". ESPN India. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. Banerjee, Ritabrata (27 June 2019). "Gaurav Bora joins Delhi Dynamos from FC Pune City". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. "Goa 3–0 Odisha". Soccerway.
  7. "NorthEast United complete signing of centre-back Gaurav Bora". Khelnow. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. "Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp". Navhind Times. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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  11. Gaurav Bora at Soccerway