Germanpreet Singh

Germanpreet Singh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jamshedpur
Number	28
Youth career
	AIFF Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Dempo	14	(1)
2017-2018	Minerva Punjab	11	(0)
2018–2022	Chennaiyin	55	(1)
2022–	Jamshedpur	8	(0)
International career‡
2013	India U19	4	(0)
2015–2016	India U23	11	(1)
2016–2019	India	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 January 2019

Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League.

Career

Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Singh is a graduate of the AIFF Academy. ^[1] He signed for Dempo of the I-League and made his professional debut on 27 January 2015 against Sporting Goa. He came on as a 5th-minute substitute for Peter Carvalho as Dempo won 3–0. ^[2] He scored his first ever professional goal in his next match on 7 February 2015 against Royal Wahingdoh. After coming off the bench at half-time, Singh scored what would be the opening goal of the game for Dempo but the match still ended 1–1. ^[3]

Chennaiyin

In 2017, Germanpreet signed from Minerva Punjab on a 3 year deal. He only made a single appearance in his first season. On 30 September 2018, he was included in the game squad for the opening match. He made a total of 11 appearances for his team before the AFC Asian Cup Break.

International

Germanpreet represented the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers in 2013. ^[4] He was also selected into the preliminary squad for the India U23 side for the 2014 Asian Games. ^[1]

Germanpreet made his Indian U23 debut against Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015 in a 2016 AFC U-23 qualifier in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Bangladesh. ^[5]

In August 2016, he made his debut for his national team as a substitute in a game against Thailand, that India won by 4–1.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 January 2024 ^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dempo	2014–15	I-League	4	1	0	0	—		4	1
	2015–16	I-League 2nd Division	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	Chennaiyin total		14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
Minerva Punjab	2016–17	I-League	11	0	3 [a]	0	—		14	0
Chennaiyin	2017–18	Indian Super League	7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2018–19		9	0	1 [b]	0	6 [c]	0	16	0
	2019–20		13	0	4 [b]	0	—		17	0
	2020–21		11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	2021–22		15	1	0	0	—		15	1
	Chennaiyin total		55	1	5	0	6	0	66	1
Jamshedpur	2022–23	Indian Super League	5	0	1 [b]	0	—		6	0
	2023–24		3	0	4 [b]	0	—		7	0
	Total		8	0	5	0	0	0	13	0
Career total			88	2	13	0	6	0	107	2

1. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
3. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours

Chennaiyin

• Indian Super League: 2017–18

India

• SAFF Championship runner-up: 2018 ^[7]

India U23

• South Asian Games Silver medal: 2016

References

1. "Nine sporting players among shortlisted". Times of India. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. "Dempo 3-0 Sporting Goa". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
3. "Royal Wahingdoh 1-1 Dempo". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. Bhutani, Rahul (13 October 2013). "AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers : India Win Hearts, Lose Plot". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
5. "All Competitions | AFC". the-AFC.
6. Germanpreet Singh at Soccerway
7. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Singh, Germanpreet". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

External links

• All India Football Federation Profile.
• Germanpreet Singh at Soccerway
• Super League profile ^{[ permanent dead link ]}