Girik Khosla

Girik Khosla

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	GTB Nagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfield
Team information
Current team	Diamond Harbour FC
Number	49
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Minerva Punjab	20	(3)
2018–2019	NorthEast United	1	(0)
2019–2020	Minerva Punjab	7	(2)
2020–2021	East Bengal	0	(0)
2021–2022	Sreenidi Deccan	13	(1)
2022–2023	Real Kashmir	16	(0)
2023–2024	Delhi	11	(0)
2024-	Diamond Harbour FC	11	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11/12/24 @ 16:11(AEST)

Girik Khosla (born 4 January 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League 2 club Diamond Harbour.

Career

Born in Mumbai, Girik Khosla started his footballing journey with the youth setup of Mumbai FC where he captained the U14 and U17 teams before moving to the state team of Chandigarh. He caught the eyes of Minerva Punjab after guiding his state team Chandigarh to qualify for the final stages of the Santosh Trophy.

He made his senior debut for Minerva Punjab in the 2016-17 I-League season against DSK Shivajians as he came on as a substitute. He was part of the 2017-18 I-League winning team where he made 12 appearances and scored one goal.

His performance caught the eyes of Indian Super League side NorthEast United FC and he joined them for the 2018–19 Indian Super League season, however he made just one appearance for the Highlanders and failed to get any gametime.

Girik Khosla returned to Minerva Punjab in the 2016–17 I-League season and got some gametimes, ^[1] as he scored two goals in seven appearances.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 February 2025 ^[2]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Minerva Punjab	2016–17	I-League	8	2	0	0	–		8	2
	2017–18		12	1	1 [a]	0	–		13	1
	Minerva Punjab total		20	3	1	0	0	0	21	3
NorthEast United	2018–19	Indian Super League	1	0	1 [a]	0	–		2	0
Minerva Punjab	2019–20	I-League	7	2	0	0	–		7	2
East Bengal	2020–21	Indian Super League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
Sreenidi Deccan	2021–22	I-League	13	1	0	0	–		13	1
Real Kashmir	2022–23		16	0	1 [a]	0	–		17	0
Delhi	2023–24		8	0	3 [b]	0	–		11	0
Diamond Harbour	2024–25	I-League 3	7	2	0	0	–		7	2
		I-League 2	4	3					4	3
	Diamond Harbour total		11	5	0	0	0	0	11	5
Career total			76	11	6	0	0	0	82	11

1. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Minerva Punjab

• I-League: 2017–18 ^[3]

Delhi

• Ladakh Climate Cup: 2023 ^[4]

References

1. Ingale, Shreyash (12 October 2019). "Here's How 'The Warriors – Minerva Punjab' are preparing for upcoming I-League season". iftwc.com. IFTWC – Indian Football Team for World Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. Girik Khosla at Soccerway
3. Jonathan Selvaraj (8 March 2018). "Minerva give India another champion team from Punjab". ESPN. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
4. "Ladakh Climate Cup: Delhi FC rattle TNSA 6–0 to take trophy home". uniindia.com. Jammu. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links

• Profile