Karanjit Singh

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Karanjit Singh
Personal information
Full name Karanjit Singh Parmar
Date of birth (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2010 JCT 120 (0)
2010–2015 Salgaocar 70 (0)
2015–2021 Chennaiyin 49 (0)
2016Salgaocar (loan) 16 (0)
2017Chennai City (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2024 Kerala Blasters 9 (0)
International career
2008–2010 India U23 8 (0)
2010–2015 India 17 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2011 India
Runner-up 2013 Nepal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2019

Karanjit Singh Parmar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper

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Club career

Born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Karanjit started playing football at the age of 15. He was spotted at a local tournament by the former India national team head coach Sukhwinder Singh. Subsequently, he was called for JCT in 2004, where he spent six seasons. He moved to Salgaocar in 2010 and won the 2010–11 I-League in his debut season. [2]

Chennaiyin

Karanjit was drafted by Indian Super League club Chennaiyin in 2015 ISL player auction. [3] He appeared in four league games in the 2015 ISL but didn't managed to keep any clean sheets. Chennaiyin won their first ever ISL title with a 3–2 win against Goa in the final and Karanjit won his second league title. In January 2016, he was loaned out to Salgaocar for the 2015–16 I-League. He signed a two-year contract extension with Chennaiyin in July 2017 ahead of the 2017–18 ISL season. [4] Karanjit kept seven clean sheets in 2017–18 ISL, a joint record for the season and Chennaiyin won their second ISL title and first Indian title with a 3–2 win against Bengaluru in the 2018 ISL final. On 31 August 2019, he signed a one-year contract extension which also made him a goalkeeping coach at the club. [5] On 5 September 2020, Chennaiyin announced that Karanjit had signed a one-year contract extension which kept him at the club till the end of 2020–21 season. [6]

Kerala Blasters

2021-23

On 21 December, it was announced that Kerala Blasters, the rivals of his old club Chennaiyin has signed Karanjit as a replacement for injured Albino Gomes. [7] [8] [9]

Despite making no appearance for the Blasters in the 2021–22 season, Karanjit signed a one-year contract extension for the Blasters on 30 May 2022. [10] [11] He made his debut for the Blasters on 29 January 2023 keeping a cleansheet in a 2–0 win against NorthEast United FC, which was also his 50th ISL game. [12]

2023-24

Ahead of 2023–24 season, on 16 June, the Blasters announced the one-year contract extension of Karanjit till 2024. [13]

International career

Karanjit made his debut for India against the United Arab Emirates on 23 July 2011 coming off the bench for red carded goalkeeper Subrata Pal. On 11 December 2011, he helped India win the 2011 SAFF Cup with a 4-0 victory of Afghanistan. [14] He started all of India's five matches and kept three clean sheets while only conceding two goals throughout the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 January 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague Cup [lower-alpha 1] Durand Cup AFC OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JCT 2004–05 NFL 00
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08 I-League
2008–09
2009–10 Total
Salgaocar
2010–11 I-League 000
2011–12 2005040503 [lower-alpha 2] 0370
2012–13 24040280
2013–14 24030270
2014–15 6000407 [lower-alpha 3] 0170
Total70070405010870
Chennaiyin 2015–16 Indian Super League 4040
2016–17 9090
2017–18 20010210
2018–19 1505080280
2019–20 1010
2020–21 0000
Total49060008000630
Salgaocar (loan) 2016 I-League 16020180
Chennai City (loan) 2017 12020140
Kerala Blasters 2021–22 Indian Super League 0000
2022–23 20000020
2023–24 00000000
Total200000000020
Career Total

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India
201190
201230
201330
201410
201510
Total170

Honours

Salgaocar

Chennaiyin

Kerala Blasters

India

Notes

  1. Includes Federation Cup and Super Cup
  2. 1 appearances in Indian Super Cup and 2 appearances in Goa Professional League
  3. Appearance in Goa Professional League

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