Muhammad Uvais

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Muhammed Uvais
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Uvais Moyikkal
Date of birth (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Nilambur, Kerala, India
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Punjab FC
Youth career
Sudeva
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 FC Kerala 8 (0)
2018–2019 FC Thrissur 6 (0)
2019–2020 Ozone 13 (0)
2020 Bengaluru United 7 (0)
2021 KSEB 7 (0)
2021–2022 Gokulam Kerala 18 (1)
2022–2025 Jamshedpur 44 (1)
2025– Punjab FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– India 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:10, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Muhammed Uvais Moyikkal (born 31 July 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Punjab FC and the India national team. [1] .

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Club career

Gokulam Kerala

On 7 June 2021, Uvais joined I-League club Gokulam Kerala [2] on a two-year contract. [3]

Jamshedpur

Indian Super League (ISL) shield winner Jamshedpur FC has secured the services of Muhammed Uvais ahead of the upcoming season. the club announced . The Defender has joined the Red Miners on a three-year deal, which will keep him at JFC until 2025. [4]

Punjab FC

Indian Super League Club Punjab FC announced That they are signing Jamshedpur left back Muhammad Uvais on Free transfer which will start his journey with them in ISL 25-26. [5]

International career

On August 25, Uvais was called up to the India squad for the first time by manager Khalid Jamil [6] for the 2025 CAFA Nations Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 May 2025 [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bengaluru United 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division 7000–70
Gokulam Kerala 2021–22 I-League 1818 [a] [b] 03 [c] 0291
Jamshedpur 2022–23 Indian Super League 601 [d] 0–70
2023–24 1104 [d] 0–150
2024–25 2717 [a] [d] 0–341
Total44112000561
Career total69220030922
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in IFA Shield
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Honours

Gokulam Kerala

References

  1. ↑ "Head Coach Khalid Jamil announces his squad for the CAFA Nations Cup 2025". All India Football Federation . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Gokulam Kerala announce squad for IFA Shield 2021". 25 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "I-League: Gokulam Kerala FC sign young Kerala defender Muhammed Uvais". ANI News.
  4. ↑ https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/indian-football/news-isl-transfer-news-jamshedpur-fc-rope-young-full-back-muhammed-uvais
  5. ↑ https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/punjab-fc-signs-uvais-ahead-of-isl-2025-26/article69574681.ece
  6. ↑ "Surreal to be called up': Punjab FC's Muhammed Uvais on maiden call-up to Indian football team". firstpost. 25 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Muhammad Uvais at Soccerway
  8. ↑ TEAM SPORTSTAR, 21:22 IST (14 May 2022). "Gokulam Kerala 2-1 Mohammedan SC Highlights: GKFC becomes 1st club in 15 years to defend the I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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