Ravi Kumar Punia

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Ravi Punia
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Punia in November 2022
Personal information
Full name Ravi Kumar Punia
Date of birth (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Rajasthan United
Number 36
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Bharat 8 (1)
2017–2018 Xavier's United FC 9 (0)
2018–2019 Mewar FC 1 (0)
2019–2020 Vijay FC 25 (9)
2021–2022 Rajasthan United 8 (0)
2022– Jaipur United FC 5 (2)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Dadra and Nagar Haveli (W)
2021-2022 HOPS (W)
2022-2023 Haryana (W)
2022-2023 Rajasthan United (assistant)
2023 HOPS (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ravi Kumar Punia [1] (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian Football Coach [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and Professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He last played in the I-League for Rajasthan United. He currently works as an assistant coach for the Indian Women's League club HOPS FC. [7] [8] He has also represented Haryana in Santosh Trophy.

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Early and personal life

Punia in training at the New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, 2021. Indian footballer Ravi Kumar Punia in training with I-League club Rajasthan United, photo taken on October 17, 2021.jpg
Punia in training at the New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, 2021.

Born in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, Punia went to Army Public School in Hisar, and took up football through representing the school team. [9] After appearing with Army Public School, he was selected to play for the district team of Hisar; While got experience of playing in numerous states in India, winning the inter-university football championship in 2016. [10] [11]

Punia is employed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment – Government of India in ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation). [10] He also represented its association football section in all-India and public-sector tournaments. [10]

Club career

Punia began his senior club football career in Bharat in 2016, team from Pune that went on to compete in 2014–15 season of I-League. [10] He later moved to Xavier's United in 2017 and then got an opportunity of captainship during his tenure at Jaipur's Vijay FC, alongside playing for teams including Mewar Club. [10]

Ravi Kumar being unveiled as Rajasthan United player in 2021 Indian footballer Ravi Kumar Punia in official kit (third kit) of I-League club Rajasthan United, photo taken on February 20, 2021.jpg
Ravi Kumar being unveiled as Rajasthan United player in 2021

He made his debut for Rajasthan United FC during I-League Qualifiers 2021, later Rajasthan United FC qualified for I-League 2021–22 season. [12] [13]

Honours

Punia celebrating with the runner-up trophy at the All India Public Sector Football Championship in 2023 Footballer Ravi Kumar Punia with the Runner-up trophy of All India Public Sector Football Championship on February 13, 2023.jpg
Punia celebrating with the runner-up trophy at the All India Public Sector Football Championship in 2023

Player

Rajasthan United

Manager

Dadra and Nagar Haveli U17

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References

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