![]() Punia in November 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ravi Kumar Punia | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) | ||
2023-2024 | HOPS (assistant) | ||
2024 | Haryana (W) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ravi Kumar Punia [1] (born 7 February 1993)is an Indian professional footballer and India professional coach. He plays as a centre-back in the I-League. He last played for Rajasthan United in the I-League and has represented the Haryana in the Santosh Trophy [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Born in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, Punia went to Army Public School in Hisar, and took up football through representing the school team. [17] After appearing with Army Public School, He was selected to play for the district team of Hisar. While gaining experience playing in numerous states in India, he won the inter-university football championship in 2016. Punia is married to Sweta and has a daughter named Myra. [18] [19]
Punia is employed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment – Government of India [18] [18]
Punia began his senior club football career in Bharat in 2016, team from Pune that compete in I-League. [18] 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. [18]
He made his debut for Rajasthan United FC during I-League Qualifiers 2021, later Rajasthan United FC qualified for I-League 2021–22 season. [20] [21]
Rajasthan United
Haryana
Dadra and Nagar Haveli U17