Sehnaj Singh

Sehnaj Singh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 27)
Place of birth	Chandigarh, India
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) [1]
Playing position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	East Bengal
Number	26
Youth career
2006–2008	Gurdaspur FA
2009–2011	Chandigarh FA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Pailan Arrows	12	(1)
2013	Mumbai Tigers	14	(3)
2014	Mumbai	5	(1)
2014–2015	Mohun Bagan	18	(1)
2015	Delhi Dynamos	10	(1)
2016	East Bengal	8	(0)
2016–2019	Mumbai City	40	(0)
2017	→Mohun Bagan (Loan)	13	(0)
2019-2020	ATK	8	(0)
2020—	East Bengal	4	(0)
National team‡
2011–2012	India U19	2	(0)
2015–	India	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 12:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:03, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Sehnaj Singh (born 29 July 1993 in Chandigarh) is an Indian football player who plays for East Bengal in the Indian Super League as a central midfielder.

Career

Pailan Arrows

Sehnaj is a product of the Gurdaspur Football Academy and the Chandigarh Football Academy. ^[2] During the summer of 2011, he signed for Pailan Arrows who were then known as Indian Arrows, to play in the I-League. He played his first game for the team against East Bengal on 18 December 2011. ^[3] He then continued in the starting line-up for the Arrows against Pune in a match that ended 1–1. ^[4]

Mumbai Tigers and Mumbai FC

Sehnaj joined Mumbai in January 2014 from Mumbai Tigers after the club was disbanded. Sehnaj was initially part of the Mumbai Tigers' squad to take part in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division. ^[5] He made his debut for Mumbai on 15 January 2014 in the Federation Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi in which he played the first half before being replaced by Henry Ezeh as Mumbai lost the match 1–0. ^[6]

Mohun Bagan

On 20 June 2014 Sehnaj signed for Mohun Bagan. ^[2] He was a regular for Bagan during the 2014–15 season, appearing 18 times in the centre of midfield as a regular and helping his side be crowned the champions.

Delhi Dynamos

In July 2015, Sehnaj was drafted to play for Delhi Dynamos for the 2015 Indian Super League. ^[7] He scored his first goal of the ISL against Kerala Blasters to make the score 3–3 from over 30 yards in the final league game of the Dynamos' season ^[8]

International

Sehnaj started his international career at the under-19 level with India U19 against Turkmenistan U19's on 31 October 2011 in the AFC U19 Cup qualifiers. ^[9]

Sehnaj was called up for the 2018 World Cup group stage games group games against Oman and Guam by Stephen Constantine. ^[10] He made his national team debut on 11 June 2015 against Oman in a Group D game of the 2018 World Cup qualifier in a 1–2 loss at home in Bengaluru's Sree Kanteerava Stadium. ^[11] During the second leg of the World Cup qualifier against Guam, India played the second half with 10 men after Sehnaj Singh was sent off for a dangerous tackle in the 41st minute.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 December 2020 ^{[12] [13]}

Club	Season	League			Federation Cup		Durand Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pailan Arrows	2011–12	I-League	5	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	0
	2012–13	I-League	7	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	7	1
Mumbai Tigers	2013	I-League 2nd Division	14	3	0	0	0	0	–	–	14	3
Mumbai	2013–14	I-League	5	1	3	0	0	0	–	–	8	1
Mohun Bagan	2014–15	I-League	18	1	3	0	0	0	–	–	21	1
Delhi Dynamos	2015	Indian Super League	10	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1
East Bengal	2015–16	I-League	8	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	10	0
Mumbai City	2016	Indian Super League	15	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0
	2017–18	Indian Super League	13	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	–	–	–	–	15	0
	2018–19	Indian Super League	12	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	0
	Total		40	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
Mohun Bagan (loan)	2016–17	I-League	13	0	5	0	–	–	1	0	19	0
ATK	2019–20	Indian Super League	8	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	8	0
East Bengal	2020–21	Indian Super League	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
Career total			137	7	15	0	0	0	1	0	153	7

Honours

Club

Mohun Bagan

• I-League (1): 2014-15

ATK

• Indian Super League (1): 2019–20

Notes

1. Appearances in the Super Cup

References

1. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Sehnaj Singh". www.national-football-teams.com.
2. "Bagan Swoop For Sehnaj Singh". I-league.org. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
3. "Arrows vs. East Bengal 0 – 0". goal.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
4. "Pailan Arrows 1–1 Pune FC : The Red Lizards Break Into The Top 5".
5. "Henry Ezeh, Rahul Bheke and Sehnaj Singh join Mumbai FC". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
6. "Mohun Bagan 1–0 Mumbai FC: Chizoba wins it for the Mariners". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
7. "Sehnaj Kashmir Singh profile - Age, Goals, Avg. passes and more". Indian Super League.
8. "Kerala bow out after a 3-3 draw against Delhi". Indian Super League.
9. "India U19 vs. Turkmenistan U19".
10. https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6542
11. "All Competitions | AFC". the-AFC.
12. Sehnaj Singh at Soccerway
13. "Sehnaj Singh - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com.

External links

• Profile at Goal.com