Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan

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Vineeth Velmurugan
Personal information
Full name Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan
Date of birth (2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sreenidi Deccan
Number 16
Youth career
Chennai City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Chennai City 10 (3)
2021– Sreenidi Deccan 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:21, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan (born 31 December 2000), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan. [1]

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Club career

Chennai City

Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Velmurugan represented his state's youth team before joining the youth side at Chennai City. [2] After performing well for the under-18 side, Kumar was promoted to the first-team for the Durand Cup where he made two appearances. [2]

Velmurugan made his professional debut for Chennai City in the I-League against Sudeva Delhi on 3 February 2021. He came on as an 83rd-minute substitute for the club in their 4–0 defeat. [3] The next game, he scored his first professional goal against NEROCA. His 6th-minute goal was the first in a 2–1 victory. [4] Kumar then scored a brace for Chennai City on 11 March 2021 against Indian Arrows. The two goals were part of a 5–0 victory. [5]

Sreenidi Deccan

On 15 September 2021, Velmurugan signed for Sreenidi Deccan. [1]

On 27 December 2021, he made his debut for the club against NEROCA, in a 3–2 loss, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lalchungnunga. [6] [7] On 28 March 2022, he scored his first goal for the club, against Churchill Brothers, in a 1–1 stalemate. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 May 2022 [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chennai City 2019–18 I-League 002 [lower-alpha 1] 0—20
2020–21 10300—103
Sreenidi Deccan 2021–22 9100—91
Career total1942000214
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Durand Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sreenidi Deccan FC sign striker Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan". ArunFoot. 19 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Vineeth Kumar". Chennai City FC (Facebook).
  3. ↑ "Chennai City 0–4 Sudeva Delhi". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "NEROCA 1–2 Chennai City". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Indian Arrows 0–5 Chennai City". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ "I-League: Sergio Mendi hat-trick leads NEROCA 3-2 win over Sreenidi Deccan". Times of India. 27 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "NEROCA 3-2 Sreenidi Deccan". Soccerway. 27 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sreenidi Deccan 1–1 Churchill Brothers". Soccerway. 28 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan at Soccerway
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