Gourav Mukhi

Gourav Mukhi is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward. In 2018, Mukhi was suspended for six months by the All India Football Federation for age fraud, after he claimed to be 16 years old when he was actually 21.[2]

Gourav Mukhi
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998[1]
Place of birth Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Jamshedpur B 10 (6)
2018–2020 Jamshedpur 4 (1)
2020- Mohammedan 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 January 2020

Club career

Mukhi was raised in Harijan Basti, Dhatkidih in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and is the son of Chhotelal Mukhi, a former local amateur footballer.[3] In June 2015, after representing Jharkhand in the Sub Juniors U15 Championship, Mukhi, along with four other players and his head coach, were suspended for submitting false birth certificates and playing while overaged.[4]

Mukhi eventually joined Tata Steel in the local Jharkhand Football League and then joined the Jamshedpur FC B team.[3] After performing well for the reserves in the I-League 2nd Division, Mukhi was signed for the first-team Jamshedpur side for the Indian Super League.[3] He proceeded to make his professional debut for the club on 7 October 2018 against Bengaluru. Mukhi came on as a 71st-minute substitute for Jerry Mawihmingthanga and scored the equalizing goal for club ten minutes later to make it 1–1. The game soon ended 2–2 and Mukhi earned the ISL Emerging Player of the Match award.[5][6]

On 20 November 2018, Mukhi was suspended by the AIFF for six months after admitting to age-fraud.[7] In 2018, Mukhi claimed to be 16 years old but was revealed to be 21 years old after supposedly becoming the youngest player in ISL history.[2] He was cleared to play by AIFF on 9 September 2019, after serving the suspension and providing correct age documents.[8][9]

In January 2021,Mohammedan SC roped in the former Jamshedpur FC forward for the I-League season 2020-2021.[10]

Career statistics
As of 8 January 2020[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jamshedpur B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division10600——106
Jamshedpur 2018–2020 ISL4100——31
Career total 1370000137

References
  1. Mergulhao, Marcus (11 September 2019). "Not 16, ISL's 'youngest' goal scorer admits he is 21, wants to start afresh". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. . MSN News. 19 December 2018 https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/indian-16-year-old-football-star-actually-21/ar-BBR9l5U. Retrieved 12 September 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Thakur, Jayesh (10 September 2018). "From slum to stardom". Telegraph India. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "AIFF suspends Jharkhand". E-Pao. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. "Bengaluru 2-2 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
  6. "Mukhi Emerging Player". Indian Super League (Twitter).
  7. "Breaking: ISL's 'youngest goalscorer' Gourav Mukhi suspended for age fraud". FOX Sports Asia. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  8. "Footballer Gourav Mukhi cleared to play by AIFF after completing six-month suspension for age fraud". Firstpost. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  9. "Not 16, ISL's 'youngest' goal scorer admits he's 21, wants to start afresh". Times of India. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  10. "Gourav Mukhi signs for Mohammedan SC". footballexpress.in. 21 December 2020.
  11. Gourav Mukhi at Soccerway
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