Sandeep Singh (footballer)

Sandeep Singh (born 1 March 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kerala Blasters FC in the Super League.[1]

For other people named Sandeep Singh, see Sandeep Singh (disambiguation).

Sandeep Singh Soraisam
Personal information
Full name Sandeep Singh Soraisham
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995
Place of birth India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back/Right back
Club information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters FC
Number 3
Youth career
Shillong Lajong
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Shillong Lajong 2 (3)
2017–2018 Langsning 4 (3)
2018–2019 ATK 0 (0)
2019–2020 TRAU 11 (3)
2020– Kerala Blasters 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021

Career

Shillong Lajong and early career

Singh did his youth football at the academy of Shillong Lajong before being promoted to the senior team in 2014.[2] Singh made his debut for the senior team in a 5-2 loss against Pune FC on 30 January 2015 as which he came on as a substitute for Durga Boro in the 79th minute.[3] Singh missed out to make any further appearance and was not played for the rest of the season and missed out to make any appearance in the next season as whole.[4] Singh played his first match of the 2016-17 season against Aizawl on 17 January 2017 which ended 2-1 to Aizawl.[5] Singh left Shillong for the I-League 2nd division club Langsning SC for the 2017-18 season[6] before leaving the club for former Indian Super League side ATK for the 2018-19 season, where he didn't feature for the club on that season.[7] Singh signed for the I-League club TRAU FC for the 2019-20 season.[8] He played his debut match for the club on 11 December 2019 against Mohun Bagan in a 4-0 lose.[9] Singh played his last match for the club against Indian Arrows on 12 January 2020 which they won 2-0.[10]

Kerala Blasters

On 22 August 2020, Sandeep was signed by Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters on a one year contract.[11] He made his debut for the Blasters on 13 December 2020 against Bengaluru FC, coming as a substitute in the 79th of the game which ended 4-2 for Bengaluru.[12] In the match against FC Goa on 23 January 2021, Sandeep was used as a right back and he won the Hero of the Match Award.[13] After that match, Sandeep was mostly used as right back in most of the matches for the season.

Career statistics
As of 18 January 2021[14]
Club Season League Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shillong Lajong 2014-15 I-League1000————10
2015-16 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2016–17 1000————10
ATK 2018-19 ISL 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0
TRAU FC 2019–20 I-League 11000————110
I-League Total 130000000130
Kerala Blasters 2020–21 ISL6000————60
Total 190000000190

References
  1. "First Team". Kerala Blasters FC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. "Sandeep Singh profile - Goals, Passes and more". Indian Super League. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. "Pune vs. Shillong Lajong 5–2". Soccer way. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. "Sandeep Singh - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. "Aizawl v Shillong Lajong Starting XIs, 17/01/17, I-League | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. Sportstar, Team. "ISL: Indian defender Sandeep Singh joins Kerala Blasters". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. "Sandeep Singh Stats, Goals, Appearances and Cards". FootballCritic. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  8. "TRAU FC - Squad 2019/2020". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  9. "Mohun Bagan v TRAU Starting XIs, 11/12/19, I-League | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  10. "Indian Arrows v TRAU Starting XIs, 12/01/20, I-League | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  11. Aug 23, ANI /; 2020; Ist, 10:56. "Kerala Blasters FC signs defender Sandeep Singh on one-year deal | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "ISL 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS, Bengaluru FC vs Kerala Blasters FC: Bengaluru Win 4-2 in Goal Fest vs Kerala". News18. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  13. "ഗോവന്‍ ആക്രമണങ്ങളുടെ മുനയൊടിച്ച സന്ദീപ് സിംഗ് കളിയിലെ താരം". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  14. Sandeep Singh at Soccerway
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