Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
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Personal information
Full name Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Date of birth (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Mohali, Punjab, India
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Stabæk
Number 22
Youth career
2000–2009 St. Stephen's FA
2009–2010 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 East Bengal 27 (0)
2010–2011 → Pailan Arrows (loan) 0 (0)
2014– Stabæk 0 (0)
International career‡
2010 India U19 10 (0)
2010–2012 India U23 9 (0)
2011– India 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:04, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (born 3 February 1992 in Punjab, India) is an Indian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Stabæk and India.[4] He is the first ever Indian to play a competitive match for the first team of a top division European club and the fifth Indian player to play professionally in Europe after Mohammed Salim, Baichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and Subrata Pal.

Early years

Gurpreet was born on 3 February 1992 in Mohali, Punjab, India, part of the Chandigarh tri-city. Gurpreet took up the game of football at the age of 8 and joined the St. Stephen's Academy in 2000.[1] After good performances at the St. Stephen's Academy, Gurpreet was selected for his state youth team, the Punjab U16s. He made his youth state level debut in 2006 in Haldwani.[1] He stayed at St. Stephen's Academy till 2009 when he joined I-League side East Bengal as a youth player and spend the rest of 2009 playing for the Kolkata-based teams' youth team.[5]

Career

East Bengal

In 2010, Gurpreet officially signed a professional contract with East Bengal and made five appearances for East Bengal before the end of the 2009-10 season. For the 2010–11 season, Gurpreet was loaned out to Pailan Arrows, seeking regular game time but ended the season with no caps for Indian Arrows, as they were called then. He started the 2011-12 season as the second choice goalkeeper for East Bengal during the 2011 Federation Cup, but after the Federation Cup, Gurpreet took over as the first choice 'keeper for East Bengal's I-League campaign. He started in first game of the 2011–12 I-League campaign in their 0–1 loss to Churchill Brothers.[6] He debuted in continental competitions in Asia on 6 March 2012 in the 2012 AFC Cup against Al-Oruba as East Bengal lost the match 0–1.[7]

Stabæk

Sandhu signed for Norwegian club Stabæk on 15 August 2014.[4][8] On 18 January 2015, he made his senior debut for the club in a friendly match against second-tier side Follo in a 4-1 win.[9] Gurpreet created history by becoming the first Indian player to play a professional senior game for a top division football club in Europe when he started, and kept a clean sheet in a 6-0 win for his club against Runar on 22 April 2015 in a Norwegian Cup game.[10][11][12]

International

Gurpreet made his debut for the India U19s against the Iraq U19s in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification on 5 November 2009.[13]

He was then surprisingly called up to the senior Indian team squad of 23 for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He made his debut against Turkmenistan in a 1–1 draw.[2] He was called up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier squad against Nepal but was unused in both legs.[14] Gurpreet made his second appearance for the senior team against Iran in a 2018 World Cup qualifier at Bangalore, starting in a 0-3 defeat.[15] He made his next appearance against Turkmenistan in a 2-1 loss on the 8th of October. He also kept a clean-sheet against Guam on November 12, 2015, a game that ended 1-0. He kept his second clean sheet vs Sri Lanka in a 2-0 win in the SAFF Suzuki cup 2015

Personal life

Gurpreet is also a fan of former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and Indian International goalkeeper Subrata Pal.[1] He is a graduate of DAV College in Chandigarh.

File:Gurpreet with Indian fans.jpg
Singh Sandhu with fans after a friendly in Portland.

Career Statistics

Club

As of 23 April 2015[16][3][17]
Club Season League Cup [18] Other [19] Continental [20] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
East Bengal 2009–10 I-League 5 0 0 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Pailan Arrows (loan) 2010–11 I-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
East Bengal 2011–12 I-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
2012–13 I-League 14 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 21 0
2013–14 I-League 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
Stabæk 2014 Tippeligaen 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2015 Tippeligaen 0 0 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 27 0 1 0 5 0 11 0 44 0

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.soccerpunter.com/players/165337-Gurpreet-Singh-Sandhu
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  15. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317458/index.html
  16. ↑ Gurpreet Singh Sandhu at Soccerway
  17. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/42773/Gurpreet_Singh_Sandhu.html
  18. ↑ includes Indian Federation Cup and Norwegian Football Cup
  19. ↑ includes IFA Shield
  20. ↑ includes AFC Cup and AFC Champions League
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