Amrinder Ranjit Singh ( pa, ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ; born 27 May 1993) is an Indian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Indian Super League
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club
Odisha
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and the
India national team.
Early life and youth career
Amrinder was born on 27 May 1993 in
Mahilpur, Punjab, India. Amrinder took up the game of football at a young age but did not play consistently until the age of 15 when he joined his schools' government ran academy, Sports Wing Academy in
Paldi,
Hoshiarpur
Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied b ...
in Punjab. Initially Amrinder started at the under-17 level as a
striker at Sports Wing Academy but his coach, Yarvinder Singh, noticed that Amrinder had a good build and reach, and encouraged him to be a
goalkeeper
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. He started excelling as a goalkeeper and stayed at the Sports Wing Academy for another two years. While still at Sports Wing, however Amrinder was selected by the
Punjab Football Association
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Pu ...
to represent the Punjab state national team at the under-17 and under-19 levels. His greatest achievement while with the Punjab team was when he helped Punjab win the
BC Roy Trophy. After winning the BC Roy Trophy, he was advised by former
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
player
Asim Hassan's father, a well-known coach in Punjab, to trial at the
Pune Academy. He passed the trial and was placed in the under-19 squad.
Club career
Pune
After joining the
Pune Academy and showing off his goalkeeping skills during the summer of 2011, Singh was selected to join the first team squad of
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
at the age of 18. He made his debut for Pune when he came on as a substitute during the
2011 Indian Federation Cup after
Indian international Subrata Pal came off against
East Bengal
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. Pune lost the match 1–2 but with Singh only conceding one of those goals. Singh then made his
I-League
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debut for Pune coming on as a substitute for
Shahinlal Meloly in the 21st minute against East Bengal. Pune lost the match 1–3 with all three goals coming in after Amrinder came on to the pitch. After one more game for Pune, in which Amrinder conceded three goals, Pune FC brought in East Bengal goalkeeper
Abhra Mondal on loan for the rest of the season. On 5 February 2012, Amrinder kept his first full clean-sheet of his career against then league leaders
Dempo
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as Pune went on to win the match 1–0.
2012-2013 season
Amrinder played his first match of the
2012-13 I-League
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season on 14 April 2013 against
ONGC F.C. which ended 1–0 with Pune winning the game and it resulted in Amrinder collecting first clean sheet of the season. Amrinder started in the next match against
Air India FC
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on 20 April, in which Amrinder kept a clean sheet as the team rose to win the game on a big margin of 0–6. Singh played his last match of the season on 11 May in a 2–0 victory against Indian Arrows.
2013–2014 season
Amrinder began the
2013–14 I-League season as Pune's No.1 goalkeeper. He started in their first league match of the season against
Mohammedan on 21 September 2013 at the
Salt Lake Stadium
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. During the match, Singh gave away a goal to
Josimar as Pune went on to win 3–1. After that match, Singh and Pune went on a run of clean-sheets, keeping five of them in a row before conceding two goals and losing 2–0 to
Sporting Goa on 2 November. It was also in this match that Singh received a red card in the 81st minute after he brought down the last man on the ball for Sporting Goa.
On 29 January 2014, Singh made his international club debut for Pune in their
AFC Champions League qualifier tie against
Hanoi T&T. He played the full ninety minutes in goal for Pune but could not stop Pune from giving away three goals in a 3–0 defeat.
2014–2015 season
Amrinder played his first match of the 2014-15 I-League season against
Salgaocar on 17 January 2015. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Amrinder won his first match of the season with Pune on 24 January against the defending champions
Bengaluru which ended with a score 1–3. Amrinder lost his first match of the season against
Mohun Bagan
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on 7 February with a score of 1–0. Amrinder played his last match of the season and last match for Pune on 30 May 2015 against Sporting Goa, which ended in a disastrous loss of 4–0 for Pune.
ATK (loan)
Amrinder was loaned to
Indian Super League
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club
ATK for the
2015 season on loan from
Pune
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. He played his first match for ATK on 3 October 2015 in a 2–3 victory against
Chennaiyin FC
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. Amrinder kept his first clean sheet on 23 October against
NorthEast United
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which ended 1–0 to ATK. He lost his first game for ATK in goal on 29 October against
Delhi Dynamos (present
Odisha
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) which ended 0–1 to Delhi. ATK went on through
playoffs
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of 2015 ISL and lost to Chennaiyin FC on an aggregate score of 4–2 from both legs with Amrinder in goal.
Bengaluru
2015-16 (loan)
Amrinder signed for
Bengaluru on loan from Pune for the
2015-16 I-League season. He kept his first clean sheet of the season in his first match for Bengaluru on 30 January 2016 against East Bengal, which ended 0–1 to Bengaluru. Amrinder lost his first match in goal for Bengaluru against Sporting Goa on 6 February with of score of 1–2 for Sporting. He was also in the goal for Bengaluru in the match against Mohun Bagan on 23 April which ended as disastrous match for Amrinder as he conceded 5 goals for the Mohun Bagan attack, which resulted in a heavy lose for Bengaluru with a score of 5–0. Despite the lose, Bengaluru went on to win the I-League that season and Amrinder went on to win the best goalkeeper of the 2015-16 I-League season award with nine clean sheets under his belt, while also impressing at the
AFC Cup, where they became runners up, leading to his loan move being made permanent for the 2016–17 season.
2016-17
Amrinder signed for Bengaluru on a permanent deal from
Pune
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for the
2016-17 I-League season. He played his first match of the season against
Shillong Lajong in a 3–0 victory on 7 January 2017, keeping his first clean sheet of the season on first match. Amrinder lost his first match of the season in goal against East Bengal on 22 January which ended 1–2 to East Bengal. Amrinder was in goal for Bengaluru in their huge victory of 7–0 over
DSK Shivajians on 22 April. Amrinder played a pivotal role in the club's campaign in the
2016-17 Indian Federation Cup as they emerged Champions of the season.
Mumbai City
2016 (loan)
Amrinder was loaned to Indian Super League side
Mumbai City
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from Bengaluru for a short spell. He played his first match for the club in a 2–0 victory over Chennaiyin on 23 November 2016. Amrinder was in goal for Mumbai, when they defeated
Kerala Blasters
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on 19 November in a margin of 5–0. He lost his first match of the season with Mumbai City on 10 December, when they were defeated 3–2 by his former team ATK. Three days later, on 13 December, he played his last match of the season for Mumbai City in the return match against ATK, which ended in a 0–0 draw. Amrinder had an outstanding campaign as he was awarded with the best goalkeeper of the season award.
2017-2021
Amrinder signed for Mumbai City on a permanent deal from Bengaluru in 2017. He played his first match of the
2017-18 Indian Super League season on 19 November 2017 in a 2–0 loss against his former team and one of the two new entries, Bengaluru. Mumbai won their first match of the season with Amrinder in goal on 25 November against
FC Goa
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, which ended 2–1 to Mumbai. Amrinder kept his first clean sheet of the season on 10 December against Chennaiyin, which ended 1–0 to Mumbai. On 11 March 2018, Amrinder signed a three-year contract extension with Mumbai City FC, which will keep him at club until May 2021. Amrinder played his first match of the
2018-19 Indian Super League season against
Jamshedpur on 2 October 2018, which ended in a 0–2 loss for Mumbai. He kept his first clean sheet on 19 October against local rivals
FC Pune City
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in a 2–0 victory. In the next match day on 24 October, Mumbai suffered a disastrous 5–0 loss against FC Goa with Amrinder on goal. Despite the huge loss, Mumbai went on to be victorious against Kerala Blasters on 16 December, as they defeated them on a remarkable 6–1 victory. Mumbai went on to
playoffs
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of 2018-19 ISL with Amrinder but was defeated by FC Goa on an aggregate score of 5–2. Amrinder played his first match of the
2019-20 Indian Super League season on 24 October 2019 in a 0–1 victory over Kerala Blasters, thus collecting his first clean sheet of the season. Mumbai lost their first match of the season with Amrinder on 31 October against Odisha FC which turned out to be a huge loss with a score of 2–4. On 12 February 2020, in the match against FC Goa, Amrinder let in five goals, which resulted in a 5–2 loss for Mumbai. He played his last match of the season against Chennaiyin FC on 21 February, which ended 0–1 to Chennaiyin. Amrinder played his first match of the
2020-21 Indian Super League season
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against
NorthEast United
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on 21 November 2020, which ended in a 1–0 loss for Mumbai. Amrinder kept his first clean sheet of the season in a 0–1 victory over FC Goa on 25 November. He played a pivotal role the club's success that season, as they won the Indian Super League Winners' Shield and Indian Super League trophy. Amrinder left the club after playing 84 matches for the club, making himself the most capped player in the history of Mumbai City FC. Amrinder kept 10 clean sheets and made 61 saves in 2020–21 season.
ATK Mohun Bagan
On 31 May 2021,
ATK Mohun Bagan FC
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announced the signing of Amrinder Singh on a five-year deal. With the club, he appeared in
2021 AFC Cup group stage matches in
Maldives
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. in this tournament, ATK Mohun Bagan became the group winner of the South Asia Zone (Group D) but lost in the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals against Uzbekistan club
FC Nasaf
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, Amrinter played all 4 matches and kept a clean sheet against
Bengaluru FC
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. In
2021–22 Indian Super League season
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, ATK Mohun Bagan finished 3rd in the group stage but lost against
Hyderabad FC
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in the Semi-finals. In the campaign, the custodian kept 6 clean sheets in 22 matches. He was also part of
2022 AFC Cup
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squad, they again became the group winner of the South Asia Zone (Group D) and lost in the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals this time against Malaysian club
Kuala Lumpur City. He played 2 matches in this tournament. On 8 September 2022, he left ATK Mohun Bagan by mutual consent.
Odisha FC
Amrinder Singh joined
Odisha FC
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for
2022–23 Indian Super League
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.
International career
Amrinder represented
India U23 during the
2014 Asian Games and was the starting keeper in both of India's games. He was named the captain for India U23s for the
2016 AFC U-23 championship qualifiers in Bangladesh and started in India U23s 2–0 loss to
Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015. He got his senior team call-up for the
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, but did not play any matches. On 19 August 2017, Singh made his international debut for the
senior team against
Mauritius
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, which ended in a 2–1 win for India. He was then called up for the
2018 Intercontinental Cup. He made his first and only appearance in the tournament against
New Zealand
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on 7 June 2018, which ended in a 1–2 defeat for India. Amrinder was included in squad to take part in the
2019 King's Cup
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. He only played one match in the tournament, and that was against Thailand on 9 June 2019, which India won 0–1. After India qualified for the
2019 AFC Asian Cup
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, India announced their 23-man squad for the tournament, where Amrinder was called up as the backup goalkeeper. After the Asian Cup, he was called up for the Indian squad to compete in the
2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
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Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
India
*
Intercontinental Cup:
2017
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,
2018
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King's Cup third place:
2019
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Bengaluru FC
*
I-League
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:
2015-16
*
Federation Cup:
2016-17
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Mumbai City FC
*
Indian Super League
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:
2020–21
*
Indian Super League winners shield:
2020–21
Individual
* I-League Golden Glove:
2015-16
* Indian Super League Golden Glove:
2016
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References
External links
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Indian Super League
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Amrinder Singhat
Mumbai City FC
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Goal
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1993 births
Living people
People from Hoshiarpur district
Indian footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Footballers from Punjab, India
India international footballers
India youth international footballers
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games competitors for India
I-League players
Indian Super League players
Pune FC players
ATK (football club) players
Bengaluru FC players
Mumbai City FC players
ATK Mohun Bagan FC players