Amrit Gope (born 12 September 1999) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Jamshedpur B

Gope, first tasted senior competitive football with Jamshedpur B in the 2018–19 season. On 13 January 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team, against TRAU, in a 1–0 loss. He played a combined 12 matches for them in the I-League 2nd Division, over two seasons. Gope got promoted to the senior team ahead of the 2019–20 season, after impressive performances in between the sticks with the reserves team.

TRAU

Having worked his way up from the Jamshedpur B, Gope signed for TRAU on a one-year deal. On 9 January 2021, he made his debut for the club, against

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in a 1–0 win, riding on some valiant goalkeeping. He saved a penalty from MC Malsawmzuala and received a yellow card but managed to kept a clean-sheet in a 1-0 win over

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. Gope extended his contract with TRAU ahead of the 2021–22 season. He played in nine matches and managed to keep three clean sheets throughout the season.

Bengaluru FC

He signed for the ISL club Bengaluru FC on a two-year deal. He made his debut in a 2-2 draw against

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in durand cup but remained on the bench for rest of the tournament as Bengaluru won the final by defeating

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2-1. He remained on the bench for the rest whole season as a backup for

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and played in no games for the first team. He moved to Bengaluru FC B and played in the first group stage game of

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against

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but received a straight red in the 38th minute. He was included in

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squad and played in a 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters.

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gope, Amrit 1999 births Living people Indian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers TRAU FC players Bengaluru FC players