Girik Khosla (born 4 January 1995) is an Indian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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Career

Born in

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, Girik Khosla started his footballing journey with the youth setup of

Mumbai FC Mumbai Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competed in the I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system, alongside the MDFA Elite League. It was founded in 2007, with the o ...

where he captained the U14 and U17 teams before moving to the state team of Chandigarh. He caught the eyes of Minerva Punjab after guiding his state team Chandigarh to qualify for the final stages of the

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. He made his senior debut for Minerva Punjab in the

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season against

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as he came on as a substitute. He was part of the 2017-18 I-League winning team where he made 12 appearances and scored one goal. His performance caught the eyes of

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side

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and he joined them for the

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, however he made just one appearance for the Highlanders and failed to get any gametime. Girik Khosla returned to Minerva Punjab in the 2016–17 I-League season and got some gametimes, as he scored two goals in seven appearances.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Minerva Punjab *

: 2017–18 Delhi *Ladakh Climate Cup: 2023

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khosla, Girik 1995 births Living people Indian men's footballers Punjab FC players East Bengal Club players Footballers from Mumbai I-League players Men's association football midfielders NorthEast United FC players Indian Super League players Sreenidi Deccan FC players Real Kashmir FC players Delhi FC players