Novin Gurung (born 28 April 1999) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a defender for Rajasthan United in the

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. He also works in the

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, part of the

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since 2018.

Career

Born in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

, Gurung began his career at the Namchi Sports Hostel before joining the Sports Academy of Sikkim. He then joined the Shillong Lajong academy in 2015. He was promoted to the first-team before the start of the

2016–17 I-League The 2016–17 I-League was the 10th season of the I-League, the top Indian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2007. The season began on 7 January 2017 and concluded on 30 April 2017. Aizawl won their ...

season. He made his professional debut for the club on 15 February 2017 against

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

. He came on as an 82nd-minute substitute for

Redeem Tlang Redeem Tlang (born 22 February 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club NorthEast United. Career Shillong Lajong A product of the Shillong Lajong youth academy, forward Tlang had risen t ...

as Shillong Lajong drew the match 1–1.

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurung, Novin 1998 births Living people Indian men's footballers Shillong Lajong FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Sikkim I-League players Real Kashmir FC players East Bengal Club players Rajasthan United FC players Gurung people