Sehnaj Singh (born 29 July 1993) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Namdhari.

Club career

Pailan Arrows

Sehnaj is a product of the Gurdaspur Football Academy and the Chandigarh Football Academy. During the summer of 2011, he signed for

Pailan Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football talen ...

who were then known as Indian Arrows, to play in the

. He played his first game for the team against

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on 18 December 2011. He then continued in the starting line-up for the Arrows against

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in a match that ended 1–1.

Mumbai Tigers and Mumbai FC

Sehnaj joined

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in January 2014 from Mumbai Tigers after the club was disbanded. Sehnaj was initially part of the Mumbai Tigers' squad to take part in the

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. He made his debut for

on 15 January 2014 in the

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at the

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in which he played the first half before being replaced by

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as Mumbai lost the match 1–0.

Mohun Bagan

On 20 June 2014 Sehnaj signed for

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. He was a regular for Bagan during the 2014–15 season, appearing 18 times in the centre of midfield as a regular and helping his side be crowned the champions.

Delhi Dynamos

In July 2015, Sehnaj was drafted to play for

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for the

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. He scored his first goal of the ISL against Kerala Blasters to make the score 3–3 from over 30 yards in the final league game of the Dynamos' season

NorthEast United

On 6 September 2021, Sehnaj joined

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on a two-year deal. In 2021–22 season he made ten appearance for NorthEast United.

International career

Sehnaj started his international career at the under-19 level with India U19 against Turkmenistan U19's on 31 October 2011 in the AFC U19 Cup qualifiers. Sehnaj was called up for the 2018 World Cup group stage games group games against

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and

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. He made his national team debut on 11 June 2015 against

in a Group D game of the 2018 World Cup qualifier in a 1–2 loss at home in Bengaluru's Sree Kanteerava Stadium. During the second leg of the World Cup qualifier against

, India played the second half with 10 men after Sehnaj Singh was sent off for a dangerous tackle in the 41st minute.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Mohun Bagan *

: 2014–15 ATK *

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: 2019–20

Notes

References

External links

Profile
at Goal.com Indian men's footballers 1993 births Living people Footballers from Chandigarh I-League players Indian Arrows players Mumbai Tigers FC players Mumbai FC players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Odisha FC players Mumbai City FC players East Bengal Club players NorthEast United FC players Indian Super League players India men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders ATK (football club) players Delhi FC players Inter Kashi FC players Namdhari FC players {{India-footy-bio-stub