Jagroop Singh (born 16 May 1991 in

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) is an Indian

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who plays as a

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for

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of the

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Career

Indian Arrows

For the 2010-11 I-League season Singh played for

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after being scouted from his state team

. After his first season in the top flight of Indian football Singh finished with 25 games played out of 26 and earning huge praise by his

and India U23 coach

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Prayag United

In July 2011 Singh announced that he has signed on with

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which is a club also in the

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Air India

After the season ended Singh moved on yet again, this time to

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who are also in the

. He made his debut for Air India on 28 October 2012 against

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in which Air India lost the match 1–0.

Eagles

On 5 December 2013 Singh signed with Eagles F.C. of

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on loan for 2013-14 season along with

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, Bijendra Rai,

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, Bisheshwor Singh,

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, Ramandeep Singh and

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. Moreover, IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the proposed IPL-style football tournament Indian Super League, and Eagles F.C. facilitated a two to six week training stint for the eight players with UK based

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Academy.

Delhi Dynamos

Singh has played in the Hero Indian Super League for the Delhi Dynamos since October 2014. He is one of the three goalkeepers of the team, sharing his position with Marek Čech and

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Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2013''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Jagroop 1991 births Living people People from Gurdaspur Footballers from Punjab, India Indian men's footballers I-League players Indian Arrows players United SC players India men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Air India FC players Recipients of the Arjuna Award