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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gurjinder Kumar
| image =
| image_size = 200
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|10}}
| birth_place = [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Nawanshahr]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Left Back|Left back]]
| currentclub = [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = 2001–2007
| youthclubs1 = Chandigarh FA
| youthyears2 = 2007–2010
| youthclubs2 = [[Tata Football Academy|Tata FA]]
| years1 = 2010–2014
| clubs1 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
| caps1 = 84
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → [[FC Pune City|Pune City]] (loan)
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = [[Minerva Punjab FC|Minerva Punjab]]
| caps5 = 20
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017–2020
| clubs6 = [[Mohun Bagan]]
| caps6 = 40
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–
| clubs7 = [[NorthEast United]]
| caps7 = 18
| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2012–
| nationalteam2 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| ntupdate =
| club-update = 14:00, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
}}

'''Gurjinder Kumar''' ({{lang-pa|ਗੁਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ}}; born 10 October 1990) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[defender (association football)|left back]] for [[NorthEast United]] in the [[Indian Super League]]. A right-footed player, he can also play as a midfielder and as a right back, which he played as during the [[2013–14 Indian Federation Cup|2013-14 Federation Cup]].<ref name=THT>{{cite web|last=George|first=Joseph|title=Pune-FC-Look-To-Recover-From-Their-Alarming-Dip-In-Form|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2014/can-pune-fc-recover-from-their-slumber/|work=The Hard Tackle|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref>

==Career==

===Early career===
Born in [[Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Nawanshahr]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Gurjinder was born into a family of footballers.<ref name="Pune Profile">{{cite news|author=Pune FC |url=http://punefc.com/?player=gurjinder-kumar |title=5 Gurjinder Kumar |publisher=Pune FC |access-date=25 February 2012}}</ref> At the age of 10, after his older brother died, he started to take football seriously and joined the Chandigarh Football Academy.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> After spending seven years there Kumar moved to the famed [[Tata Football Academy]] where he joined the academy senior side.<ref name="Pune Profile"/>

===Pune===
In 2010, Gurjinder signed his first professional contract with [[Pune F.C.|Pune]] of the [[I-League]].<ref name="Pune Profile"/> He scored his first professional goal during his [[2010-11 I-League|first season]] at the club on 26 February 2011 against [[Chirag United Club Kerala|Viva Kerala]] in which his 11th-minute goal put Pune into an early 2–0 lead.<ref name="Viva Kerala First Goal">{{cite web|title=PUNE VS. CHIRAG KERALA 4 – 4|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/02/26/india/i-league/pune-fc/viva-kerala/1044858/|work=Soccerway|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> The club eventually managed to get into a 4–0 lead but then gave up four goals to draw the match 4–4.<ref name="Viva Kerala First Goal"/> After the [[2010–11 I-League|2010–11]] season, he was named the Pune's best under-23 player at the club's annual awards ceremony.<ref name="Pune Profile"/> Gurjinder was part of the team that played against the then [[Premier League]] side [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] on 7 October 2011, in a game that Blackburn won 3-0<ref>http://punefc.com/friendly-pune-fc-0-3-blackburn-rovers/</ref> He then scored his second career goal the next season against Viva Kerala again, in a match Pune managed to win 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=PUNE VS. CHIRAG KERALA 3 – 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/01/india/i-league/pune-fc/viva-kerala/1215832/|work=Soccerway|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> Kumar then went on to score his third goal of his career, and his second that season, only a month later on 21 December 2011 against [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] in which his 84th-minute strike helped Pune finish the match 2–0 winners.<ref>{{cite web|title=CHURCHILL BROTHERS VS. PUNE 0 – 2|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/12/21/india/i-league/churchill-brothers-sc/pune-fc/1215921/|work=Soccerway|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> His fourth goal of his career, and last for the season, came on 18 January 2012 against [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]] in which he found the net in the 90th minute to finish a 3–0 victory for Pune.<ref>{{cite web|title=PUNE VS. MUMBAI 3 – 0|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/01/18/india/i-league/pune-fc/mumbai-fc/1215969/|work=Soccerway|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> Then after the [[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]] season, he was given the "Goal of the Year" award for his strike against [[Chirag United Club Kerala|Chirag United Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Douhou Pierre is Pune FC player of the year|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/douhou-pierre-is-pune-fc-player-of-the-year/article3376992.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref> He won the Ashok Piramal Group "Young Player of the Year" award for [[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]] season.<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Sa|first=Edwin|title=Defender Anas first Indian player to bag 'Pune FC Player of the Year' award|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-13/i-league/39227150_1_player-award-i-league-chika-wali|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104102854/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-13/i-league/39227150_1_player-award-i-league-chika-wali|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>

Gurjinder did not score again until the [[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]] season when his goal against [[Rangdajied United F.C.|Rangdajied United]] on 11 December 2013 to give Pune a 2–0 lead which they would eventually give up and lose 3–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=RANGDAJIED UNITED VS. PUNE 3 – 2|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/12/11/india/i-league/arhima-club/pune-fc/1585372/|work=Soccerway|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>

===Salgaocar===
Gurjinder Kumar signed for [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] for the [[2014-15 I-League]] and made his debut in the [[2014-15 Indian Federation Cup]], scoring 3 times in the group stages.<ref>https://int.soccerway.com/players/billy-davies/167226/</ref>

===FC Pune City===
In July 2015 Kumar was drafted to play for [[FC Pune City]] in the [[2015 Indian Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Noronha |first=Anselm |title=Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/10/13460302/cavin-lobo-to-kerala-keegan-pereira-to-mumbai-and-the?ICID=SP_HN_1 |work=Goal.com |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>

==International==
In June 2011 Kumar made his international debut for India at the [[India national under-23 football team|under-23]] level against [[Qatar national under-23 football team|Qatar U23]] side for the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|2012 Olympic qualifiers]].<ref name="Pune Profile"/> Then on 1 February 2012 Kumar was called up to the senior [[India national football team|India]] side for a preparation camp for the upcoming [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Team India leaves for Dubai|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4850|work=The All India Football Federation|access-date=24 December 2013}}</ref> He then made his senior international debut for India on 27 February 2012 against [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]] in a friendly in which he started and played the full 90 minutes as India lost 0–3.<ref>http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/9110/Azerbaijan_India.html</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club career stats===
{{updated|22 June 2015}}<ref>{{Soccerway|billy-davies/167226}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Federation Cup
!colspan=2|Durand Cup
!colspan=2|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
|[[2010–11 I-League|2010–11]]
|[[I-League]]||22||1||2||0||2||0||—||—||26||1
|-
|[[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]]
|[[I-League]]||21||3||3||0||0||0||—||—||24||3
|-
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|[[I-League]]||23||0||3||0||2||0||—||—||28||0
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|[[I-League]]||18||1||3||0||0||0||7||0||28||1
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|[[I-League]]||18||0||5||3||4||0||—||—||27||3
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!102!!6!!15!!3!!8!!0!!7!!0!!132!!9
|}

===International stats===
{{Updated|24 December 2013}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=46744|name=Gurjinder Kumar|accessdate=24 December 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[India national football team|India national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2012||1||0
|-
|2013||4||0
|-
! Total !! 5 !! 0
|}

==Honours==

===Individual===
* [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]'s Best U-23 Player of the Year: 2010–11
* [[Pune F.C.]] Goal of the Year: 2011–12
* Ashok Piramal Group Young Player of the Year: 2012–13

===Club===
;[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
*[[Calcutta Football League]] (1): [[2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division|2018–19]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/football/mohun-bagan-win-calcutta-football-league-after-eight-years-1915623|work= sports.ndtv.com|access-date= 15 September 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://punefc.com/?player=gurjinder-kumar Pune Football Club Profile].
* [http://i-league.org/?tb_player=gurjinder-kumar I-League Profile].

{{Mohun Bagan A.C. squad}}

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