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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pawan Kumar
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}<ref>{{soccerway|pawan-kumar/73525}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[Jamshedpur FC]]
| clubnumber = 1
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| years1 = 2010–2011
| clubs1 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2011–2012
| clubs2 = [[Air India FC|Air India]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2012–2013
| clubs3 = [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2015
| clubs4 = [[Bengaluru FC]]
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015–2018
| clubs5 = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = →[[Mumbai FC]] (loan)
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018–2020
| clubs7 = [[Northeast United FC| Northeast United]]
| caps7 = 17
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020—
| clubs8 = [[Jamshedpur FC]]
| caps8 = 2
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 07:41, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Pawan Kumar''' (born 1 July 1990) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[Jamshedpur FC]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==

===Youth and early career===
Born in [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], Kumar has played with several [[I-League]] clubs like [[JCT FC|JCT]], [[Air India FC|Air India]], and [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]. While with JCT, Kumar led the side to the 2010 [[Durand Cup]] final where his side lost 1–0 to [[Prayag United S.C.|Chirag United]] at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chirag United lifts Durand Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/article872946.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> Also while with the club, Kumar was one of five players sent to [[England]] to train with the [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy]] for a week as part of a partnership Wolves had with JCT.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wolves' five arrivals from India|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2010/07/06/wolves-five-arrivals-from-india/|work=Express and Star|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> Then, for the 2011–2012 season, after JCT disbanded, Kumar played with [[Air India FC|Air India]], another I-League, side for the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Air India dent Bagan title hopes|url=http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/news/detail/item776840/Bagan-holds-Air-India/|work=Fox Sports Asia|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref>

Then, for the [[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]] season, Kumar played with [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] where he found himself as the #2 behind [[Karanjit Singh]]. Kumar only played in one match while with the club against [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] on 20 March 2013 in which he came on as a 63rd-minute substitute after Karanjit Singh was red carded; Salgaocar lost the match 1–3.<ref>{{cite web|title=SALGAOCAR VS. SPORTING GOA 1 - 3|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/20/india/i-league/salgaocar-sports-club/sporting-club-de-goa/1394220/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref>

===Bengaluru FC===
On 21 July 2013, during the launch of new direct-entry [[I-League]] club, [[Bengaluru FC]], Kumar was announced as one of the players signed on to the club for the new season.<ref name=JSWLaunch>{{cite web|title=JSW Sports launches Bengaluru FC|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5072|work=The All India Football Federation|accessdate=30 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918001750/http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5072|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kumar then made his debut for Bengaluru in the club's very first [[I-League]] match ever against [[Mohun Bagan A.C.]] at the [[Bangalore Football Stadium]] in which he started and played the full match as the match ended 1–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=BENGALURU VS. MOHUN BAGAN 1 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/09/22/india/i-league/bengaluru/mohun-bagan-ac/1585279/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref>

===Mumbai===
In December 2015, Pawan joined [[Mumbai F.C.]] for [[2015–16 I-League]].<ref name="Pawan">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/isl-2015-chennaiyin-fc-sign-indian-goalkeeper-pawan-kumar|title=ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC sign Indian goalkeeper Pawan Kumar|date=10 November 2015|publisher=[[Sportskeeda]]}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|9 January 2016}}<ref>{{soccerway|pawan-kumar/73525}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||1||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Bengaluru FC]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|20||0||3||0||0||0||—||—||23||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!22!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!0
|}

==Honours==

===Club===

;Chennaiyin FC
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]] Champions
* [[Indian Super League]]: [[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017-18]] Champions

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Jamshedpur FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Pawan}}
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:JCT FC players]]
[[Category:Air India FC players]]
[[Category:Salgaocar FC players]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]
[[Category:Association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Chennaiyin FC players]]
[[Category:Mumbai FC players]]
[[Category:NorthEast United FC players]]
[[Category:Jamshedpur FC players]]

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