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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sanjeev Stalin
| image = Sanjeev Stalin 2019 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Stalin with [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]] in 2019
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| height = 
| currentclub = [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| clubnumber = 15
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Left-back]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| youthyears2 = 2020
| youthclubs2 = [[C.D. Aves|Aves]]
| years1 = 2017–2020
| clubs1 = [[Indian Arrows]]
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020
| clubs2 = [[C.D. Aves|Aves]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020
| clubs3 = [[Sertanense F.C.|Sertanense]]
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–
| clubs4 = [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 32
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 11 February 2020
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Sanjeev Stalin''' (born 17 January 2001) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left-back]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]. He represented [[India national under-17 football team|India]] in the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] and assisted for only goal scored by the team.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Sayan|title=ISL: Who is Sanjeev Stalin? 10 things to know about Kerala Blasters' new signing|url=https://thebridge.in/isl/sanjeev-stalin-kerala-blasters-signing-20246|access-date=2021-06-18|website=The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports|language=en}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Youth and early career===
====Indian Arrows====
Stalin was part of the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] batch that was preparing for the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] to be hosted in India.<ref name="U17">{{cite news|last1=Selvaraj|first1=Jonathan|title=How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys|url=http://www.espn.in/football/u-17-world-cup/story/3218395/how-14,000-became-21-the-story-of-indias-history-boys|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=ESPN.in|date=3 October 2017}}</ref> After the tournament, Stalin was selected to play for the [[Indian Arrows]], an [[All India Football Federation]]-owned team that would consist of [[India national under-20 football team|India under-20]] players to give them playing time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017-18|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8674|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=The All India Football Federation|date=29 November 2017}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]. He started and helped the team keep the clean sheet as Indian Arrows won 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/?ICID=PL_MS_04|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
====C.D. Aves====
On 11 February 2020, Stalin signed a two-year deal at Portuguese [[Primeira Liga]] club [[C.D. Aves]], where played for the club's U-19 and U-23 squads.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mergulhao |first1=Marcus |title=Sanjeev Stalin seals move to Portugal top flight CD Aves|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sanjeev-stalin-seals-move-to-portugal-top-flight-cd-aves/articleshow/74093185.cms |accessdate=1 July 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=12 February 2020}}</ref>

====Sertanense====
On 24 August 2020, Stalin joined Portuguese third division club [[Sertanense F.C.|Sertanense]] for the [[2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal|2020–21 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 August 2020|title=Sanjeev Stalin signed by Portuguese outfit Sertanense FC for senior team|url=https://khelnow.com/football/sertanense-fc-sign-sanjeev-stalin|website=Khelnow|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
===Kerala Blasters===
On 18 March 2021, [[Indian Super League]] club [[Kerala Blasters FC]] announced the signing of Stalin on a 3-year deal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=Kerala Blasters sign promising young left-back Sanjeev Stalin|url=
https://khelnow.com/football/isl-kerala-blasters-sign-sanjeev-stalin|website=Khelnow|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>

==International career==
Stalin represented the [[India national under-17 football team|India under-17]] side which participated in the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] which was hosted in India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-19|title=Promising left-back Sanjeev Stalin joins KBFC|url=https://keralablastersfc.in/promising-left-back-sanjeev-stalin-joins-kbfc/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=Kerala Blasters FC|language=en-US}}</ref> On 9 October 2017, he assisted [[Jeakson Singh Thounaojam|Jeakson Singh]] to score India's first ever goal in a FIFA tournament against [[Colombia national under-17 football team|Colombia]].<ref name=":1" />

==Personal life==
Sajeev Stalin was born to his father, Stalin and mother Parameshwari, in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name="All Coming">{{cite web|title=All coming together for Sanjeev Stalin|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/u-17-world-cup/story/3225347/all-coming-together-for-sanjeev-stalin|date=10 October 2017|accessdate=9 December 2017|publisher=[[ESPN FC]]|first=Arjun|last=Namboothiri}}</ref> His parents run a small garment shop and his mother is a [[Burmese Indians|Burmese Indian]] who emigrated back to India to help her nephew. At the age of 10 Stalin was spotted by Iranian coach [[Jamshid Nassiri]] who recommended that he should join a football academy.<ref name="All Coming"/>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|11 February 2020}}<ref>{{soccerway|sanjeev-stalin/513906}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian Arrows]]
|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]
|[[I-League]]||17||0||1||0||—||—||18||0
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]
|[[I-League]]||11||0||2||0||—||—||13||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[C.D. Aves|Aves]]
|[[2019–20 Primeira Liga|2019–20]]
|[[Primeira Liga]]||0||0||0||0||—||—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Sertanense]]
|[[2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal|2020–21]]
|[[Campeonato de Portugal (league)|Campeonato de Portugal]]||0||0||0||0||—||—||0||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!28!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!31!!0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Blasters FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stalin, Sanjeev}}
[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Indian people of Burmese descent]]
[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:AIFF Elite Academy players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:C.D. Aves players]]
[[Category:Sertanense F.C. players]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian expatriates in Portugal]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]

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