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{{short description|Indian association football player}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vineeth Kumar
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| height = 1.74m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
| years1 = 2020–2021
| clubs1 = [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2021–
| clubs2 = [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 02:21, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''Vineeth Kumar Velmurugan''' (born 31 December 2000) is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[I-League]] club [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], Kumar represented his state's youth team before joining the youth side at [[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]].<ref name="fb">{{cite web |title=Vineeth Kumar |url=https://www.facebook.com/ChennaiCityFC/photos/chennai-boy-vineeth-kumar-had-a-kickabout-during-school-days-and-his-stock-proli/3679036348805614/ |website=Chennai City FC (Facebook)}}</ref> After performing well for the under-18 side, Kumar was promoted to the first-team for the [[Durand Cup]] where he made two appearances.<ref name="fb"/>

Kumar made his professional debut for Chennai City in the [[I-League]] against [[Sudeva Delhi FC|Sudeva Delhi]] on 3 February 2021. He came on as a 83rd substitute for the club in their 4–0 defeat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chennai City 0–4 Sudeva Delhi |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/02/03/india/i-league/chennai-city/moonlight/3429953/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref> The next game, Kumar scored his first professional goal against [[NEROCA F.C.|NEROCA]]. His 6th-minute goal was the first in a 2–1 victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=NEROCA 1–2 Chennai City |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/02/09/india/i-league/neroca/chennai-city/3429958/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref> Kumar then scored a brace for Chennai City on 11 March 2021 against [[Indian Arrows]]. The two goals were part of a 5–0 victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Arrows 0–5 Chennai City |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/03/11/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/3468178/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 11 March 2021}}<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|vineeth-kumar-velmurugan/645304}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!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=1|[[Chennai City FC|Chennai City]]
|[[2020–21 I-League|2020–21]]
|[[I-League]]||8||3||0||0||—||—||8||3
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!8||3||0||0||0||0||8||3
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/92318?type=club Profile] at the [[All India Football Federation]]

{{Chennai City FC squad}}

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[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Chennai City FC players]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tamil Nadu]]

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