Pawan Kumar (footballer, born 1990)

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Pawan Kumar
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 East Bengal
Youth career
JCT
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 JCT
2011–2012 Air India
2012–2013 Salgaocar 1 (0)
2013–2015 Bengaluru 20 (0)
2015–2017 Chennaiyin 1 (0)
2016 → Mumbai (loan) 12 (0)
2017 → Mohan Bagan (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2020 NorthEast United 18 (0)
2020–2022 Jamshedpur 4 (0)
2022– East Bengal 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:41, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Pawan Kumar (born 1 July 1990), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for East Bengal in the Indian Super League.

Career[edit]

Youth and early career[edit]

Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Kumar has played with several I-League clubs like JCT, Air India, and Salgaocar. While with JCT, Kumar led the side to the 2010 Durand Cup final where his side lost 1–0 to Chirag United at the Ambedkar Stadium.[1] Also while with the club, Kumar was one of five players sent to England to train with the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy for a week as part of a partnership Wolves had with JCT.[2] Then, for the 2011–2012 season, after JCT disbanded, Kumar played with Air India, another I-League, side for the season.[3]

Then, for the 2012–13 season, Kumar played with Salgaocar where he found himself as the #2 behind Karanjit Singh. Kumar only played in one match while with the club against 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.[4]

Bengaluru FC[edit]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Mumbai[edit]

In December 2015, Pawan joined Mumbai F.C. for 2015–16 I-League.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 11 January 2022[8]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Salgaocar 2012–13 I-League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Bengaluru 2013–14 20 0 0 0 — 20 0
Chennaiyin 2015 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Mumbai (loan) 2015–16 I-League 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Mohun Bagan (loan) 2016–17 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Chennaiyin 2017–18 Indian Super League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
NorthEast United 2018–19 16 0 0 0 — 16 0
2019–20 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Jamshedpur 2020–21 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2021–22 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
East Bengal 2022–23 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 56 0 0 0 1 0 57 0
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Chennaiyin FC

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Chirag United lifts Durand Cup". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wolves' five arrivals from India". Express and Star. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Air India dent Bagan title hopes". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "SALGAOCAR VS. SPORTING GOA 1 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "JSW Sports launches Bengaluru FC". The All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "BENGALURU VS. MOHUN BAGAN 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC sign Indian goalkeeper Pawan Kumar". Sportskeeda. 10 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Pawan Kumar at Soccerway


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