Balwant Singh (footballer)

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Balwant Singh
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-15) 15 December 1986 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India[1]
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chennaiyin
Number 17
Youth career
2005–2007 Mahilpur Football Club
2007–2008 JCT
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 JCT 38 (7)
2011–2013 Salgaocar 3 (0)
2013–2014 Churchill Brothers 22 (10)
2014–2015 Mohun Bagan 17 (6)
2014 → Chennaiyin (loan) 14 (1)
2015– Chennaiyin 6 (0)
International career‡
2010 India U23 4 (1)
2010 India B 3 (0)
2014– India 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:44, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:05, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Balwant Singh (born 15 December 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League.

Career

JCT

Born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Balwant started his footballing journey with Mahilpur Football Club before joining the academy of JCT[1] before being promoted to their senior team in 2008.[1] He scored his first professional goal for the club on 28 September 2008 against Mahindra United in the 64th minute to help JCT to a huge 7–1 victory.[3] He then scored his second goal for the club on 11 October 2008 against Mohammedan in the 45th minute to help JCT to a 2–0 win.[4] Balwant then scored his last goal of his debut season season against Mumbai on 26 November 2008 in the 38th minute, but could not prevent JCT from going down 2–3.[5] He had a productive Durand Cup campaign in his debut season, where JCT reached the semi-finals, with Balwant scoring thrice during the tournament.[6]

He opened his account for the 2009–10 season on 4 October 2009 when he scored a brace as JCT won the match 5–1 against Shillong Lajong[7] before scoring his third and final goal that season against Sporting Goa on 28 January 2010 in the 58th minute in a match JCT won 2-0.[8]

Balwant was among the 6 JCT players who went for a short training stint at Wolverhampton Wanderers in England in 2010.[9] He then scored what went on to be his final goal for JCT during the 2010–11 season against Churchill Brothers on 7 December 2010 in the 37th minute as his team drew the match 1–1.[10]

Salgaocar

When the season ended, JCT were relegated to the I-League 2nd Division, and Balwant was picked up by goan-based Salgaocar on 8 June 2011 on a two-year deal.[11] He made his club debut while on 21 March 2012 against Neftchi FK in the 2012 AFC Cup when he came on as a 79th-minute substitute for Francis Fernandes as his team drew the match 2–2.[12] He then featured in his 2nd AFC Cup match against Al-Wehdat on 10 April 2012 when Salgaocar lost 1–2.[13] Balwant struggled for the majority of his time at Salgaocar; hist first season was blighted by long injury lay-offs while in the second season, he was relegated to play only the local league games in Goa and did not make any I-League appearances.[14]

Churchill Brothers

After barely getting any playing time with Salgaocar, Balwant signed for the defending I-League champions Churchill Brothers on 9 July 2013.[15] He made his debut for the club in the league on 5 October 2013 against Mumbai in a game in which he started and played 57 minutes in a 2-0 win.[16] He then scored his first goal for the club five days later on 10 October 2013 against Rangdajied United in the 27th minute to equalize for Churchill Brothers as the match ended 1–1.[17] He scored a brace for Churchill Brothers in the league on 2 November 2013 against United SC to give his team an early lead, however, that lead would not last as the club went on to lose the match 2–3.[18] On 29 April, Balwant was named Indian player of the season for his goal-scoring feat during the season.[19]

Mohun Bagan

Balwant was roped in by Mohun Bagan ahead of 5 other clubs who were chasing his signature due to his 17 goal exploits the previous season for the 2014–15 season on a one-year deal.[20] he would appear 17 times for Bagan in their title winning campaign scoring times, and 4 times in the Federation Cup.

Chennaiyin

Balwant was loaned out to south Indian franchise Chennaiyin for the inaugural season of the Indian Super League by his club Mohun Bagan.[21] On 15 October 2014, he opened the score as Chennaiyin won 2–1 at FC Goa in their first Indian Super League match, thus becoming the first Indian to score in the league.[22] Balwant would appear 14 times for the Marco Materazzi managed outfit, helping them reach the semi-finals, where they were beaten over two-legs by southern rivals Kerala Blasters.[23]

Balwant was retained by Chennaiyin for the 2015 season.[24]

International

Balwant made his international debut for India B on 17 February 2010 against Kyrigyzstan in India's opening match of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup in which he started and played 79 minutes before being substituted for Jeje Lalpekhlua.[25] Later that year, he made his debut for India at the under-23 level when India took part in the 2010 Asian Games. The match took place on 7 November 2010 against Kuwait in which Singh played the whole match as India's under-23s lost 0–2.[26] Then, later in the tournament, he scored his first ever international goal against Singapore U23s in the 62nd minute as India ran out 4–1 winners.[27]

Career statistics

Stats accurate as of 9 December 2015[28][29][30]

Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
JCT 2008–09 I-League 14 3 2 1 3 3 — — 19 7
2009–10 I-League 13 3 2 0 1 0 — — 16 3
2010–11 I-League 11 1 0 0 — — — — 11 1
Salgaocar 2011–12 I-League 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2012–13 I-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Churchill Brothers 2013–14 I-League 22 10 5 4 — — 5 3 32 17
Chennaiyin 2014 Indian Super League 14 1 — — — — — — 14 1
Mohun Bagan 2014–15 I-League 17 6 4 0 0 0 — — 21 6
Chennaiyin 2015 Indian Super League 6 0 — — — — — — 6 0
Career total 100 24 13 5 4 3 7 3 124 35

Honours

Club

Salgaocar
Churchill Brothers
Mohun Bagan

Individual

  • FPAI Best Indian Player Award (1): 2013-14

References

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  6. ↑ http://www.mohunbaganac.com/interview-detail/mcdowell-mohun-bagan-new-recruit-balwant-singh-3816
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  9. ↑ http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=pjxZLOlowq4%3d
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  13. ↑ http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2012/04/10/asia/afc-cup/salgaocar-sports-club/al-weehdat/1232592/
  14. ↑ http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-churchill-brothers-striker-balwant-singh-hopeful-of-india-call-up
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  20. ↑ http://www.mohunbaganac.com/interview-detail/mcdowell-mohun-bagan-new-recruit-balwant-singh-3816
  21. ↑ http://www.indiansuperleague.com/chennaiyin-fc/squad/forward-15877-balwant-singh-playerprofile
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ http://www.ibnlive.com/footballnext/news/as-it-happened-chennaiyin-fc-vs-kerala-blasters-fc-isl-semi-final-1-2nd-leg-731521.html
  24. ↑ http://www.indiansuperleague.com/chennaiyin-fc/squad/forward-15877-balwant-singh-playerprofile
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  27. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. ↑ Balwant Singh at Soccerway
  29. ↑ http://www.soccerpunter.com/players/64647-Balwant-Singh
  30. ↑ http://www.jctfootball.com/news/newsCategory.aspx?NewsCatId=120

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