Gaurav Bora
{{short description|Indian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gaurav Bora
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|7|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Guwahati, Assam, India
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}
| currentclub = Mohammedan
| clubnumber = 5
| position = Centre-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Pune
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = Pune City
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = Pune City B
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = → Chennai City (loan)
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = → Chennai City (loan)
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2019–2022
| clubs5 = Odisha
| caps5 = 41
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2024
| clubs6 = NorthEast United
| caps6 = 13
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2024–
| clubs7 = Mohammedan
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam1 = India U23
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 19:11, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
}}
Gaurav Bora (born 13 July 1998/{{langx|as|গৌৰব বৰা}}) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Mohammedan.
Club career
Born in Guwahati, Assam, Bora moved with his family to Delhi when he was younger.{{cite news |last1=Ganesh |first1=Suraj Sree |title=Chennai City's Gaurav Bora may be lording over Opponents, but says it is not easy to get into India National Team |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-2018-19-chennai-city-gaurav-bora-not-easy-getting-into-indian-national-team |accessdate=9 February 2019 |work=SportsKeeda |date=9 February 2019}} After playing for his school team, Bora was selected to be trained at the Baichung Bhutia Football School. Due to his good performance with the team, Bora was selected to represent the Delhi under-16 state team and was scouted to have a trial with Pune City. His trial was successful and Bora joined the Pune City Academy.
In November 2017, Bora was loaned to Chennai City of the I-League. He made his professional debut for the club on 29 November 2017 against Indian Arrows. He only played 26 minutes as Chennai City were defeated 3–0.{{cite web |title=Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/ |website=Soccerway}} After impressing the Chennai City coaching staff during the 2017–18 season, Bora was loaned back to the club the next season. During the 2018–19 season, Bora was moved by head coach Akbar Nawas from midfield to central defense, where he created a solid partnership with Roberto Eslava.
On 9 March 2019, Bora scored a brace in Chennai City's last match of the season against Minerva Punjab which helped the club win their first ever I-League title, and Bora's first trophy.{{cite web |title=Chennai City 3-1 Minerva Punjab |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/09/india/i-league/chennai-city/india-minerva-fc/2993147/ |website=Soccerway}}{{cite news |last1=Namboothiri |first1=Arjun |title=I-League champion Gaurav Bora could be India's next 'big' thing |url=http://www.espn.in/football/club/chennai-city/18897/blog/post/3805956/i-league-champion-gaurav-bora-could-be-indias-next-big-thing |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=ESPN India |date=21 March 2019}}
=Odisha=
On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Bora had joined Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League.{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Ritabrata |title=Gaurav Bora joins Delhi Dynamos from FC Pune City |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/isl-gaurav-bora-join-delhi-dynamos-fc-pune-city/ejo13b32s9661q6409bni7d4i |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=Goal.com |date=27 June 2019}} Bora then made his debut for the re-branded club i.e. Odisha FC, on 22 December 2019 against Goa where he came on as a halftime substitute for Daniel Lalhlimpuia. The match eventually ended up as a 0–3 defeat for Odisha.{{cite web |title=Goa 3–0 Odisha |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/12/22/india/indian-super-league/india-fc-goa/delhi-dynamos/3154712/ |website=Soccerway}}
=NorthEast United=
On 25 August 2022, Gaurav joined Indian Super League club NorthEast United from Odisha for the upcoming season.{{cite news|title=NorthEast United complete signing of centre-back Gaurav Bora|url=
https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2021-22-odisha-fc-northeast-united-sign-centre-back-gaurav-bora|website=Khelnow|date=25 August 2022|access-date=7 September 2022}}
International
On 13 February 2019, Bora was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.{{cite news |title=Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/liston-in-india-u-23-preliminary-camp/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=Navhind Times |date=13 February 2019}} He made his debut for the side in their first match of the qualifiers against Uzbekistan U23. He played the whole match as India U23 were defeated 2–0 and eventually failed to qualify.{{cite web |title=India U23 0-2 Uzbekistan U23 |url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14552 |website=The Asian Football Confederation}}
Career statistics
= Club =
{{updated|15 January 2023}}{{soccerway|gaurav-bora/524920}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1" |Pune City B
| rowspan="1" |I-League 2nd Division |9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 9 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Chennai City (loan) | rowspan="2" |I-League |7 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in Super Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|20 | 2 | 3{{efn|name=SuperCup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 23 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2" |Chennai City total
!27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| rowspan="4" |Odisha
| rowspan="3" |Indian Super League |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 13 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Odisha total
!41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| rowspan="1" |NorthEast United
| rowspan="1" |Indian Super League |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 12 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!89 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 3 |
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Honours
=Club=
;Chennai City{{soccerway|gaurav-bora/524920}}
References
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Category:Footballers from Assam
Category:Footballers from Delhi
Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Chennai City FC players
Category:NorthEast United FC players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Indian Super League players
Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen