Germanpreet Singh
{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Germanpreet Singh
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| currentclub = Jamshedpur
| clubnumber = 28
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = AIFF Academy
| years1 = 2015–2017
| clubs1 = Dempo
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2017-2018
| clubs2 = Minerva Punjab
| caps2 = 11
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018–2022
| clubs3 = Chennaiyin
| caps3 = 55
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022–
| clubs4 = Jamshedpur
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = India U19
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam2 = India U23
| nationalcaps2 = 11
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2016–2019
| nationalteam3 = India
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 22:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 7 January 2019
}}
Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League.
Career
Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Singh is a graduate of the AIFF Academy.{{cite news|title=Nine sporting players among shortlisted|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Nine-sporting-players-among-shortlisted/articleshow/35577012.cms|access-date=8 February 2015|work=Times of India|date=25 May 2014}} He signed for Dempo of the I-League and made his professional debut on 27 January 2015 against Sporting Goa. He came on as a 5th-minute substitute for Peter Carvalho as Dempo won 3–0.{{cite web|title=Dempo 3-0 Sporting Goa|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/27/india/i-league/dempo-sports-club/sporting-club-de-goa/1980983/|website=Soccerway|access-date=8 February 2015}} He scored his first ever professional goal in his next match on 7 February 2015 against Royal Wahingdoh. After coming off the bench at half-time, Singh scored what would be the opening goal of the game for Dempo but the match still ended 1–1.{{cite web|title=Royal Wahingdoh 1-1 Dempo|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/07/india/i-league/royal-wahingdoh-fc/dempo-sports-club/1980989/|website=Soccerway|access-date=8 February 2015}}
=Chennaiyin=
In 2017, Germanpreet signed from Minerva Punjab on a 3 year deal. He only made a single appearance in his first season. On 30 September 2018, he was included in the game squad for the opening match. He made a total of 11 appearances for his team before the AFC Asian Cup Break.
International
Germanpreet represented the India U19 side during the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers in 2013.{{cite news|last1=Bhutani|first1=Rahul|title=AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers : India Win Hearts, Lose Plot|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/afc-u-19-championship-qualifiers-wasteful-india-fail-to-qualify/|access-date=8 February 2015|work=The Hard Tackle|date=13 October 2013}} He was also selected into the preliminary squad for the India U23 side for the 2014 Asian Games.
Germanpreet made his Indian U23 debut against Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015 in a 2016 AFC U-23 qualifier in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Bangladesh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/|title=All Competitions | AFC|website=the-AFC}}
In August 2016, he made his debut for his national team as a substitute in a game against Thailand, that India won by 4–1.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|31 January 2024}}{{soccerway|germanpreet-singh/395111}}
| 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="3" |Dempo
| rowspan="1" |I-League |4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
| rowspan="1" |I-League 2nd Division |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 10 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Chennaiyin total
!14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| rowspan="1" |Minerva Punjab
| rowspan="1" |I-League |11 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=FedCup|Appearance(s) in Federation Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 14 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="6" |Chennaiyin
| rowspan="5" |Indian Super League |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|9 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in Super Cup}} | 0 | 6{{efn|name=statsAFCC|Appearance(s) in AFC Cup}} | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|13 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=SuperCup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 15 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2" |Chennaiyin total
!55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3" |Jamshedpur
| rowspan="2" |Indian Super League |5 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SuperCup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|3 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=SuperCup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 7 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!88 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 2 |
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Honours
Chennaiyin
India
- SAFF Championship runner-up: 2018{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/64924/Germanpreet_Singh.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Singh, Germanpreet|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=18 November 2022|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005121423/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/64924/Germanpreet_Singh.html|website=national-football-teams.com}}
India U23
- South Asian Games Silver medal: 2016
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150209033728/http://www.the-aiff.com/player-profile-details.htm?id=107 All India Football Federation Profile].
- {{soccerway|germanpreet-singh/395111}}
- [https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/midfielder-31787-germanpreet-singh-profileIndian Super League profile]{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Chennaiyin FC squad}}
{{India squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Germanpreet}}
Category:People from Gurdaspur
Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Punjab, India
Category:India men's youth international footballers
Category:2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:India men's international footballers
Category:Minerva Academy FC players
Category:Chennaiyin FC players
Category:jamshedpur FC players
Category:Indian Super League players
Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen