Randeep Singh

{{short description|Indian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Randeep Singh

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gurdaspur, Punjab, India

| height = {{convert|1.72|m|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = Minerva Punjab

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2002–2007

| youthclubs1 = Chandigarh Football Academy

| youthyears2 = 2007

| youthclubs2 = SAI East FC Football Academy

| youthyears3 = 2008

| youthclubs3 = Mohun Bagan

| years1 = 2008–2011

| clubs1 = JCT

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2011–2014

| clubs2 = Salgaocar

| caps2 = 24

| goals2 = 2

|years3=2017–

|clubs3=Minerva Punjab

|caps3=3

|goals3=0

| nationalyears1 =

|nationalteam1 = India U15

|nationalcaps1 =

|nationalgoals1 =

|nationalyears2 =

|nationalteam2 = India U17

|nationalcaps2 =

|nationalgoals2 =

| pcupdate = 2 October 2018

| ntupdate =

}}

Randeep Singh (born 16 November 1990) is an Indian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Minerva Punjab in the I-League.{{cite web|title=The midfield engine Randeep Singh extends his stay|url=https://www.twitter.com/minervapunjabfc/status/1046730663213260803|accessdate=1 October 2018|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110125808/https://www.twitter.com/minervapunjabfc/status/1046730663213260803|url-status=live}}

Career

=Early career=

Singh started his footballing career in 2002 when he joined Chandigarh Football Academy which is a football academy based in Chandigarh, Punjab, India.{{cite news |title=Randeep Singh |url=http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=6&ProfileID=63&FirstName=Randeep&DateOfBirth=16-11-1990&OrderNumber=0 |work=JCT FC |publisher=JCT FC |date=27 March 2012 |accessdate=27 March 2012 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110125824/http://www.jctfootball.com/team/playersProfile.aspx?ProfileCategoryID=6&ProfileID=63&FirstName=Randeep&DateOfBirth=16-11-1990&OrderNumber=0 |url-status=live }} He stayed at Chandigarh for 5 years till moving on to SAI East FC Football Academy in Kolkata, West Bengal. He stayed there for only one season when he got signed by famed Indian club Mohun Bagan. After spending one year at Bagan, Singh went back to Punjab to play for the local professional side JCT FC who played in the I-League.

=Salgaocar=

In the summer of 2011 Singh signed for I-League club Salgaocar S.C. who were also the reigning champions of the I-League.{{cite news |title=Indian Football: Transfer Season 2011/12 - Version 13 |url=http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/indian-football-transfer-season-201112.html |work=Arunava Chaudhuri |publisher=Arunava Chaudhuri |date=August 2011 |accessdate=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702230204/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/indian-football-transfer-season-201112.html |archivedate=2 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Singh then made his Asian club international debut in the 2012 AFC Cup against Al-Oruba SC on 7 March 2012.{{cite news |title=AFC Cup: Al Arouba 1-0 Salgaocar SC – Karim Bencherifa's side handed an away defeat in Group D opener |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/77734/al-arouba-vs-salgaocar-sc/report |website=goal.com |publisher=GOAL |date=7 March 2012 |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220004339/https://www.goal.com/en-in/match/al-oruba-v-salgaocar/1hvtvt5180yroc6o7lqk0wlhx }}

International

Singh has previously played for the India U15 and India U17 teams.

References