Sandesh Jhingan

Sandesh Jhingan
Jhingan with India at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Sandesh Jhingan[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Chandigarh, India
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Goa
Number 3
Youth career
St Stephen's Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 United Sikkim 23 (2)
2013–2014 Mumbai 11 (0)
2014–2020 Kerala Blasters 78 (0)
2015Sporting Goa (loan) 11 (1)
2016DSK Shivajians (loan) 7 (0)
2017Bengaluru (loan) 18 (1)
2020–2021 Mohun Bagan 31 (0)
2021 HNK Šibenik 0 (0)
2021–2022 Mohun Bagan 9 (0)
2022–2023 Bengaluru 29 (0)
2023– Goa 10 (1)
International career
2014–2023 India U23 10[α] (0)
2015– India 63 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2023 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Sandesh Jhingan (born 21 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Goa and the Indian national team.[2]

He won the AIFF emerging player of the year award in 2014 and made his debut for the India national side in 2015. In 2020, Jhingan was honoured with the Arjuna Award, the second-highest sporting honour of India. He is also the recipient of the 2020–21 AIFF Men's Player of the Year Award.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Sandesh Jhingan: Great feeling to be appointed Kerala captain". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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  4. ^ "Jhingan named AIFF men's Footballer of Year, Suresh wins Emerging Player award". The Hindu. PTI. 21 July 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.


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