Sandesh Jhingan
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Jhingan with India at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandesh Jhingan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chandigarh, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Goa | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2011 | St Stephen's Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | United Sikkim | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Mumbai | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Kerala Blasters | 76 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Sporting Goa (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → DSK Shivajians (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Bengaluru (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Mohun Bagan | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | HNK Šibenik | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Mohun Bagan | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Bengaluru | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Goa | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2023 | India U23 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | India | 66 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*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.
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.