Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bengaluru FC | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Tata Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Pailan Arrows | 32 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Dempo | 34 | (2) |
2014 | → FC Goa (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2015– | Bengaluru FC | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | India U23 | 4 | (4) |
2012– | India | 8 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:05, 3 June 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:05, 7 June 2015 (UTC) |
Alwyn George is an Indian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bengaluru FC in the I-League.
Alwyn started his football career with the Tata Football Academy in 2008 and won the Junior National Championship with Tata FA in 2008, beating Sporting Goa youth 3–1. After spending four years at Tata, Alwyn signed his first professional contract with Pailan Arrows in the I-League on 11 February 2012. The next day, Alwyn made his debut in the I-League against Dempo in a game in which the Arrows lost 2–0 but with Alwyn putting in a man of the match performance for his team.
Alwyn scored his first goal of the 2012–13 season against ONGC on 1 December 2012 to help Pailan win 4–1. On 6 April 2013, he headed in a cross from the left by Seminlen Doungel on the 74th minute to complete a 2–0 upset of defending champions Dempo at the Tilak Maidan Stadium.
On 26 October 2013 it was confirmed that George has signed for Dempo on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players - Holicharan Narzary, Pronay Halder and Narayan Das. He made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 1 November 2013 against Mohun Bagan at the Duler Stadium in which he came on as a substitute for Peter Carvalho in the 46th minute as Dempo drew the match 0–0. On 29 April, Alwyn was named best young Indian player of the season for a second year running.