Balwant Singh (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Mumbai City | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Mahilpur Football Club | ||
| 2007–2008 | JCT | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | JCT | 38 | (7) |
| 2011–2013 | Salgaocar | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Churchill Brothers | 22 | (10) |
| 2014–2017 | Mohun Bagan | 38 | (12) |
| 2014 | → Chennaiyin (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Chennaiyin (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mumbai City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | India U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2010 | India B | 3 | (0) |
| 2014– | India | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:15, 24 August 2017 (UTC) |
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Balwant Singh (born 15 December 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mumbai City in the Indian Super League.
Born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Balwant started his footballing journey with Mahilpur Football Club before joining the academy of JCT before being promoted to their senior team in 2008. He scored his first professional goal for the club on 28 September 2008 against Mahindra United in the 64th minute to help JCT to a huge 7–1 victory. He then scored his second goal for the club on 11 October 2008 against Mohammedan in the 45th minute to help JCT to a 2–0 win. Balwant then scored his last goal of his debut season against Mumbai on 26 November 2008 in the 38th minute, but could not prevent JCT from going down 2–3. He had a productive Durand Cup campaign in his debut season, where JCT reached the semi-finals, with Balwant scoring thrice during the tournament.
He opened his account for the 2009–10 season on 4 October 2009 when he scored a brace as JCT won the match 5–1 against Shillong Lajong before scoring his third and final goal that season against Sporting Goa on 28 January 2010 in the 58th minute in a match JCT won 2-0.
Balwant was among the 6 JCT players who went for a short training stint at Wolverhampton Wanderers in England in 2010. He then scored what went on to be his final goal for JCT during the 2010–11 season against Churchill Brothers on 7 December 2010 in the 37th minute as his team drew the match 1–1.
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