Robin Singh (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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East Bengal | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Chandigarh FA | ||
| 2005–2009 | Tata Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | East Bengal | 42 | (10) |
| 2013–2015 | Bengaluru FC | 41 | (11) |
| 2015–2016 | Delhi Dynamos | 13 | (4) |
| 2016 | FC Goa | 7 | (1) |
| 2017– | → East Bengal (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | India U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012– | India | 24 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:07, 29 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 25 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Robin Singh (born 9 May 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Forward for East Bengal in the I-League.
Born in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Singh started playing cricket and football at an academy in Noida at the age of nine years. He played with them at many youth tournaments. He started playing his football with former Indian footballer, Anadi Barua. At the age of thirteen Singh had to make a choice between either football or cricket and choose cricket as that was the sport he enjoyed most playing out of the two. Gaining support from his parents Singh started to attend St. Stephen's cricket Academy which is located in Chandigarh. A short time later Singh was selected by the UT Sports Department to join the Chandigarh Football Academy. While there Singh played a role in Chandigarh's tournaments like the Junior Challenge Administrator's Cup Football Tournament and the Pre-Subroto Mukerjee Football Tournament. However, Singh was axed by the Academy in 2005 after the Subroto Cup for not being in synch with the training program. However, after leaving the Chandigarh Football Academy Singh joined the famed Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in 2005. While at Tata Football Academy Singh was converted into a striker after playing his entire life as a winger in most cases due to his fast pace.
After spending four years at Tata Football Academy and spending almost a year in both United Arab Emirates (where he trained with a UAE Pro League club) and England (where he was trained by Mel Eves) Singh signed for East Bengal of the I-League after being found by them during a match between East Bengal and Tata FA in which Singh scored a brace against East Bengal at the East Bengal Ground to knock them out of the IFA Shield in what was East Bengal's quickest ever exit from the tournament in their history. He was officially signed from Tata Football Academy for ₹5 million on a 2-year deal in 2009. Singh started his impact early for the club helping them win small cups like the Jubilee Cup. Then on 26 November 2010 Singh scored a brace for East Bengal against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the 2010 Calcutta Football League to confirm East Bengal as champions of the West Bengal state league championship that season. Singh scored his first two league and professional goals for East Bengal on 12 December 2010 against Pailan Arrows at the Salt Lake Stadium where he scored in both the 49th and 71st minute to give East Bengal a 4–0 victory. Singh then scored again for East Bengal on 29 December 2010 against Air India FC at the Salt Lake Stadium in which he scored in the 34th minute as East Bengal went on to win 6–1. Singh then scored for East Bengal again on 4 February 2012 against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan yet again but this time in the I-League in the 32nd minute which eventually led to East Bengal drawing the game 1–1. Singh then continued his scoring run by scoring against Mumbai on 30 March 2012 at the Salt Lake Stadium with him scoring in the 25th minute to lead East Bengal to an eventual 3–1 victory. Singh then scored the winner for East Bengal on 16 April 2012 against Chirag United at the Salt Lake Stadium in the 77th minute to give East Bengal a 4–3 victory after being held at 3–3 for most of the match. Singh then scored his last goal of the 2011–12 I-League season on 30 April 2012 against Sporting Goa at the Salt Lake Stadium in which he scored from a penalty in the 82nd minute as East Bengal won 3–0.
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