Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sumit Passi | ||
Date of birth | 18 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Chandigarh FA | |||
Chandigarh U15 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Pailan Arrows | 3 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Sporing Goa | 12 | (7) |
2016– | Northeast United | 3 | (0) |
2017 | DSK Shivajians (loan) | ||
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | India U19 | 1 | (1) |
2015– | India U23 | 1 | (0) |
2016– | India | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:20, 20 May 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2016 (UTC) |
Sumit Passi (born 18 April 1995 in Ambala city) is an Indian striker who currently plays for the Indian I-League club Sporting Goa.
Passi began playing the game at a very young age and thanks his father, Jai Prakash Passi who is a former Railways player, as the man who motivated him to become a dedicated footballer. Passi than began his footballing career as a training with Chandigarh Football Academy. In 2007 it was announced that Passi would be the captain of the Chandigarh football team at the under-14s level for the 53rd National School Games.
Passi made his professional debut in football on 2 February 2013 against East Bengal in which he came on in the 77th minute for Dhanpal Ganeshan as Pailan Arrows lost the match 2–1.
He signed in December 2016 on loan for DSK Shivajians
Passi made his debut for India against Laos on 2 June 2016. He scored his first international goal against Laos on 7 June 2016 with an assist from Jackichand Singh.
Statistics accurate as of 30 May 2015