Karanjit Singh

Karanjit Singh Parmar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters.

Karanjit Singh
Personal information
Full name Karanjit Singh Parmar
Date of birth (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986
Place of birth Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kerala Blasters
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 JCT 120 (0)
2010–2016 Salgaocar 70 (0)
2015–2021 Chennaiyin 49 (0)
2016 → Salgaocar (loan) 16 (0)
2017 → Chennai City (loan) 12 (0)
2021– Kerala Blasters 2 (0)
International career‡
2008–2010 India U23 8 (0)
2010–2015 India 17 (0)
Medal record
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2011 India
Runner-up 2013 Nepal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2019

Club career

Born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Karanjit started playing football at the age of 15. He was spotted at a local tournament by the former India national team head coach Sukhwinder Singh. Subsequently, he was called for JCT in 2004, where he spent six seasons. He moved to Salgaocar in 2010 and won the 2010–11 I-League in debut season.[2]

Chennaiyin

Karanjit was drafted by Indian Super League club Chennaiyin in 2015 ISL player auction.[3] He appeared in four league games in the 2015 ISL but didn't managed to keep any clean sheets. Chennaiyin won the their first ever ISL title with a 3–2 win against Goa in the final and Karanjit won his second league title. In January 2016, he was loaned out to Salgaocar for the 2015–16 I-League. He signed a two-year contract extension with Chennaiyin in July 2017 ahead of the 2017–18 ISL season.[4] Karanjit kept seven clean sheets in 2017–18 ISL, a joint record for the season and Chennaiyin won their second ISL title and first Indian title with a 3–2 win against Bengaluru in the 2018 ISL final. On 31 August 2019, he signed a one-year contract extension which also made him a goalkeeping coach at the club.[5] On 5 September 2020, Chennaiyin announced that Karanjit had signed a one-year contract extension which kept him at the club till the end of 2020–21 season.[6]

2021-23

On 21 December, it was announced that Kerala Blasters, the rivals of his old club Chennaiyin has signed Karanjit as a replacement for injured Albino Gomes.[7][8][9]

Despite making no appearance for the Blasters in the 2021–22 season, Karanjit signed a one-year contract extension for the Blasters on 30 May 2022.[10][11] He made his debut for the Blasters on 29 January 2023 keeping a cleansheet in a 2–0 win against NorthEast United FC, which was also his 50th ISL game.[12]

2023-24

Ahead of 2023–24 season, on 16 June, the Blasters announced the one-year contract extension of Karanjit till 2024.[13]

International career

Karanjit made his debut for India against the United Arab Emirates on 23 July 2011 coming off the bench for red carded goalkeeper Subrata Pal. On 11 December 2011, he helped India win the 2011 SAFF Cup with a 4-0 victory of Afghanistan.[14] He started all of India's five matches and kept three clean sheets while only conceding two goals throughout the tournament.

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India
201190
201230
201330
201410
201510
Total170

Honours

Salgaocar

Chennaiyin

Kerala Blasters

India

References
  1. Karanjit Singh at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Karanjit Singh". Khel Now. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. Qadiri, Faizan (10 July 2015). "ISL Auction 2015: As it happened - Sunil Chhetri sold to Mumbai City FC for Rs 1.2 crore". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. "Chennaiyin FC retain Jeje, Karanjit Singh ahead of ISL 2017 season". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. "Karanjit to double up as goalkeeping coach at Chennaiyin". Outlook India. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "The custodian will be staying with the Marina Machans till the end of the 2020-21 season". Khel Now. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. "Karanjit Singh joins KBFC: Goalie Karanjit Singh joins Kerala Blasters". Archyde. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. "Experienced goalkeeper Karanjit Singh signed by Kerala Blasters!". Arunava about Football. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. K e r a l a B l a s t e r s F C [@KeralaBlasters] (21 December 2021). "The newest member of our Custodian Union 🧤 Join us in welcoming Karanjit Singh to the family! 💛 #YennumYellow #KBFC #കേരളബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്സ്" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 December 2021 – via Twitter.
  10. "Karanjit Singh extends his contract with Kerala Blasters till 2023". Kerala Blasters FC. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  11. Desk, The Bridge (30 May 2022). "ISL: Karanjit Singh extends his contract with Kerala Blasters till 2023". thebridge.in. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  12. "നോർത്ത്ഈസ്റ്റിനെ തകർത്തു; പ്ലേഓഫ് സാധ്യതകൾ സജീവമാക്കി ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്‌സ്". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  13. "Karanjit Singh extends Blasters stay; Ayush Chhikara pens new contract with Mumbai City FC". Indian Super League. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  14. "India beat Afghanistan 4-0 to lift SAFF Cup". News18. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  15. Karanjit Singh at National-Football-Teams.com
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