Baldeep Singh (born 6 February 1987 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab) is an Indian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Prayag United in the I-League.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 35) | ||
Place of birth | Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mahilpur Academy | |||
JCT | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | JCT | 55 | (0) |
2011 | Salgaocar | 11 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Pune | 14 | (0) |
2012–2014 | United SC | 13 | (0) |
2014– | East Bengal | 4 | (0) |
National team | |||
India U19 | |||
2009 | India U23 | ||
2008– | India | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:09, 20 May 2015 (UTC) |
Currently Singh is absconding from the police and his team after he was accused, along with Jagpal Parmar and Jagpreet Singh, of participation in the rape of a child in late October 2012.[2]
Baldeep started his career at the Mahilpur Academy but soon moved on to JCT FC Academy after two years.[3] He made his debut for JCT in 2006.[4]
Singh signed for Salgaocar S.C. of the I-League in 2011 after the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.[5] He played for the club for one season.
On 23 June 2011 it was announced that Singh had signed for Pune F.C. in the I-League.[6] He made his debut for the club on 8 September 2012 against East Bengal F.C. in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup; Pune lost 1–2.[7] He was then part of the starting 11 players that started for Pune against then Premier League team Blackburn Rovers F.C. in an friendly in Pune; Blackburn won 3–0.[8] He then made his I-League debut for the club against Shillong Lajong F.C. on 22 October 2011; the match ended 0–0.[9]
On 9 May 2012 it was announced that Singh left Pune to join Prayag United S.C. of the I-League.[10]
Singh made his international debut for India on 1 August 2011 during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup against Tajikistan at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad, India.[3] India eventually went on to win the Asian Cup and qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup after a 24-year gap.[11] He was also in the India squad during the 2009 SAFF Championship and came on as a sub in most matches, however he missed the final due to injury.[3] Baldeep made his first international start for India on 8 October 2010 against Vietnam.[12]
India national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2008 | 1 | 0 |
2009 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 4 | 0 |
2011 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 12 | 0 |
India
India U23
United S.C. – current squad | |
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