Narender Gahlot (born 24 April 2001) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Odisha and the Indian national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Mitraon, Delhi | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Odisha | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017 | Chandigarh Football Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Indian Arrows | 11 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Jamshedpur | 36 | (0) |
2022– | Odisha | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | India U17 | 7 | (0) |
2019–2021 | India U20 | 4 | (1) |
2019– | India U23 | 4 | (0) |
2019– | India | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2021 |
He made his professional debut playing for the Indian Arrows in 2018–19 I-League.
In May 2022, Indian Super League club Odisha completed the signing of Gahlot, on a three-year deal.[1] On 17 August, he made his debut for the club against NorthEast United in the Durand Cup, in a thumping 6–0 win.[2][3]
He made his international debut for India senior team on 7 July 2019 against Tajikistan during 2019 Intercontinental Cup, which India lost 2–4. He scored his first ever international goal in his second match against Syria on 16 July 2019 at the EKA arena in Ahmedabad. With this goal he became the first Indian player to score for the national team who was born in the 21st century and also became the then second youngest goal scorer for the national team at the age of 18 years 83 days behind Jerry Zirsanga.[4] He also won his first Player of the match award in this match, as the game finished 1–1.[5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Indian Arrows | 2017–18 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Indian Arrows total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Jamshedpur | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Jamshedpur total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Odisha | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 47 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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India | 2019 | 3 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 16 July 2019 | TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad, India | 2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2019 Intercontinental Cup |
India U-20
Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur FC – current squad | |
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