Sinivasan Pandiyan (born 6 December 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in I-League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sinivasan Pandiyan | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Gokulam Kerala | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Noble Football Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Indian Bank RC | ||
| 2016–2017 | Viva Chennai | ||
| 2017–2018 | Chennai City | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | Chennaiyin | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Chennaiyin | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:08, 4 January 2019 (UTC) | |||
Born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Pandiyan began his career with the Noble Football Academy in Karaikudi.[1] While with the academy, he was coached by former India international Raman Vijayan.[2] Pandiyan stayed at the academy until after high school. He moved back to Chennai to play for Indian Bank in the CFA Senior Division before also playing for Viva Chennai.[1]
In June 2017, it was announced that Pandiyan was signed by Chennai City for the I-League.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 4 December 2017 in Chennai City's second match of the 2017–18 season against Gokulam Kerala. Pandiyan started and played the whole match as Chennai City drew 1–1.[4] By the end of the season, Pandiyan had played in 17 matches for Chennai City, starting 16, while playing a pivotal role for the club from midfield and forming a partnership with Michael Soosairaj.[1]
According to Pandiyan, he initially struggled to adapt to playing in the I-League before coming comfortable. "It was difficult at first because it was a new level altogether. I couldn’t play that well but I started to improve my game as the season went by. I adjusted to the I-League level soon and I’m very happy that I could play at such a level," he said at the end of the season.[1]
After his breakout season with Chennai City, Pandiyan signed a three year contract with local Indian Super League side Chennaiyin on 13 April 2018.[5][6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chennai City | 2017–18 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Chennai City[8]