Amrinder Singh

Amrinder was born on 27 May 1993 in Mahilpur, Punjab, India. Amrinder took up the game of football at a young age but did not play consistently until the age of 15 when he joined his school's government-ran academy, Sports Wing Academy in Paldi, Hoshiarpur in Punjab. Initially Amrinder started at the under-17 level as a striker at Sports Wing Academy but his coach, Yarvinder Singh, noticed that Amrinder had a good build and reach, and encouraged him to be a goalkeeper. He started excelling as a goalkeeper and stayed at the Sports Wing Academy for another two years. While still at Sports Wing, Amrinder was selected by the Punjab Football Association to represent the Punjab state national team at the under-17 and under-19 levels. His greatest achievement with the Punjab team was helping them win the BC Roy Trophy. After winning the BC Roy Trophy, he was advised by former Pune player Asim Hassan's father, a well-known coach in Punjab, to trial at the Pune Academy. He passed the trial and was placed in the under-19 squad.

Pune

2011–12 season

After joining the Pune Academy and showing off his goalkeeping skills during the summer of 2011, Singh was selected to join the first team squad of Pune at the age of 18. He made his debut against ONGC FC in 2011 Durand Cup where Pune fielded a second team as the first team was preparing for the exhibition match against Blackburn Rovers. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. He then came on as a substitute during the 2011 Indian Federation Cup after Indian international Subrata Pal came off against East Bengal due to an injury. Pune lost the match 1–2 with Singh conceding the second goal. He kept his cleansheet for Pune in next match Mohammedan which ended in a 0–0 stalemate. Singh then made his I-League debut for Pune coming on as a substitute for Shahinlal Meloly in the 21st minute against East Bengal. Pune lost the match 1–3 with all three goals coming in after Amrinder came on to the pitch. On 5 February 2012, Amrinder kept his first league cleansheet of his career against then league leaders Dempo as Pune went on to win the match 1–0. He ended the season with 3 cleansheets in 9 appearances.

2012–13 season

Amrinder started the season with a cleansheet in a goalless draw against CR Police at Durand Cup on 23 August. He also kept a cleansheet in 1–0 win over United Sikkim in the opening game of Federation Cup. He overtook Shahinlal Meloly and Abhra Mondal as the first choice keeper and played his first game of the 2012-13…

Youth

Amrinder represented India U23 during the 2014 Asian Games and was the starting keeper in both of India's games. He was named the captain for India U23s for the 2016 AFC U-23 championship qualifiers in Bangladesh and started in 2–0 loss to Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015.

Senior team

He was then called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, but did not play any matches. On 19 August 2017, Singh made his international debut against Mauritius coming as a substitute at half time, which ended in a 2–1 win for India as he did not concede during his time in goal. He was then called up for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup. He made his first start for national team and only appearance in the tournament against New Zealand on 7 June 2018, which ended in a 1–2 defeat for India. After India qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, India announced their 23-man squad for the tournament, where Amrinder was called up as the backup goalkeeper. Amrinder was included in squad to take part in the 2019 King's Cup. He only played one match in the tournament, and that was against Thailand on 9 June 2019, which India won 0–1. In Intercontinental Cup, he played only in one game against North Korea in a 2–5 defeat and returned to bench for next game. He was called up for the Indian squad to compete in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but played in no games. He next played for the national team after a gap of 2 years in a 1–1 draw against Oman on 25 March 2021. Next, he…

Club

As of 1 March 2024

International

As of 3 September 2024