Manvir Singh

Youth career and early career: 2015–17

Manvir did his youth career in the Minerva Academy FC (current Punjab FC). He signed his first professional contract with the senior team of Minerva Academy and represented them in the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division. After his one year tenure with Minerva, Manvir signed for Mohammedan SC for the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. He left Mohammedan SC and played his rest of the 2016–17 season with Southern Samity. While playing for Southern Samity, Manvir got his national call-up for the India U23 team to take part in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. On 26 March 2017, Manvir scored the winning goal in the 2017 Santosh Trophy final for West Bengal against Goa, which resulted in their 0–1 victory in the final.

FC Goa: 2017–2020

On 28 July 2017, it was announced that Manvir had signed a contract with Indian Super League club FC Goa. He made his debut for the club in the 2017–18 Indian Super League as a substitute for Manuel Lanzarote against Chennaiyin FC on 19 November 2017, which they won 2–3. He ended his 2017–18 ISL season goalless. Manvir played his first match of the 2018–19 Indian Super League on 1 October 2018 in a 2–2 draw against NorthEast United FC, where he started as a substitute for Mandar Rao Desai. He scored his debut goal on 11 November in the match against Kerala Blasters FC, where he scored the last goal for Goa, as they won the match 1–3 at full-time. Goa had a standout season once again, and went…

Manvir represented India U23, when he was called up to squad for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers. He played all three group stage matches for India against Syria, Qatar, and Turkmenistan respectively. He scored his debut goal for the under-23 team in the match against Turkmenistan on 23 July 2017, where he scored the equalising goal, as India made a comeback and defeat them with a score of 3–1. Manvir made a total of 3 appearances for the under-23 team, and was called-up for the senior national team along with many under-23 players by Stephen Constantine. After the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers, Manvir was called-up for the senior team for the 2017 Hero Tri-Nation Series, and made his debut against Mauritius in the opening match on 19 August 2017, which ended 2–1 to India. He was then selected for the squad to compete in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. A year later, Manvir was called-up for the squad to travel to Bangladesh for the 2018 SAFF Championship. He found his senior national debut goal in the competition against Maldives on 9 September 2018, where he scored the second goal and sealed the game 2–0 for India. India qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament, and played against arch-rivals Pakistan on 12 September, where Manvir scored a brace and helped India to progress through to final with the score of 3–1. India announced their squad for the 2019 King's Cup, where Manvir was included. He played only one match in the tournament, and that…

Manvir is a forward. He is a skilful player, who likes to hold the ball and make use of the strength to hold off the opposition. His former coach at Mohun Bagan, Antonio Habas, used him as a substitute player in beginning of the 2020–21 ISL season, who later deployed 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 formation to suit Manvir, after making a comment on the impact Manvir had on the pitch.

Manvir was born in Duhre (Duhra) village of Sangrur district of Punjab to his father Kuldip Singh. He has one sibling, a brother named Harkamal Singh. Manvir was inspired by his footballer father to take up football. His father used to play in Punjab for JCT FC and represented Punjab in Santosh Trophy.