Arup Debnath
Birth date15 July 1987 (age 39)
Birth placeWest Bengal, India
Height1.86 m
CurrentclubMohammedan Sporting
Clubnumber1
PositionGoalkeeper
Youthclubs 1SAIL
Years 12006–2008
Clubs 1East Bengal
Years 22008–2009
Clubs 2Air India
Years 32009–2010
Clubs 3East Bengal
Years 42010–2011
Clubs 4Air India
Caps 47
Goals 40
Years 52011–2012
Clubs 5Kenkre
Years 62012–2013
Clubs 6Mumbai Tigers
Years 72013–2015
Clubs 7Pune
Caps 75
Goals 70
Years 82016–17
Clubs 8NEROCA
Caps 810
Goals 80
Years 92017–2018
Clubs 9Aizawl
Caps 92
Goals 90
Years 102018–
Clubs 10Mohammedan Sporting
Club-update7 November 2017

Arup Debnath (Bengali: অরূপ দেবনাথ; born 15 July 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hindustan FC in DSA Senior Division.

Career

Early career

Born in West Bengal, Debnath began his career with the Steel Authority of India before beginning his professional career at East Bengal of the National Football League,[1] However, due to being at the same club as other, more reputable keepers such as Naseem Akhtar, Subrata Pal, and Abhra Mondal, Debnath found playing time hard to come by and thus he decided to sign for Air India FC of the I-League in 2008.[1] After one season with Air India in which Debnath was the club's #1 he decided to move back to East Bengal to try and cement more playing time, however, that was not meant to be and thus he re-signed for Air India before the 2010–11 season.[1] Despite starting in the club's first seven league matches, Debnath had to miss the rest of the season after suffering an injury in a match against Pune F.C. in a collision with Mandjou Keita.[1]

After recovering from his injury Debnath signed for Kenkre F.C. in the I-League 2nd Division for the 2012 season.[1] Then after that Debnath signed for newly founded club Mumbai Tigers for the 2012–13 season.[1] While with Tigers Debnath lead the club to the final of the 2012 Durand Cup where they lost to Debnath's former club Air India.[1]

Pune

On 31 July 2013 it was announced that Debnath had signed with Pune F.C. of the I-League for the 2013–14 season.[2] He made his debut for the club on 6 November 2013 against Bengaluru FC at the Balewadi Sports Complex where he started and kept a clean-sheet as Pune won 1–0.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pune FC add Debnath to roster for 2013-14 season". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Pune FC sign goalkeeper Arup Debnath". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Pune vs. Bengaluru 1 - 0". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.