Arup Debnath (born 15 July 1987) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Early career

Born in

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, Debnath began his career with the

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before beginning his professional career at

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of the

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, However, due to being at the same club as other, more reputable keepers such as Naseem Akhtar,

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, and Abhra Mondal, Debnath found playing time hard to come by and thus he decided to sign for

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of the

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in 2008. 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

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season. 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

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in a collision with Mandjou Keita. After recovering from his injury Debnath signed for Kenkre F.C. in the

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for the

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season. Then after that Debnath signed for newly founded club Mumbai Tigers for the 2012–13 season. While with Tigers Debnath lead the club to the final of the

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where they lost to Debnath's former club Air India.

Pune

On 31 July 2013 it was announced that Debnath had signed with

of the

for the 2013–14 season. He made his debut for the club on 6 November 2013 against

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at the

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where he started and kept a clean-sheet as Pune won 1–0.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Debnath, Arup 1987 births Living people Indian men's footballers East Bengal Club players Air India FC players Mumbai Tigers FC players Pune FC players NEROCA FC players Aizawl FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from West Bengal I-League players I-League 2 players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Peerless SC players