Moirangthem Govin Singh (born 3 January 1988 in Tentha,

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who plays as a defender for

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. He has been capped twice for

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at senior level. He was part of the Churchill Brothers S.C. squad that won

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. Singh won the

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with his former club Churchill Brothers S.C. in season 2008-2009 where he formed a solid defensive partnership alongside Gouramangi Moirangthem.

Club career

Churchill Brothers

Singh signed for Churchill Brothers S.C. in 2008 and after 22 games in which Singh played in 16 of them Churchill Brothers S.C. won the

championship.

East Bengal

After his one-year stint with Churchill Brothers Singh signed with

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club Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. who also play in the I-League. During his maiden year in Kolkata Singh played in 16 games out of the 26 matches as Kingfisher ended the season in 2nd place.

Salgaocar

After his one-year stay with Kingfisher East Bengal, Singh signed with

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club Salgaocar S.C. also of the I-League. During his first year with Salgaocar Singh played in only five matches because of his Indian team commitments and because of injury. Even though he was absent from the team Singh was available for the match that won Salgaocar the I-League title. With that victory Govin Singh became the first and only player in I-League history to win the title with more than one club.

United Sikkim

After the season ended Singh made a surprise move by signing for

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team United Sikkim F.C. for one year.

Eagles

On 5 December 2013 it was announced that Govin has signed up with

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on loan for 2013–14 season along with

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, Bijendra Rai, Avinabo Bag, Jagroop Singh, Bisheshwor Singh, Biswajit Saha and Ramandeep Singh. Moreover, IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the proposed IPL-style football tournament Indian Super League, and

will facilitate a two to six week training stint for the eight players with UK based

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Academy.

Pune City

In July 2015 Singh was drafted to play for

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in the

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International career

Govin Singh played and started his first match for

against

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on 21 March 2011. He was also included in playing 11 against

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's farewell match in New Delhi.

Honours

India *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Govin Indian men's footballers 1988 births Living people Meitei people Footballers from Manipur East Bengal Club players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players I-League players Salgaocar FC players India men's international footballers Churchill Brothers FC Goa players United Sikkim FC players Shillong Lajong FC players Royal Wahingdoh FC players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Odisha FC players FC Pune City players People from Thoubal district Men's association football defenders NEROCA FC players Aizawl FC players Southern Samity players