Karanjit Singh Parmar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Karanjit started playing football at the age of 15. He was spotted at a local tournament by the former India national team head coach

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. Subsequently, he was called for JCT in 2004, where he spent six seasons. He moved to

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in 2010 and won the

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in his debut season.

Chennaiyin

Karanjit was drafted by

club

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in 2015 ISL player auction. He appeared in four league games in the 2015 ISL but didn't managed to keep any clean sheets. Chennaiyin won their first ever ISL title with a 3–2 win against

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in the

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and Karanjit won his second league title. In January 2016, he was loaned out to Salgaocar for the

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. He signed a two-year contract extension with Chennaiyin in July 2017 ahead of the 2017–18 ISL season. Karanjit kept seven clean sheets in 2017–18 ISL, a joint record for the season and Chennaiyin won their second ISL title and first Indian title with a 3–2 win against

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in the 2018 ISL final. On 31 August 2019, he signed a one-year contract extension which also made him a goalkeeping coach at the club. On 5 September 2020, Chennaiyin announced that Karanjit had signed a one-year contract extension which kept him at the club till the end of 2020–21 season.

Kerala Blasters

2021-23

On 21 December, it was announced that

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, the

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of his old club Chennaiyin has signed Karanjit as a replacement for injured Albino Gomes. Despite making no appearance for the Blasters in the 2021–22 season, Karanjit signed a one-year contract extension for the Blasters on 30 May 2022. He made his debut for the Blasters on 29 January 2023 keeping a cleansheet in a 2–0 win against

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, which was also his 50th ISL game.

2023-24

Ahead of 2023–24 season, on 16 June, the Blasters announced the one-year contract extension of Karanjit till 2024.

International career

Karanjit made his debut for

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against the

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on 23 July 2011 coming off the bench for red carded goalkeeper

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. On 11 December 2011, he helped India win the 2011 SAFF Cup with a 4-0 victory of

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. He started all of India's five matches and kept three clean sheets while only conceding two goals throughout the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Salgaocar *

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* Federation Cup:

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; runner-up:

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Chennaiyin *

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, 2017–18 *

; runner-up: 2019–20 *

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; runner-up:

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Kerala Blasters *

; runner-up: 2021–22 India *

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; runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Karanjit 1986 births Living people Indian men's footballers Footballers from Hoshiarpur I-League players Salgaocar FC players India men's international footballers Chennai City FC players Chennaiyin FC players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen India men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers JCT FC players Kerala Blasters FC players