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 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

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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

, the

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of his old club Chennaiyin has signed Karanjit as a replacement for injured

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. 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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: 2011 *

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; runner-up: 2011 *

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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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: 2011,

; runner-up:

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References

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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 India men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers JCT FC players Kerala Blasters FC players