Vikram Partap Singh Sandhu ( pa, ਵਿਕਰਮ ਪ੍ਤਾਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ; born 16 January 2002) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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club

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Club career

Earlier career

Singh started his youth career at the Chandigarh Football Academy and progressed to the senior set-up in 2018. He later moved to

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and participated in

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, where he played until 2020 and scored 5 goals in 27 matches.Mumbai City FC signs India U-20 striker Vikram Partap Singh
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Mumbai City

In October 2020,

announced the signing of Singh ahead of the upcoming

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season. He joined ''the Islanders'' on a deal which will keep him at the club until 2023, with an option to extend for a further year. On 1 December 2021, he scored a brace against

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in their 5–1 win. He was later included in the club's

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squad.

International career

He is known for his goal-scoring instincts during his tenure in India U-16 team for his braces and hat-tricks. His goal against Vietnam led to India's first win in

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in Malaysia. With India U-20 team, Singh participated in

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held in

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, and they emerged champions as he scored two goals. He debuted for India U-23 team on 24 October 2021 in AFC U-23 Championship 2022 Qualifiers in first game against

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. He scored a goal against Oman on 37th minute helping India to a 2–0 lead, with India going on to win the game 2–1.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

India U-15 *

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India U-20 *

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Mumbai City *

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League Winner's Shield:

, 2022-23 *

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runner-up:

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Individual * AIFF Emerging Player of the Year: 2021–22 *

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship The 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship was the 4th edition of the SAFF U-15 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-15 national teams organized by SAFF. Since most teams use to send their U-15 team keeping in mind 2018 AFC U- ...

Player of the tournament *

Top goalscorer

References

External links

Vikram Pratap Singh
at ''Indian Super League''
Vikram Pratap Singh
at ''Khel Now'' * 2002 births Living people Indian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Punjab FC players Indian Arrows players I-League players Mumbai City FC players India men's youth international footballers Indian Super League players Footballers from Chandigarh {{India-footy-bio-stub