Narender Gahlot

Narender Gahlot

Personal information
Full name	Narender Gahlot
Date of birth	(2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Mitraon, Delhi, India
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Odisha
Number	3
Youth career
2017	Chandigarh Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Indian Arrows	11	(0)
2019–2022	Jamshedpur	36	(0)
2022–	Odisha	30	(0)
International career^‡
2016–2017	India U17	7	(0)
2019–2021	India U20	4	(1)
2019–	India U23	4	(0)
2019–2022	India	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:52, 3 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2022

Narender Gahlot (born 24 April 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Odisha.

Club career

Indian Arrows

He made his professional debut playing for the Indian Arrows in 2018–19 I-League.

Odisha

In May 2022, Indian Super League club Odisha completed the signing of Gahlot, on a three-year deal.[1] On 17 August, he made his debut for the club against NorthEast United in the Durand Cup, in a thumping 6–0 win.[2][3]

International career

He made his international debut for India senior team on 7 July 2019 against Tajikistan during 2019 Intercontinental Cup, which India lost 2–4. He scored his first ever international goal in his second match against Syria on 16 July 2019 at the EKA arena in Ahmedabad. With this goal he became the first Indian player to score for the national team who was born in the 21st century and also became the then second youngest goal scorer for the national team at the age of 18 years 83 days behind Jerry Zirsanga.[4] He also won his first Player of the match award in this match, as the game finished 1–1.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 June 2023[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Indian Arrows	2017–18	I-League	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2018–19		10	0	2[a]	0	—		13	0
	Indian Arrows total		11	0	2	0	0	0	13	0
Jamshedpur	2019–20	Indian Super League	11	0	0	0	—		11	0
	2020–21		10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2021–22		15	0	0	0	—		15	0
	Jamshedpur total		36	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
Odisha	2022–23	Indian Super League	18	0	10[a][b]	0	1[c]	0	29	0
Career total			65	0	12	0	1	0	78	0

1. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
3. Appearance in AFC Cup playoff

International

As of matches played till 24 September 2022[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
India	2019	3	1
	2022	1	0
Total		4	1

International goals

Scores and results list India's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	16 July 2019	TransStadia Arena, Ahmedabad, India	2	Syria	1–0	1–1	2019 Intercontinental Cup

Honours

Jamshedpur

• Indian Super League Winners' Shield: 2021–22[8][9]

Odisha

• Super Cup: 2023;[10] runner-up: 2024

India U20

• SAFF U-18 Championship: 2019

References

1. "OFC sign League Shield winner, Narender Gahlot". odishafc.com. 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
2. "Half a dozen for Odisha FC to start the campaign!". odishafc.com. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
3. "NorthEast United 0 – 6 Odisha". the-aiff.com. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
4. Kapadia, Novy. "Who is actually India's youngest goal scorer?". sportskeeda.com. SportsKeeda. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
5. "BLUE TIGERS HELD TO A DRAW BY SYRIA". the-aiff.com. AIFF. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
6. Narender Gahlot at Soccerway
7. "Narender Gahlot". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
8. "ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur win the League Winners Shield | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
9. "Jamshedpur FC clinch League Winners' Shield after beating ATK Mohun Bagan". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
10. Rawat, Akhil (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". the-aiff.com. Kozhikode: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.