Sinivasan Pandiyan

Sinivasan Pandiyan
Personal information
Full name Sinivasan Pandiyan
Date of birth (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gokulam Kerala
Youth career
Noble Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Indian Bank RC
2016–2017 Viva Chennai
2017–2018 Chennai City 17 (0)
2018 Chennaiyin 0 (0)
2019–2020 Chennaiyin 1 (0)
2021– Gokulam Kerala 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:08, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Sinivasan Pandiyan (born 6 December 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in I-League.

Career

Born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Pandiyan began his career with the Noble Football Academy in Karaikudi.[1] While with the academy, he was coached by former India international Raman Vijayan.[2] Pandiyan stayed at the academy until after high school. He moved back to Chennai to play for Indian Bank in the CFA Senior Division before also playing for Viva Chennai.[1]

Chennai City

In June 2017, it was announced that Pandiyan was signed by Chennai City for the I-League.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 4 December 2017 in Chennai City's second match of the 2017–18 season against Gokulam Kerala. Pandiyan started and played the whole match as Chennai City drew 1–1.[4] By the end of the season, Pandiyan had played in 17 matches for Chennai City, starting 16, while playing a pivotal role for the club from midfield and forming a partnership with Michael Soosairaj.[1]

According to Pandiyan, he initially struggled to adapt to playing in the I-League before becoming comfortable. "It was difficult at first because it was a new level altogether. I couldn’t play that well but I started to improve my game as the season went by. I adjusted to the I-League level soon and I’m very happy that I could play at such a level," he said at the end of the season.[1]

Chennaiyin

After his breakout season with Chennai City, Pandiyan signed a three-year contract with local Indian Super League side Chennaiyin on 13 April 2018.[5][6]

Career statistics

As of 31 January 2021[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chennai City 2017–18 I-League 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
2018–19 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 23 0 1 0 0 0 24 0

Honours

Chennai City[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Muralidharan, Ashwin (23 March 2018). "Chennai City FC's midfield dynamo Sinivasan Pandiyan looking to make it big in Indian football". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ Ragav, S. Dipak; Ramakrishnan, Amrit (11 October 2017). "A proud moment for Vijayan". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Chennai City FC signs three players for ISL 2017-'18". Business Standard. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Chennai City". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Sinivasan Pandiyan signs for Chennaiyin". Chennaiyin FC (Twitter).
  6. ^ "Chennaiyin FC sign 22-year-old Tamil Nadu midfielder Sinivasan Pandiyan". Chennaiyin FC. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ^ Sinivasan Pandiyan at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Chennai City FC win I-League 2018-19 title, East Bengal finish second". Indiatoday.in. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.