Naorem Roshan Singh

In this Meitei name, the family name is Naorem and the given name is Roshan. "Singh" is a name suffix.
Roshan Singh
Personal information
Full name Naorem Roshan Singh
Date of birth (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Samurou, Manipur, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru
Number 32
Youth career
Bengaluru
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Bengaluru B 18 (7)
2017–2018 → Indian Arrows (loan) 3 (0)
2019– Bengaluru 43 (1)
International career‡
2017 India U20 3 (0)
2022– India 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Naorem Roshan Singh (born 2 February 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender or winger for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team.

Club career

In October 2017, it was announced that Roshan had joined Bengaluru's reserve team for the I-League 2nd Division.[1] A month later, he was loaned to Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to allow them playing time.[2] He made his professional debut for the side 5 December 2017 against Minerva Punjab, coming on as an 80th minute substitute for Edmund Lalrindika as Indian Arrows lost 2–0.[3] Roshan was also part of the Bengaluru B that participated in Bangalore Super Division league, [4][5][6] where he also captained them.[7]

Roshan was included in the senior team of Bengaluru for the 2019-20 Indian Super League season under coach Naushad Moosa but would split time between playing for the senior team and the B team in the I-League 2nd Division. Roshan appeared as the left sided-midfielder where he showed glimpses of his talent during the 2019 Durand Cup and appearance in the 2019 AFC Cup, where they bowed out of the group stages. His second season with Bengaluru would see him make his debut for the senior team in the Indian Super League, and make 5 appearances in the 2020 AFC Cup.

Roshan entered his third season at Bengaluru as a full back, where he would play both left and right side due to his two-footed nature. He made 5 appearances in the 2021 Durand Cup but Bengaluru would be eliminated in the semi-final stage by Goa. On 30 January 2022, he scored his first goal from a direct free-kick in the 56th minute as Bengaluru defeated 10-match unbeaten Kerala Blasters 1–0.[8] He would finish the season with a goal and 7 assists from 17 appearances from full-back position for the 2021-22 Indian Super League season culminating in a national team call-up for friendlies against Bahrain and Belarus.

International career

In March 2022, Roshan was called up for the national squad by coach Igor Štimac ahead of India's two friendly matches against Bahrain and Belarus.[9] He made his debut on 23 March against Bahrain in their 2–1 defeat, in which he assisted the goal.

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 March 2023[10]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bengaluru B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 7 2 0 0 – 7 2
2018–19 8 5 0 0 – 8 5
2019–20 3 0 0 0 – 3 0
Indian Arrows
(loan) 		2017–18 I-League 3 0 0 0 – 3 0
Bengaluru 2019–20 Indian Super League 0 0 3[a] 0 1[b] 0 4 0
2020–21 2 0 0 0 1[b] 0 3 0
2021–22 17 1 5[a] 0 4[b] 0 26 1
2022–23 24 0 3[a] 0 – 27 0
Bengaluru total 43 1 8 0 6 0 57 1
Career total 64 8 11 0 6 0 81 8
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

International

As of 28 March 2023[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2022 7 0
2023 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours

India

Bengaluru

Bengaluru FC B

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Bengaluru FC 'B' ready for inaugural season". Times of India. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017–18". The All India Football Federation. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Indian Arrows 0–2 Minerva Punjab". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Blue Colts rout Dream United to go top of BDFA Super Division". BengaluruFC.com. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Bengaluru FC B lifts BDFA Super Division Trophy by beating ASC". sportscafe.in. 27 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Defending Champions Bengaluru FC all set for BDFA Super Division League". BengaluruFC.com. 12 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. ^ @bengalurufc (1 August 2019). "Winger Naorem Roshan Singh will lead the 22-member Bengaluru FC team in the 2019 edition of the prestigious Durand Cup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Anand, Chetan (31 January 2022). "Roshan Singh Naorem – As illuminating as his name". iftwc.com. Indian Football Team for World Cup. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. ^ "7 new faces as Stimac names final list of 25 for friendlies in Bahrain". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  10. ^ Naorem Roshan Singh at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Naorem Roshan Singh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Standout performers: Hero ISL 2021-22 season awards". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.