Pranjal Bhumij
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pranjal Prakash Bhumij | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Sivasagar, Assam, India | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Odisha | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2015 | SAI Guwahati | ||
| 2015–2016 | DSK Shivajians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | DSK Shivajians | 4 | (1) |
| 2017–2023 | Mumbai City | 23 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → RoundGlass Punjab (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2023– | Odisha | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | India U19 | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 31 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:47, 31 January (UTC) | |||
Pranjal Prakash Bhumij (born 2 March 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Odisha.
Although Pranjal prefers playing as a striker, he can also play as a winger on either side and as an attacking midfielder.[1]
Club career[edit]
DSK Shivajians[edit]
A youth product for DSK Shivajians, Bhumij made his professional debut for the first-team in the I-League on 26 February 2017 against Churchill Brothers. He came off the bench in the 60th minute for Naro Hari Shrestha as DSK Shivajians fell 3–0.[2] He then scored his first professional goal for the club on 8 April 2017 against Shillong Lajong. He scored the equalizing goal for the club in the 63rd minute but despite that, Shillong Lajong scored a third in stoppage time to win 3–2.[3]
Mumbai City[edit]
On 23 July 2017, Pranjal was picked up by Mumbai City as a developmental player for 2017–18 Hero ISL season. He committed to Mumbai City FC by signing a contract with the club till 2024.[4]
International career[edit]
In August 2017, Pranjal was called by India U19 coach Floyd Pinto before SAFF U19 Championship. Pranjal made his debut for India U19 against Nepal in Bhutan.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 12 April 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| DSK Shivajians | 2016–17 | I-League | 4 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| Mumbai City | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mumbai City total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| RoundGlass Punjab (loan) | 2022–23 | I-League | 10 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Career total | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
References[edit]
- ^ "Mumbai CIty FC striker Pranjal Bhumij wants to represent India at the FIFA World Cup". asianage.com. 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Churchill Brothers 3–0 DSK Shivajians". Soccerway.
- ^ "DSK Shivajians 2–3 Shillong Lajong". Soccerway.
- ^ "Mumbai City FC signed a three-year extension deal with Pranjal Bhumij". FootballExpress. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Pranjal Bhumij at Soccerway
External links[edit]
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from Sivasagar
- Footballers from Assam
- Indian men's footballers
- DSK Shivajians FC players
- Men's association football forwards
- I-League players
- Indian Super League players
- Mumbai City FC players
- India men's youth international footballers
- Bhumij people
- Indian football biography stubs