Shankar Sampingiraj

Shankar Sampingiraj
Personal information
Full name Shankar Sampingiraj[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994
Place of birth Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pune City
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 HAL
2011–2013 Pailan Arrows 0 (0)
2013 → DSK Shivajians (loan) 6 (1)
2013– Bengaluru FC 19 (2)
2015 → Kerala Blasters (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 ATK 11 (0)
2018– Pune City 0 (0)
National team‡
2015– India U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:12, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:57, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Shankar Sampingiraj (born 14 December 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who currently plays primarily as a defensive midfielder fot FC Pune City in the Indian Super League.[2]

Career

HAL

Born in Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, Sampingiraj started his professional career with HAL, then of I-League during the 2010–11 season.[1] However, during a match against Pune the very same season, Sampingiraj suffered a ligament tear which was not properly diagnosed by his club, but was noticed and dealt with at the camp for the Indian national youth team,[3] eventually leading to surgery on his right knee and missing substantial game time.[3]

Pailan Arrows and DSK Shivajians

Sampingiraj signed for the Pailan Arrows then of I-League for the 2011-12 I-League season.[1] Shankar was loaned out to DSK Shivajians of the I-League 2nd Division for the 2013 I-League 2nd Division.,[4] playing all six of DSK's group stage games, scoring once against Kohima Komets, but couldn't help his team reach the final round.[5]

Bengaluru FC

In July 2013 it was announced that Sampingiraj had signed with new direct-entry I-League side Bengaluru FC.[6] However, the All India Football Federation stopped Sampingiraj from joining the team as they said that he was still contracted with them to play for Pailan Arrows.[7] Then, on 13 December 2013, it was announced than Sampingiraj had eventually signed with Bengaluru FC but on loan from IMG-Reliance for the rest of the season.[8]

Sampingiraj scored his first goal for Bengaluru FC in an AFC Cup game on 24 February 2015, against Maziya of the Maldives in a 2-1 away, in added-time.[9] Shankar scored his first goal in the I-League for Bengaluru on 3 April 2015, heading in a free-kick into the box from Eugeneson Lyngdoh in a 3-3 draw with Royal Wahingdoh.[10] He signed a 3-year contract with Bengaluru at the end of the season; this deal will take keep him with the club until the end of the 2017-18 I-League season.[11]

Kerala Blasters (loan)

In July 2015, Sampingiraj was drafted to play for Kerala Blasters FC in the 2015 Indian Super League.[12] On 13 August 2013, Bengaluru FC, his parent club, confirmed a 3-week training stint for Shankar with Italian 3rd division side Unione Sportiva Cremonese, prior to the 2015 ISL.[13][14]

International

Sampingiraj made his Indian U23 debut against Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015 in a 2016 AFC U-23 qualifier in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Bangladesh.[15] Shankar started and was sent-off against Syria U23 in the second match of the qualifiers in a 4-0 loss.[16]

Career statistics

As of 2 March 2016[17]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bengaluru FC 2013–14 I-League000000——00
2014–15 I-League132100031173
2015–16 I-League7000000070
Kerala Blasters (loan) 2015 Indian Super League30——————30
Career total 232100031273

References

  1. 1 2 3 Banerjee, Subhajyoti. "Shankar in a spot of bother". Garden City Soccer Stars. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "FC PUNE CITY SIGN GABRIEL AND SHANKAR". fcpunecity.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Shankar's comeback trail". Garden City Soccer Stars. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "JSW rope in Bruno Colaco, Gurtej Singh and Shankar". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ileague_2nd_2013/index.html#2
  6. ↑ "JSW signs three youngsters for next season". Business-Standard. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Shankar set to return to Bangalore". GCSStars. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Bengaluru FC sign three youngsters on loan". Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  9. ↑ http://sportsrediscovered.com/11500/afc-cup-shankar-sampingiraj-secures-win-injury-time
  10. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/bengaluru-vs-royal-wahingdoh/1981038/report
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  12. ↑ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/shankar-sampingiraj-train-with-italian-side-unione-sportiva-cremonese
  15. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8826&stageid=348&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
  16. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8828&stageid=348&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
  17. ↑ Shankar Sampingiraj at Soccerway
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