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Amrit Gope

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Amrit Gope
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Jamshedpur
Youth career
Hindustan
Telco Sports Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Jamshedpur B 12 (0)
2021–2022 TRAU 16 (0)
2022–2024 Bengaluru 0 (0)
2024– Jamshedpur 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Amrit Gope (born 12 September 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur

Club career

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Jamshedpur B

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Gope, first tasted senior competitive football with Jamshedpur B in the 2018–19 season. On 13 January 2019, he made his debut for the reserve team, against TRAU, in a 1–0 loss.[1] He played a combined 12 matches for them in the I-League 2nd Division, over two seasons.

Gope got promoted to the senior team ahead of the 2019–20 season, after impressive performances in between the sticks with the reserves team.[2]

TRAU

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Having worked his way up from the Jamshedpur B, Gope signed for TRAU on a one-year deal. On 9 January 2021, he made his debut for the club, against Aizawl in a 1–0 win, riding on some valiant goalkeeping.[3] He saved a penalty from MC Malsawmzuala and received a yellow card but managed to kept a clean-sheet in a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC.[4]

Gope extended his contract with TRAU ahead of the 2021–22 season.[5] He played in nine matches and managed to keep three clean sheets throughout the season.

Bengaluru FC

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He signed for the ISL club Bengaluru FC on a two-year deal.[6] He made his debut in a 2-2 draw against FC Goa in durand cup but remained on the bench for rest of the tournament as Bengaluru won the final by defeating Mumbai City FC 2-1. He remained on the bench for the rest whole season as a backup for Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and played in no games for the first team. He moved to Bengaluru FC B and played in the first group stage game of I-League 2 against FC Bengaluru United but received a straight red in the 38th minute.[7]

He was included in 2023 Durand Cup squad and played in a 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters.[8] [9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 30 August 2022[10]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jamshedpur B 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division 9 0 0 0 9 0
2019–20 3 0 3[a] 0 6 0
TRAU 2020–21 I-League 7 0 0 0 7 0
2021–22 9 0 0 0 9 0
TRAU total 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Bengaluru 2022–23 Indian Super League 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0
Career total 28 0 4 0 0 0 32 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Jamshedpur FC Reserves go down fighting 1 - 0 against TRAU FC in I-League Second Division". Jamshedpur FC. 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Gope promoted to the first team". Twitter. 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Komron Tursunov's strike helps TRAU beat Aizawl FC in I-League". Times of India. 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Tursunov's early strike for TRAU sinks Aizawl". 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "I-League: Excited for chance to prove myself, says TRAU goalkeeper Gope". ANI News. 21 February 2022.
  6. ^ "ISL 2022-23 Transfer News: Bengaluru FC sign Amrit Gope, Faisal Ali on long-term deal". 1 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Blue Colts begin 2nd Division League with win over FC Bengaluru United". 13 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Bengaluru FC announce squad for Durand Cup title defence". 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC hold Kerala Blasters to a 2-2 draw as Gokulam storm into quarters". 18 August 2023.
  10. ^ Amrit Gope at Soccerway