Sinivasan Pandiyan

Sinivasan Pandiyan (born 6 December 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League.[1]

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

Career

Born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Pandiyan began his career with the Noble Football Academy in Karaikudi.[2] While with the academy, he was coached by former India international Raman Vijayan.[3] 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.[2]

Chennai City

In June 2017, it was announced that Pandiyan was signed by Chennai City for the I-League.[4] 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.[5] 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.[2]

According to Pandiyan, he initially struggled to adapt to playing in the I-League before coming 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.[2]

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.[6][1]

Career statistics
As of 31 January 2021[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chennai City 2017–18 I-League17010——180
2018–19 60000060
Career total 2301000240

Honours

Club
Chennai City FC[8]

References
  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ragav, S. Dipak; Ramakrishnan, Amrit (11 October 2017). "A proud moment for Vijayan". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. "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.
  5. "Gokulam Kerala 1-1 Chennai City". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. "Sinivasan Pandiyan signs for Chennaiyin". Chennaiyin FC (Twitter).
  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.
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