Gaurav Bora

Gaurav Bora (born 13 July 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Odisha FC in the Indian Super League.

Gaurav Bora
Personal information
Full name Gaurav Bora
Date of birth (1998-07-13) 13 July 1998
Place of birth Assam, India
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Odisha
Number 13
Youth career
Pune City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Pune City 0 (0)
2017–2019 → Chennai City (loan) 27 (2)
2019– Odisha 15 (0)
National team‡
2019– India U23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:11, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Assam, Bora moved with his family to Delhi when he was younger.[1] After playing for his school team, Bora was selected to be trained at the Baichung Bhutia Football School. Due to his good performance with the team, Bora was selected to represent Delhi's under-16 state team and was scouted to have a trial with Pune City.[1] His trial was successful and Bora joined the Pune City Academy.[1]

In November 2017, Bora was loaned to Chennai City of the I-League.[1] He made his professional debut for the club on 29 November 2017 against Indian Arrows. He only played 26 minutes as Chennai City were defeated 3–0.[2] After impressing the Chennai City coaching staff during the 2017–18 season, Bora was loaned back to the club the next season.[1] During the 2018–19 season, Bora was moved by head coach Akbar Nawas from midfield to central defense, where he created a solid partnership with Roberto Eslava.[1]

On 9 March 2019, Bora scored a brace in Chennai City's last match of the season against Minerva Punjab which helped the club win their first ever I-League title, and Bora's first trophy.[3][4]

Odisha

On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Bora had joined Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League.[5] Bora then made his debut for the re-branded club i.e. Odisha FC, on 22 December 2019 against Goa where he came on as a halftime substitute for Daniel Lalhlimpuia. The match eventually ended up as a 0–3 defeat for Odisha.[6]

International

On 13 February 2019, Bora was called up to the India under-23 side which participated in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers.[7] He made his debut for the side in their first match of the qualifiers against Uzbekistan U23. He played the whole match as India U23 were defeated 2–0 and eventually failed to qualify.[8]

Career statistics
As of 19 January 2020[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chennai City 2017–18 I-League7000——70
2018–19 I-League20200——202
Total 2720000272
Odisha 2019–20 ISL10000——100
Career total 3720000372

Honours

Club
Chennai City[9]

References
  1. Ganesh, Suraj Sree (9 February 2019). "Chennai City's Gaurav Bora may be lording over Opponents, but says it's not easy to get into Indian National Team". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. "Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City". Soccerway.
  3. "Chennai City 3-1 Minerva Punjab". Soccerway.
  4. Namboothiri, Arjun (21 March 2019). "I-League champion Gaurav Bora could be India's next 'big' thing". ESPN India. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. Banerjee, Ritabrata (27 June 2019). "Gaurav Bora joins Delhi Dynamos from FC Pune City". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. "Goa 3–0 Odisha". Soccerway.
  7. "Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp". Navhind Times. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. "India U23 0-2 Uzbekistan U23". The Asian Football Confederation.
  9. Gaurav Bora at Soccerway
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