1. Sandesh Jhingan was born on 21 July 1993 and is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Goa and the Indian national team.
41 Facts About Sandesh Jhingan
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Sandesh Jhingan won the AIFF emerging player of the year award in 2014 and made his debut for the India national side in 2015.
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In 2020, Jhingan was honoured with the Arjuna Award, the second-highest sporting honour of India.
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Sandesh Jhingan represented the Chandigarh state team at the under-19 level, helping them win the BC Roy Trophy.
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Sandesh Jhingan made his senior professional debut in the I-League on 6 October 2012 in United Sikkim's first match of the season against Salgaocar.
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Sandesh Jhingan then scored his second goal for the club on 18 November 2012 against Sporting Goa.
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In February 2013 it was reported that Sandesh Jhingan was receiving interest from Chinese League One clubs and that he would head to China for trials.
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In November 2013 it was reported that Sandesh Jhingan had signed with Rangdajied United on loan for the remainder of the season.
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However, not long after, it was announced that Sandesh Jhingan had instead signed for Mumbai for the rest of the I-League campaign.
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Sandesh Jhingan made his debut for the club on 7 December 2013 against Pune.
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On 22 July 2014, a day after his 21st birthday, Sandesh Jhingan was selected in the second round of the 2014 ISL Inaugural Domestic Draft by the Kerala Blasters.
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Sandesh Jhingan appeared on the bench for the side in their opening match of the season against NorthEast United.
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From that point Sandesh Jhingan remained a constant presence for the Kerala Blasters throughout the 2014 season, appearing 14 times for the side.
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On 20 December 2014, Sandesh Jhingan started for the Kerala Blasters in the 2014 Indian Super League Final against Atletico de Kolkata.
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Sandesh Jhingan made his debut for the club on the same day against Mumbai.
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On 4 March 2016, after the 2015 ISL season, it was announced that Sandesh Jhingan would join I-League side DSK Shivajians on loan from the Kerala Blasters.
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On 14 March 2017, Sandesh Jhingan played in his first career club continental match when he started for Bengaluru in an AFC Cup match against fellow Indian side Mohun Bagan.
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Sandesh Jhingan scored his second goal for the club, and only goal in the league, on 22 April 2017 against his former club DSK Shivajians.
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On 16 November 2017, a day before the Kerala Blasters' first match of the season against ATK, Sandesh Jhingan was announced as the captain of the Blasters for the upcoming season.
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Sandesh Jhingan was chosen as one of the 5 captains of the team.
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Sandesh Jhingan was featured in all matches except one where he picked up an injury after a collision with his team's goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya against Hyderabad.
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Three days since signing the contract, Sandesh Jhingan sustained a calf injury 30 hours prior to the next match day.
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Sandesh Jhingan signed a short term contract with the club.
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In June 2023, Sandesh Jhingan was signed by FC Goa on a three year deal.
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Sandesh Jhingan was then called up to the senior India side in February 2013 for their preparatory camp but an injury kept him off the team.
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In September 2014, Sandesh Jhingan was selected into the India under-23 side that would play in the 2014 Asian Games.
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Sandesh Jhingan made his international debut at this level in India's opening match against the United Arab Emirates on 15 September 2014.
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Sandesh Jhingan then scored his first international goal for India on 29 March 2016 against Turkmenistan.
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Sandesh Jhingan then scored his second goal for India on 7 June 2016 against Laos.
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Sandesh Jhingan then scored his fourth goal for India in another international friendly, on 6 June 2017, against Nepal.
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Sandesh Jhingan was then handed the India national team captaincy by head coach Stephen Constantine before their friendly matches against Mauritius and St Kitts and Nevis in the absence of regular captain Sunil Chhetri.
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Sandesh Jhingan started that match, thus starting in all four of India's qualification matches up till that point, and helped India keep the clean sheet against Macau, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan.
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In 2018 Intercontinental Cup, Sandesh Jhingan was a wall at the back for the Indian team.
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The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the tournament where Sandesh Jhingan performed at his full potential during his first 5 years with the national side.
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Sandesh Jhingan suffered an ACL injury later that month in a pre-friendly match and was reported to be sidelined for the next 6 months.
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Sandesh Jhingan missed all the remaining 4 matches in this period due to this injury.
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Sandesh Jhingan made his comeback to the national team on 25 March 2021 in a friendly against Oman, where he captained the side.
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On 21 August 2020, Sandesh Jhingan became the twenty seventh footballer to win the Arjuna Award.
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Sandesh Jhingan is a supporter of the Premier League club Manchester United.
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Sandesh Jhingan is married to Ivanka Pavlova, a photographer from Russia.
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On 19 February 2022, Sandesh Jhingan made headlines for making a 'sexist comment' after a match with ATK Mohun Bagan against his former club Kerala Blasters.