Arshdeep Singh (footballer, born 1997)

Singh began his career with the AIFF Elite Academy, playing in various competitions.^[2] On 1 November 2015, He joined Minerva Academy FC who were about to participate in I-League 2nd Division.^[3][4] On 11 December 2015, he made his professional debut against PIFA Sports FC in a western conference game. He kept his first professional cleansheet as the match ended in a 3–0 win.^[5]He started in all final round games and kept three cleansheets as Minerva finished second after a 3–1 loss to Dempo SC.^[6]

He made his Durand Cup debut on 30 August 2016 where despite a 2–0 loss to Gangtok Himalayan SC he managed to impress.^[7] He also played the next game which ended in a 3–0 loss to Indian Navy.^[8] He missed next three games due to a sudden illness.^[9] Despite finishing second in I-League 2 Minerva were promoted to I-League after Dempo SC withdrew. ^[10][11]On 21 January 2017, Singh made his I-League debut against Shillong Lajong. He started and played the full match as Minerva lost 2–1.^[12] He started only in four games conceding six goals with no cleansheets.

In 2017–18 I-League season, he was again a backup keeper making only three starts but helped Minerva win their first ever I-League title.^[13][14] This was young Arshdeep and Minerva Punjab's first ever major trophy ^[15]

On 22 September 2018, he extended his contract for another season.^[16] He started the season in a 2–2 draw against Shillong Lajong.^[17] He started in eight games keeping two cleansheets with Minerva finishing ninth in the league. Since, Minerva were winners of previous I-League season they qualified for 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs. However, he was on the bench in the 4–0 loss to Iranian club Saipa FC in preliminary round 2.^[18]

As a result, Minerva qualified to play in AFC Cup group stage. On 3 April 2019, he made his continental debut in the first game against Chennaiyin FC which ended in a 0–0 stalemate.^[19] After being benched for next game, he played in next two games against Manang Marshyangdi Club which both ended in a draw.^[20][21] He suffered a nose injury in the next game against Chennaiyin after colliding with C. K. Vineeth which made him being substituted off in the 11th minute in an eventual 1–1 draw.^[22] Hence, he missed the last game against Abahani Limited Dhaka, the same game where he was benched.^[23]

On 19 July 2019, he joined newly rebranded Odisha FC on a 3-year deal.^[24] He made his debut on 26 October 2019 in a 2–1 loss to NorthEast United FC which was also his ISL debut.^[25] He made thirty three appearances for Odisha during his three seasons all coming in league but managing to keep only five cleansheets and Odisha even finished last in 2020-21 ISL season when he was the first choice keeper.^[26]

On 30 June 2022, FC Goa completed the signing of Arshdeep Singh on a two-year deal.^[27] On 21 October 2022, he made his debut for Goa coming as a fifty-ninth-minute substitute for Dheeraj Singh who suffered a head injury in a 2–0 win over Chennaiyin FC.^[28] He started in the next game against Hyderabad FC which ended in a 1–0 loss.^[29] He made his Super Cup debut on 10 April 2023 in a 5–3 loss to Jamshedpur FC.^[30] But managed to keep cleansheets in next two games against Gokulam Kerala and Mohun Bagan which both ended in a 1–0 win.^[31][32]

He started the next season with a cleansheet in 6–0 hammering over Shillong Lajong in Durand Cup.^[33] He also started in the first game of 2023-24 ISL against his former club and newly promoted Punjab FC and managed another cleansheet in a 1–0 win.^[34]

As of 16 October 2023^[35]

Minerva Punjab

• I-League: 2017–18