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Girik Khosla

Girik Khosla
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth GTB Nagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfield
Team information
Current team
Delhi
Number 49
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Minerva Punjab 20 (3)
2018–2019 NorthEast United 1 (0)
2019–2020 Minerva Punjab 7 (2)
2020–2021 East Bengal 0 (0)
2021–2022 Sreenidi Deccan 13 (1)
2022–2023 Real Kashmir 16 (0)
2023– Delhi 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:22, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Girik Khosla (born 4 January 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Delhi.

Career

Born in Mumbai, Girik Khosla started his footballing journey with the youth setup of Mumbai FC where he captained the U14 and U17 teams before moving to the state team of Chandigarh. He caught the eyes of Minerva Punjab after guiding his state team Chandigarh to qualify for the final stages of the Santosh Trophy.

He made his senior debut for Minerva Punjab in the 2016-17 I-League season against DSK Shivajians as he came on as a substitute. He was part of the 2017-18 I-League winning team where he made 12 appearances and scored one goal.

His performance caught the eyes of Indian Super League side NorthEast United FC and he joined them for the 2018–19 Indian Super League season, however he made just one appearance for the Highlanders and failed to get any gametime.

Girik Khosla returned to Minerva Punjab in the 2016–17 I-League season and got some gametimes,[1] as he scored two goals in seven appearances.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2023[2]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Minerva Punjab 2016–17 I-League 8 2 0 0 8 2
2017–18 12 1 1[a] 0 13 1
Minerva Punjab total 20 3 1 0 0 0 21 3
NorthEast United 2018–19 Indian Super League 1 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Minerva Punjab 2019–20 I-League 7 2 0 0 7 2
East Bengal 2020–21 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sreenidi Deccan 2021–22 I-League 13 1 0 0 13 1
Real Kashmir 2022–23 16 0 1[a] 0 17 0
Delhi 2023–24 0 0 2[b] 1 2 1
Career total 57 6 5 1 0 0 62 7
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Minerva Punjab

Delhi

  • Ladakh Climate Cup: 2023[4]

References

  1. ^ Ingale, Shreyash (12 October 2019). "Here's How 'The Warriors – Minerva Punjab' are preparing for upcoming I-League season". iftwc.com. IFTWC – Indian Football Team for World Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Girik Khosla at Soccerway
  3. ^ Jonathan Selvaraj (8 March 2018). "Minerva give India another champion team from Punjab". ESPN. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ladakh Climate Cup: Delhi FC rattle TNSA 6–0 to take trophy home". uniindia.com. Jammu. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.