Personal information | |||
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Full name | Varun Mathur | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kenkre | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Kenkre | |||
DSK Shivajians | |||
2016–2017 | SportBund DJK Rosenheim | ||
2017 | Goa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Goa B | 1 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Chennai City | 3 | (0) |
2021– | Kenkre | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:33, 15 April 2022 (UTC) |
Varun Mathur (born 22 January 1998), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club Kenkre.
Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Mathur began his career with the Kenkre youth team.[1] He then moved with his family to Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu where he played for his school's football team. He moved back to Mumbai at the age of 16 and participated in a trial with DSK Shivajians.[1] He soon joined the club's under-16 side before gaining an opportunity to move to Germany and join the youth team at SB/DJK Rosenheim.[1]
He stayed in Germany for a year before moving back to India to join FC Goa. He was part of the club's reserves side which participated in the I-League 2nd Division.[1]
In 2020, Mathur joined I-League club Chennai City.[2] He made his professional debut for the club on 16 February 2020 against TRAU, starting in a 0–0 draw.[3]
In October September 2021, Mathur signed for Kenkre ahead of the I-League Qualifiers.[4] Though the team missed out on promotion to the I-League, they eventually replaced Chennai City after they failed to comply with club licensing regulations.[5][6]
On 4 March 2022, he made his first appearance for the club against Real Kashmir, in a 1–1 draw.[7] The club finished in bottom after the phrase-1 and placed in relegation stage, achieved only 12 points and relegated to the 2022–23 I-League 2nd Division.[8][9] They later participated in Baji Raut Cup in Odisha, but bowed out after defeat to Churchill Brothers in semi-final.[10][11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Goa B | 2018–19 | I-League 2nd Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Chennai City | 2019–20 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Kenkre | 2021 | I-League 2nd Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |