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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alwyn George
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|3|1}}
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], Maharashtra, India
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| currentclub = [[FC Pune City | Pune City]]
| clubnumber = 12
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2008–2011
| youthclubs1 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
| years1 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = [[Pailan Arrows]]
| caps1 = 32
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2013–2015
| clubs2 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2014
| clubs3 = → [[FC Goa|Goa]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–
| clubs4 = [[Bengaluru FC]]
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2016
| clubs5 = → [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]] (loan)
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018—2019
| clubs6 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–
| clubs7 = [[Punjab F.C.|Punjab]]
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 2012–
| nationalteam2 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| pcupdate = 03:50, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 18:05, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
}}

'''Alwyn George''' is an Indian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as an [[Midfielder (association football)|attacking midfielder]] for [[Punjab F.C.]] in the [[I-League]].

== Career ==
=== Pailan Arrows ===
Alwyn started his football career with the [[Tata Football Academy]] in 2008 and won the Junior National Championship with Tata FA in 2008, beating [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] youth 3–1.<ref>http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/club/index.php?ClubDetail=49&N_Id=228</ref> After spending four years at Tata, Alwyn signed his first professional contract with [[Pailan Arrows]] in the [[I-League]] on 11 February 2012. The next day, Alwyn made his debut in the I-League against [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] in a game in which the Arrows lost 2–0 but with Alwyn putting in a man of the match performance for his team.<ref>http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69657/pailan-arrows-vs-dempo-sports-club/report</ref>

Alwyn scored his first goal of the [[2012-13 I-League|2012–13]] season against [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]] on 1 December 2012 to help Pailan win 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bera|first=Kaustav|title=Pailan Arrows 4–1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96179/pailan-arrows-vs-ongc-fc/report|work=Goal.com|accessdate=25 December 2012}}</ref>
On 6 April 2013, he headed in a cross from the left by [[Seminlen Doungel]] on the 74th minute to complete a 2–0 upset of defending champions [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] at the [[Tilak Maidan Stadium]].

===Dempo===
On 26 October 2013 it was confirmed that George has signed for [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players - [[Holicharan Narzary]], [[Pronay Halder]] and [[Narayan Das (footballer)|Narayan Das]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Arrows players for Dempo|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-26/goa/43414473_1_arrows-players-pailan-arrows-other-i-league-clubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223832/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-26/goa/43414473_1_arrows-players-pailan-arrows-other-i-league-clubs|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=24 November 2013 }}</ref> He made his debut for Dempo in the [[I-League]] on 1 November 2013 against [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] at the [[Duler Stadium]] in which he came on as a substitute for [[Peter Carvalho]] in the 46th minute as Dempo drew the match 0–0.<ref>{{cite web|last=Noronha|first=Anselm|title=Dempo SC 0–0 Mohun Bagan: The Goans were held to a disappointing draw|url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/match/122642/dempo-sc-vs-mohun-bagan-ac/report|work=Goal.com|accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref> On 29 April, Alwyn was named best young Indian player of the season for a second year running.<ref>{{cite web|title=Balwant Singh named Indian Player of the Year and more from the FPAI Indian Football Awards|publisher=Goal.com|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2014/04/29/4783421/balwant-singh-named-indian-player-of-the-year-and-more-from?ICID=SP|author=Kaustav Bera|date=29 April 2014|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>

Alwyn represented [[FC Goa]] during the [[2014 Indian Super League]] on loan from parent club [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] but was used sparingly.<ref>{{Soccerway|alwyn-george/237777}}</ref>

===Bengaluru FC===
On 29 July 2015 former I-League champions [[Bengaluru FC]] announced the signing of Alwyn. Alwyn will be part of blue brigade who are eager to repeat the success that they achieved in their first season.<ref>http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2015/07/29/alwyn-george-signed-by-bengaluru-fc-for-i-league-2015-16/</ref> Due to his impressive performance at domestic as well as Continental competitions, Club and the player decided to extend the contract further for a year<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bengalurufc.com/amrinder-alwyn-extend-bfc-deals/|title=Amrinder, Alwyn extend BFC deals {{!}} Bengaluru Football Club|website=www.bengalurufc.com|access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref>

== International ==
Alwyn was called for [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]] team in June 2012, for the [[2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification|2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifiers]] held from 23 June 2012. He played his first game for under-23 team against [[Lebanon national under-23 football team|Lebanon U23]] on 23 June 2012 in the opening group match of AFC U-22 qualification. India U23 won the match 5–2 with Alwyn scoring twice in the 38th and 54th minute.<ref>http://www.the-afc.com/en/u22ac-schedule-results?fixtureid=6328&stageid=242&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary India U23 5–2 Lebanon U23 – Match Report</ref> He then scored the only goal for India U23 during the second match AFC U-22 qualification against [[Iraq national under-23 football team|Iraq U23]] on 25 June 2012 as India U23 lost 1–2.<ref>http://www.the-afc.com/en/u22ac-schedule-results?fixtureid=6331&stageid=242&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary India U23 1–2 Iraq U23 – Match Report</ref> George was suspended for India U23's next match against [[United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team|United Arab Emirates U23]] due to picking up 2 yellow cards (one against Lebanon U23 and one against Iraq U23). He returned for India U23s match against [[Turkmenistan national under-23 football team|Turkmenistan U23]] on 30 June 2012 and once again he scored in the 67th minute as India U23 won the match 4–1.<ref>http://www.the-afc.com/en/u22ac-schedule-results?fixtureid=6336&stageid=242&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary India U23 4–1 Turkmenistan U23 – Match Report</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
''Statistics accurate as of 4 August 2017''<ref>{{soccerway|alwyn-george/237777}}</ref><ref>http://www.soccerpunter.com/players/237777-Alwyn-George</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Pailan Arrows]]
|[[2011-12 I-League|2011–12]]
|[[I-League]]||7||2||0||0||0||0||—||—||7||2
|-
|[[2012-13 I-League|2012–13]]
|[[I-League]]||25||3||1||0||0||0||—||—||26||3
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|[[I-League]]||18||1||4||1||0||0||—||—||22||2
|-
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|[[I-League]]||16||1||5||0||0||0||—||—||21||1
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[FC Goa|Goa]] (loan)
|[[2014 Indian Super League|2014]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||1||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||1||0
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Bengaluru FC]]
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]
|[[I-League]]||6||0||2||0||0||0||10||2||18||2
|-
|[[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
|[[I-League]]||11||1||4||0||0||0||4||0||19||2
|-
|[[2017–18 Indian Super League|2017–18]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||4||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||4||0
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]] (loan)
|[[2016 Indian Super League|2016]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||3||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||3||0
|-
! colspan="3" | Career Total
!91!!8!!16!!1!!0!!0!!14!!2!!121!!11
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Dempo S.C. players]]
[[Category:Bengaluru FC players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:FC Goa players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Nagpur]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]

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