>Fruitnix at 13:13, 14 February 2021

2021-02-14T13:13:43Z

New page

{{short description|Indian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gaurav Bora
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Gaurav Bora
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|7|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Assam]], India
| height = 1.84m
| currentclub = [[Odisha FC]]
| clubnumber = 13
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]/[[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2019
| clubs2 = → [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]] (loan)
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2019–
| clubs3 = [[Odisha FC]]
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 12:11, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 15:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
}}

'''Gaurav Bora''' (born 13 July 1998) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Odisha FC]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==
Born in [[Assam]], Bora moved with his family to [[Delhi]] when he was younger.<ref name="SK">{{cite news |last1=Ganesh |first1=Suraj Sree |title=Chennai City's Gaurav Bora may be lording over Opponents, but says it's not easy to get into Indian National Team |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/i-league-2018-19-chennai-city-gaurav-bora-not-easy-getting-into-indian-national-team |accessdate=9 February 2019 |work=SportsKeeda |date=9 February 2019}}</ref> After playing for his school team, Bora was selected to be trained at the Baichung Bhutia Football School. Due to his good performance with the team, Bora was selected to represent [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]'s under-16 state team and was scouted to have a trial with [[FC Pune City|Pune City]].<ref name="SK"/> His trial was successful and Bora joined the [[FC Pune City Reserves and Academy|Pune City Academy]].<ref name="SK"/>

In November 2017, Bora was loaned to [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]] of the [[I-League]].<ref name="SK"/> He made his professional debut for the club on 29 November 2017 against [[Indian Arrows]]. He only played 26 minutes as Chennai City were defeated 3–0.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref> After impressing the Chennai City coaching staff during the [[2017–18 I-League|2017–18 season]], Bora was loaned back to the club the next season.<ref name="SK"/> During the [[2018–19 I-League|2018–19 season]], Bora was moved by head coach [[Akbar Nawas]] from midfield to central defense, where he created a solid partnership with [[Roberto Eslava]].<ref name="SK"/>

On 9 March 2019, Bora scored a brace in Chennai City's last match of the season against [[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]] which helped the club win their first ever [[I-League]] title, and Bora's first trophy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chennai City 3-1 Minerva Punjab |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/09/india/i-league/chennai-city/india-minerva-fc/2993147/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Namboothiri |first1=Arjun |title=I-League champion Gaurav Bora could be India's next 'big' thing |url=http://www.espn.in/football/club/chennai-city/18897/blog/post/3805956/i-league-champion-gaurav-bora-could-be-indias-next-big-thing |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=ESPN India |date=21 March 2019}}</ref>

===Odisha===
On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Bora had joined [[Odisha FC|Delhi Dynamos]] of the [[Indian Super League]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Ritabrata |title=Gaurav Bora joins Delhi Dynamos from FC Pune City |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/isl-gaurav-bora-join-delhi-dynamos-fc-pune-city/ejo13b32s9661q6409bni7d4i |accessdate=18 January 2020 |work=Goal.com |date=27 June 2019}}</ref> Bora then made his debut for the re-branded club i.e. Odisha FC, on 22 December 2019 against [[FC Goa|Goa]] where he came on as a halftime substitute for [[Daniel Lalhlimpuia]]. The match eventually ended up as a 0–3 defeat for Odisha.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goa 3–0 Odisha |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/12/22/india/indian-super-league/india-fc-goa/delhi-dynamos/3154712/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref>

==International==
On 13 February 2019, Bora was called up to the [[India national under-23 football team|India under-23]] side which participated in the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification|2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Liston in India U-23 preliminary camp |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/liston-in-india-u-23-preliminary-camp/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=Navhind Times |date=13 February 2019}}</ref> He made his debut for the side in their first match of the qualifiers against [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan U23]]. He played the whole match as India U23 were defeated 2–0 and eventually failed to qualify.<ref>{{cite web |title=India U23 0-2 Uzbekistan U23 |url=http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14552 |website=The Asian Football Confederation}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|19 January 2020}}<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|gaurav-bora/524920}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]
|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]
|[[I-League]]||7||0||0||0||—||—||7||0
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]
|[[I-League]]||20||2||0||0||—||—||20||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!27!!2
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
|[[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|[[Indian Super League|ISL]]||10||0||0||0||—||—||10||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!37!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!37!!2
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
;Chennai City<ref name="soccerway"/>
*[[I-League]]: [[2018–19 I-League|2018–19]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Odisha FC squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bora, Gaurav}}
[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Assam]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:FC Pune City players]]
[[Category:Chennai City F.C. players]]
[[Category:Odisha FC players]]
[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Assam]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]

Gaurav Bora - Revision history

>Fruitnix at 13:13, 14 February 2021