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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gourav Mukhi
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|20|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mergulhao |first1=Marcus |title=Not 16, ISL's 'youngest' goal scorer admits he is 21, wants to start afresh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/not-16-isls-youngest-goal-scorer-admits-hes-21-wants-to-start-afresh/articleshow/71075144.cms |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=11 September 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]], India
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = [[Jamshedpur FC Reserves|Jamshedpur B]]
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2020–
| clubs3 =[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
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| club-update = 8 January 2020
| ntupdate = 8 January 2020
}}

'''Gourav Mukhi''' is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Club career==
Mukhi was raised in Harijan Basti, Dhatkidih in [[Jamshedpur]], [[Jharkhand]] and is the son of Chhotelal Mukhi, a former local amateur footballer.<ref name="SS">{{cite news |last1=Thakur |first1=Jayesh |title=From slum to stardom |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/from-slum-to-stardom/cid/1667140 |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=Telegraph India |date=10 September 2018}}</ref> In June 2015, after representing Jharkhand in the Sub Juniors U15 Championship, Mukhi, along with four other players and his head coach, were suspended for submitting false birth certificates and playing while overaged.<ref>{{cite news |title=AIFF suspends Jharkhand |url=http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport4..200615.jun15 |accessdate=7 October 2018 |work=E-Pao |date=19 June 2015}}</ref>

Mukhi eventually joined Tata Steel in the local Jharkhand Football League and then joined the [[Jamshedpur FC Reserves|Jamshedpur FC B]] team.<ref name="SS"/> After performing well for the reserves in the [[I-League 2nd Division]], Mukhi was signed for the first-team [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]] side for the [[Indian Super League]].<ref name="SS"/> He proceeded to make his professional debut for the club on 7 October 2018 against [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]. Mukhi came on as a 71st-minute substitute for [[Jerry Mawihmingthanga]] and scored the equalizing goal for club ten minutes later to make it 1–1. The game soon ended 2–2 and Mukhi earned the ISL Emerging Player of the Match award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengaluru 2-2 Jamshedpur |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/07/india/indian-super-league/bengaluru/jamshedpur/2907958/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mukhi Emerging Player |url=https://twitter.com/IndSuperLeague/status/1048969399388975105 |website=Indian Super League (Twitter)}}</ref>

On 20 November 2018, Mukhi was suspended by the AIFF for six months after admitting to age-fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/983866/breaking-isls-youngest-goalscorer-gourav-mukhi-suspended-for-age-fraud/|title=Breaking: ISL's 'youngest goalscorer' Gourav Mukhi suspended for age fraud|date=2018-11-25|website=FOX Sports Asia|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> In 2018, Mukhi claimed to be 16 years old but was revealed to be 21 years old after supposedly becoming the youngest player in ISL history.<ref name="msn">{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/indian-16-year-old-football-star-actually-21/ar-BBR9l5U |publisher=MSN News |date=19 December 2018 |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> He was cleared to play by AIFF on 9 September 2019, after serving the suspension and providing correct age documents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/footballer-gourav-mukhi-cleared-to-play-by-aiff-after-completing-six-month-suspension-for-age-fraud-7313061.html|title=Footballer Gourav Mukhi cleared to play by AIFF after completing six-month suspension for age fraud|date=2019-09-09|website=Firstpost|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/indian-super-league/top-stories/not-16-isls-youngest-goal-scorer-admits-hes-21-wants-to-start-afresh/articleshow/71075144.cms|title=Not 16, ISL's 'youngest' goal scorer admits he's 21, wants to start afresh|date=2019-09-11|website=Times of India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

In January 2021, [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]] roped in the former Jamshedpur FC forward for the I-League season 2020-2021.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gourav Mukhi signs for Mohammedan SC| url=https://footballexpress.in/mohammedan-sc-rope-in-striker-gourav-mukhi-i-league/|website=footballexpress.in |date=21 December 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|8 January 2020}}<ref>{{soccerway|gourav-mukhi/573744}}</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="1"|[[Jamshedpur FC Reserves|Jamshedpur B]]
|[[2017–18 I-League 2nd Division|2017–18]]
|[[I-League 2nd Division]]||10||6||0||0||—||—||10||6
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|[[Indian Super League|ISL]]||4||1||0||0||—||—||3||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!13!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!13!!7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/players/55638-gourav-mukhi Jamshedpur FC Profile].
{{Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukhi, Gourav}}

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Jamshedpur FC players]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jharkhand]]
[[Category:I-League 2nd Division players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players]]

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