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{{short description|Indian association football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Himanshu Jangra
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|07|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]]
| height =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Delhi FC]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2017–2019
| youthclubs1 = Minerva Punjab
| years1 = 2020
| clubs1 = [[Punjab F.C.|Punjab]]
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020
| clubs2 = Punjab II
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2020
| clubs3 = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = [[Techtro Swades United FC|Techtro Swades United]]
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2021–
| clubs5 = [[Delhi FC]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-15 football team|India U15]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| nationalyears2 = 2019–
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 8
}}
'''Himanshu Jangra''' (born 21 July 2004) is an indian Professional Footballer who currently plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Delhi FC]] in the [[DSA Senior Division]]. He was included in [[The Guardian]]'s "Next Generation" list for 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/oct/07/next-generation-2021-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football|title=Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football|date=7 October 2021|accessdate=7 October 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Career==
Himanshu Jangra is a product of Minerva Punjab academy, he joined Minerva Punjab in 2016 after being selected during a Trial in Chandigarh. But later in 2017 he made a mark in the Hero Sub Junior I League where he scored an impressive haul of 18 goals which attracted Indian National team Scouts.

The youngster continued his prolific form in the National leagues by scoring 9 goals and helping his team to win the Hero Junior I Leagues 2018-19 title. Later in 2019, Himanshu was adjudged as the Most Valuable Player in the SAFF Under 15 Championship. He scoring two consecutive hattricks and secured Gold Medal for Team India.

Himanshu featured for [[Punjab FC]]'s reserves side in the 2020 [[I-League 2nd Division]] where he scored two goals in a solitary appearance against [[AU Rajasthan F.C.]]. Impressing everyone by his performance, the attacker earned promotion to the senior side playing in the [[I-League]] where he made five appearances at the age of 15.

Jangra was roped in by Kolkata based professional club [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan S.C.]] playing in I-League 2nd Division. Later in the year, he signed for [[Techtro Swades United FC]] for the [[2020 Himachal Football League]] season. He went to become top scorer of the league with scoring five goals in just four games.

==International==
He represented [[India national under-17 football team|India U15]] in the [[2019 SAFF U-15 Championship]], where he scored seven goals that included two hat-tricks as he also secured the golden boot in the process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scouting Report- Himanshu Jangra: Who's Punjab FC's striking prospect?|url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-scouting-report-punjab-fc-himanshu-jangra|work=Khel Now}}</ref>

He has been named in final squad of India U16 team which will play in [[2020 AFC U-16 Championship]] in [[Bahrain]].

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|12 April 2020}}<ref>{{Soccerway|himanshu-jangra/645276|accessdate=12 April 2020}}</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
|-
|Minerva Punjab
|2017
|Under 13 -Sub Junior I League
|
|18
|
|
|
|
|
|18
|-
|Minerva Punjab
|2019
|Under 15 - Junior I League
|
|9
|
|
|
|
|
|9
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |'''Youth career total'''
!?!!27!!0!!0!!0!!0!!6!!27
|-
|[[Punjab F.C.|Punjab]]
|[[2019–20 I-League|2019–20]]
|[[I-League]]
|5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|[[Punjab F.C.|Punjab II]]
|[[2019–20 2nd Division League|2019–20]]
|[[I-League 2nd Division]]
|1||2||0||0||0||0||1||2
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]]
|[[2019–20 I-League 2nd Division|2019-20]]
|rowspan="1"|[[I-League 2nd Division]]||1||0||0||0||—||—||1||0
|-
|[[Techtro Swades United FC|Techtro Swades United]]
|[[2020 Himachal Football League|2020]]
|[[Himachal Football League]]
|4||5||0||0||0||0||4||5
|-
! colspan="3" |'''Career total'''
!11!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!11!!7
|}
;Notes
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==References==
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[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:People from Hisar district]]
[[Category:Footballers from Haryana]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:RoundGlass Punjab FC players]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players]]
[[Category:I-League 2nd Division players]]

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Reviewing Footballers at 17:29, 1 February 2022