Jagroop Singh
Award Name : Arjuna Award
Year of Award : 1969
Award for : Sports and Games
Location : Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Jagroop Singh is an Indian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Delhi Dynamos FC of the Indian Super League. In 1969, he received the Arjuna Award. He was born on 16 May 1991 in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India. For the 2010-11 I-League season Singh played for Indian Arrows after being scouted from his state team Gurdaspur. After his first season in the top flight of Indian football Singh finished with 25 games played out of 26 and earning huge praise by his Indian Arrows and India U23 coach Desmond Bulpin. In July 2011 Singh announced that he has signed on with Prayag United S.C. which is a club also in the I-League. On 5 December 2013 it was announced that Jagroop has signed up with Eagles F.C. of Kerala on loan for 2013-14 season along with Nadong Bhutia, Bijendra Rai, Avinabo Bag, Bisheshwor Singh, Biswajit Saha, Ramandeep Singh and Govin Singh. Moreover, IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the proposed IPL-style football tournament Indian Super League, and Eagles F.C. will facilitate a two to six week training stint for the eight players with UK based Reading F.C. Academy.