| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sewram Gobin | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-01-19) January 19, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Mauritius | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Rivière du Rempart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | US Bassin Beau/Rose Hill | – | (–) |
| 2005–2007 | Savanne SC | – | (–) |
| 2007–2008 | Mohun Bagan AC | – | (–) |
| 2009 | Pune FC | – | (–) |
| 2011– | AS Rivière du Rempart | – | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2013 | Mauritius | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 27, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals as of February 10, 2011 | |||
Sewram Gobin (born January 19, 1983) is a Mauritian footballer who played as a forward for AS Rivière du Rempart in the Mauritian League and the Mauritius national football team.1
Club career
Gobin started off his professional career in 2003 with US Bassin Beau/Rose Hill of the Mauritian League. In 2005, he transferred to Savanne SC, also of the Mauritian league. In 2007, after a trial with Mohun Bagan AC of the I-League, he signed with the Indian giants, becoming the team's first Player of Indian Origin (PIO).2
Gobin had expressed interest in playing in his ancestral homeland, India. In early 2009, he signed with Pune FC, who at that time was competing in the I-League 2nd Division. He was released later that year. In January 2011, after undergoing a trial back in Mauritius with his former club Savanne SC, Gobin signed with fellow competitor AS Rivière du Rempart.3
International career
Gobin earned 2 caps for the national team in 2006. In 2009, he played for Mauritius in a friendly match against Egypt.
Personal life
Gobin's father Ganesh is a former footballer. He has three brothers, Jayram, Kabiraj and Sailesh, all of whom played football in Mauritius.4
References
References
- "Sewram Gobin déçu". lemauricien.com.
- SEWRAM GOBIN - THE FIRST PIO OF MOHUN BAGAN Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Gobin to AS Rivière du Rempart
- Sarkar, Saikat (7 March 2009). "Root cause: In ancestral land, for the game he loves". indianexpress.com. Gurgaon: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022. Note: subscription needed for reading the full article on the website.