| Gurusamy Govandar | |
| Fullname: | Gurusamy Govandar a/l Kandasamy |
| Birth Date: | 1989 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Selangor, Malaysia |
| Currentclub: | Bunga Raya Damansara |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Bukit Jalil Sports School |
| Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs1: | Harimau Muda |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs2: | Harimau Muda A |
| Caps2: | 14 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs3: | Selangor |
| Caps3: | 53 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | Sarawak |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs5: | PKNS |
| Caps5: | 42 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Petaling Jaya City |
| Caps6: | 25 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2008–2009 |
| Nationalteam1: | Malaysia U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2009–2010 |
| Nationalteam2: | Malaysia U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 17 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2009–2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | Malaysia U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2009–2013 |
| Nationalteam4: | Malaysia |
| Nationalcaps4: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Medaltemplates: | |
| Club-Update: | 12 September 2021 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 24 January 2017 |
Gurusamy Govandar a/l Kandasamy (born 11 January 1989) is a Malaysian football player who plays and captains for Malaysia Super League club Petaling Jaya City. Gurusamy plays mainly as a defensive midfielder but can also play as a central midfielder.
For the 2012 Malaysia Super League, Gurusamy officially joined Selangor. He joined the team at the same time that his older brother, Depan Sakwati were transferred from Selangor to Sarawak.[1]
On 2 December 2016, it was announced that Gurusamy agreed to join PKNS for the 2017 Malaysia Super League season.[2]
He has played for the Malaysian national football team,[3] and in summer 2009 he played twice against Manchester United in their preseason tour of the Far East. He is a first cousin of Ranjith Gurusamy who plays hurling and football for the Cork senior teams in Ireland and who has represented the Ireland national team at underage level.[4] [5]
In November 2010, Gurusamy was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Selangor | 2012 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 53 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 71 | 4 | |||
| Sarawak | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| PKNS | 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | |||
| Petaling Jaya City | 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malaysia national team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | ||
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | ||
Selangor
Malaysia U-23
Malaysia