| Sinivasan Pandiyan | |
| Fullname: | Sinivasan Pandiyan |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Currentclub: | Gokulam Kerala |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Noble Football Academy |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Indian Bank RC |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Viva Chennai |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Chennai City |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Clubs4: | Chennaiyin |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | Chennaiyin |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12:08, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
| Years6: | 2021– |
| Clubs6: | Gokulam Kerala |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
Sinivasan Pandiyan (born 6 December 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in I-League.
Born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Pandiyan began his career with the Noble Football Academy in Karaikudi.[1] While with the academy, he was coached by former India international Raman Vijayan.[2] Pandiyan stayed at the academy until after high school. He moved back to Chennai to play for Indian Bank in the CFA Senior Division before also playing for Viva Chennai.[1]
In June 2017, it was announced that Pandiyan was signed by Chennai City for the I-League.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 4 December 2017 in Chennai City's second match of the 2017–18 season against Gokulam Kerala. Pandiyan started and played the whole match as Chennai City drew 1–1.[4] By the end of the season, Pandiyan had played in 17 matches for Chennai City, starting 16, while playing a pivotal role for the club from midfield and forming a partnership with Michael Soosairaj.[1]
According to Pandiyan, he initially struggled to adapt to playing in the I-League before becoming comfortable. "It was difficult at first because it was a new level altogether. I couldn’t play that well but I started to improve my game as the season went by. I adjusted to the I-League level soon and I’m very happy that I could play at such a level," he said at the end of the season.[1]
After his breakout season with Chennai City, Pandiyan signed a three-year contract with local Indian Super League side Chennaiyin on 13 April 2018.[5] [6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chennai City | 2017–18 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
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