{"id":12797,"date":"2019-06-13T10:33:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T08:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=12797"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:59:03","slug":"interview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/interview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Der indische Nationaltorh\u00fcter Gurpreet Singh Sandhu \u00fcber die Rolle des Torh\u00fcters und den Fu\u00dfball in Indien"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/de\/\">Startseite<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a>\/\n        Interview: Der indische Nationaltorwart Gurpreet Singh Sandhu \u00fcber die Rolle des Torwarts und den Fu\u00dfball in Indien\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/category\/sports\/\">Sport<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Finterview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Finterview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/de\/sports\/interview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fde%2Fsports%2Finterview-indian-national-goalkeeper-gurpreet-singh-sandhu-about-the-role-of-a-goalkeeper-and-football-in-india%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >\u201cEs geht nicht mehr nur ums Toreschie\u00dfen\u201d<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Der indische Nationaltorh\u00fcter Gurpreet Singh Sandhu \u00fcber die Rolle des Torh\u00fcters und den Fu\u00dfball in Indien<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">13. 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Nein, das war nur ein Scherz. Ich habe nichts gegen Kricket, um ehrlich zu sein, ich liebe das Spiel und mein Vater ist ein gro\u00dfer Fan. Beim Fu\u00dfball ist es anders, denn es ist ein <strong>Kontaktsport<\/strong> und es wird in fast 200 L\u00e4ndern gespielt, was es v\u00f6llig anders macht als Kricket.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Inwieweit hat sich die Rolle des Torwarts in den letzten Jahren ver\u00e4ndert?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Das Torwartspiel hat sich im Laufe der Jahre stark ver\u00e4ndert: Es ist <strong>Es geht nicht mehr nur darum, Ziele zu erreichen,<\/strong> Es geht auch darum, Angriffe zu starten und mehr mit den F\u00fc\u00dfen zu spielen.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Was bedeutet es aus Ihrer Sicht, Mannschaftskapit\u00e4n zu sein?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Ich habe die Mannschaft bei einigen Gelegenheiten als Kapit\u00e4n gef\u00fchrt, ja. Im Moment ist Sunil Bhai unser Kapit\u00e4n und ein gro\u00dfer Anf\u00fchrer. Als Kapit\u00e4n muss man sicherstellen, dass man <strong>mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen<\/strong> und den Spielern in der Mannschaft helfen, sich zu entwickeln und f\u00fcr die Mannschaft da zu sein.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Wann wurde Ihnen klar, dass Sie Profi-Torwart werden k\u00f6nnen?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Ich glaube, im Alter von 15 Jahren, als ich der <strong>Junioren-Nationalmannschaften von Indien<\/strong> und ich bekam die Chance, die National League zu sehen und mit den Profispielern zu interagieren. Seitdem wei\u00df ich, dass ich professionell Fu\u00dfball spielen kann.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Was macht einen guten Torwart aus?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Ein guter Torwart kann <strong>Situationen vermeiden, bevor sie \u00fcberhaupt entstehen<\/strong> nur durch Kommunikation und gute Positionierung.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Wie k\u00f6nnen Sie als Torh\u00fcter trainieren, bei einem Strafsto\u00df ruhig und konzentriert zu bleiben?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Ich denke, es geht nur darum, sicherzustellen, dass man sich <strong>Sie sind zuversichtlich, was Ihren Ansatz betrifft.<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Warum ist PUMA die perfekte Marke f\u00fcr Sie?<\/strong>\n<br\/>PUMA ist f\u00fcr mich die perfekte Marke, um <strong>mir helfen, mein Spiel professionell zu verbessern<\/strong> und auch als Person wachsen.<br\/>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Wie k\u00f6nnen Sie und PUMA die Verbreitung des Fu\u00dfballs in Indien f\u00f6rdern?<\/strong>\n<br\/>Ich denke, was bisher gefehlt hat, ist eine <strong>Plattform und den Bekanntheitsgrad des indischen Fu\u00dfballs in Indien<\/strong> Daher denke ich, dass wir gemeinsam versuchen werden, die Dinge zu regeln und eine Br\u00fccke zu schlagen, um den Kindern die M\u00f6glichkeit zu geben, sich mit dem Spiel vertraut zu machen und ihnen eine Plattform zu bieten.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Karriere<\/h2>\n<p>Gurpreet war <span class=\"text-style-2\">geboren 1992 in Mohali, Punjab, Indien.<\/span> Im Alter von 8 Jahren begann er mit dem Fu\u00dfballspielen und trat der St. Stephen's Academy bei. Nach guten Leistungen wurde Gurpreet <span class=\"text-style-2\">f\u00fcr seine staatliche Jugendmannschaft ausgew\u00e4hlt,<\/span> die Punjab U16. Sein Deb\u00fct auf Landesebene gab er 2006 in Haldwani. Er blieb bis 2009 an der St. Stephen's Academy, bevor er als Jugendspieler zum Indian-League-Team East Bengal wechselte.<\/p>\n<p>Im Jahr 2010 unterzeichnete Gurpreet offiziell einen Vertrag. <span class=\"text-style-2\">Profi-Vertrag mit East Bengal<\/span>. Im August 2014 unterschrieb er einen Vertrag beim norwegischen Verein Stabaek. Nachdem er in einer Reihe von Pokalspielen, darunter Stab\u00e6ks gesamter Pokallauf 2016, zum Einsatz gekommen war, gab er Ende Mai 2016 sein Ligadeb\u00fct und wurde damit der erste indische Fu\u00dfballspieler, der in einer europ\u00e4ischen Topliga spielte. Kurz darauf wurde er auch der <span class=\"text-style-2\">Der erste indische Fu\u00dfballspieler, der in einem Spiel der UEFA Europa League zum Einsatz kam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Im August 2017 hat Gurpreet <span class=\"text-style-2\">nach Indien zur\u00fcckgekehrt<\/span> und unterschrieb beim Bengaluru FC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Narrow;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/M1-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ist einer der erfolgreichsten indischen Fu\u00dfballspieler: Er war der erste indische Fu\u00dfballer, der f\u00fcr einen europ\u00e4ischen Erstligisten, Stab\u00e6k in Norwegen, spielte, f\u00fchrte die indische Fu\u00dfballnationalmannschaft als Kapit\u00e4n zu einem historischen Sieg beim Asien-Cup 2019 und gewann den Golden Glove Award der Indian Super League 2018-19.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":19129,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-12797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":12797,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2019-06-13 10:33:29","post_date_gmt":"2019-06-13 08:33:29","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2019\/06\/H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu.jpg\",\"filesize\":99341,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":6652},\"large\":{\"file\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":54289},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":5026},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":32648},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":389}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":12811,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu.jpg\",\"title\":\"H2-Grupreet-Singh-Sandhu\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"\\u0022It's not just about saving goals anymore\\u0022\",\"content\":\"Indian National Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu about the role of a goalkeeper and football in India\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eGurpreet Singh Sandhu is one of India\u2019s most successful football players: he was the first Indian footballer to play for a European top division club,\u00a0Stab\u00e6k in Norway, captained the Indian national football team to a historic victory in the Asia Cup 2019 and won the Indian Super League\u2019s 2018-19 Golden Glove Award.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;The Indian national goalkeeper will be the \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;face of PUMA football in India\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt; 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Right now Sunil Bhai is our captain and a great leader. Being captain is to make sure you \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;lead by example\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt; and help players in the team develop and be there for the team.\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\u00a0\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\u00a0\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\",\"contentRight\":\"\\u003cstrong class=\\u0022textStyle_description\\u0022\\u003eWhen did you realize you could become a professional goal keeper?\\u003c\/strong\\u003e\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;I think at the age of 15 when I joined the \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;Junior National teams of India\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt; and I got a chance to watch the National League and interact with the professional players. 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