Saurav Mandal
Saurav Mandal is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club.
Club career
Early life and career
Saurav was born in Jalandhar, Punjab on 6 November 2000. He began his youth career in the JCT Football Academy, from where he joined East Bengal's under-18 setup in 2018. He signed his first senior contract with Rainbow AC, whom he represented in the 2018–19 [I-League 2nd Division] season, and then signed for the ATK Reserves for the 2019–20 I-League 2nd Division season before leaving the latter to sign for Churchill Brothers in 2020.Churchill Brothers
In 2020, Saurav signed for the I-League side Churchill Brothers FC Goa ahead of the 2020–21 I-League season. Despite making it to the squad, Saurav failed to make any appearance for the club in his debut season. Saurav played his debut match for Churchill in the 2021–22 I-League season in the match against TRAU FC on 12 March 2022, where he came in as substitute for Asif Ali Molla in the 53rd minute but Churchill end up losing the game 2–0 at full-time. He scored his debut goal on 1 April 2022 against NEROCA FC, where he was a starter and scored the opening goal in the 8th minute of the game as Churchill won the match 2–4.After playing 14 matches and scoring a single goal, Saurav left the club in 2022.