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Korou Singh Thingujam

Indian association football player (2006-)

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Source revisionSep 24, 2026
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Korou Singh Thingujam (Meitei: Thingujam Korou Singh, born 3 December 2006) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters.

Club career

Early life and career

Born in Manipur to a family of farmers, Korou began his youth career with the under-18 division of Sudeva Delhi FC, after capitalizing on a youth contract following a successful trials with the club in Imphal. In 2021, Korou was named in Sudeva's squad for the 2021 Durand Cup, and started in their first group stage match against Jamshedpur FC on 6 September, which they lost 1–0. He started again in the next match on 13 September against FC Goa, where he had an improved role in the game, but Sudeva lost yet again (2–1) by a single goal deficit resulting in their elimination from the tournament.

Korou also represented them in the 2021–22 FD Senior Division, and scored a goal in their 3–1 win over Delhi United FC on 30 October 2021, which earned him the man of the match award. Korou also had a brief stint with the Sudeva's futsal team, where he represented them in the 2021–22 Futsal Club Championship, and scored his first goal of the tournament against Classic FA on 8 November 2021 in a 6–1 defeat. He would then go on to score a brace in his final match for the futsal team in the tournament on 10 November against Real Kashmir, as Sudeva won the match 9–5 at full-time. Korou would then leave Sudeva Delhi in 2023 after he was signed by the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC.

Kerala Blasters

In August 2023, Korou was signed by the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC following his performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup, on an undisclosed transfer fee. He was initially registered for the club's reserve team, whom he would represent in the 2023–24 Kerala Premier League. He made his debut for the reserve team in the same tournament against Kerala Police on 26 November 2023, in which he scored his debut goal in the 46th minute but the Blasters' went down 1–2 in the campaign opener.

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