Triman Ranvir

Triman Ranvir (born 19 July 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer of Indian descent.^[1][2] He is currently playing as both winger and forward for K. Berchem.

Triman Ranvir

Ranvir with Hilversum in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Triman Singh Ranvir Parihar
Date of birth	19 July 2004 (2004-07-19) (age 19)
Place of birth	Hasselt, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger / Striker
Youth career
2015–2017	SK Kampelaar
2018–2019	Sporting Kampenhout
2019–2020	Royale Union Tubize-Braine
2020–2022	K. Londerzeel
2022–2023	Hilversum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022	Pori Akatemia	4	(1)
2023	Minerva Punjab	0	(0)
2023–	K. Berchem	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early and personal life

Ranvir was born on 19 July 2004 in Hasselt, Belgium. The son of Belgian businessman Ranvir Singh, Triman was first introduced to football in his childhood. He later moved from Hasselt to Kampenhout and settled there.^[3] Both of his parents are Indian, born in Punjab, raised in the country, and belonged to the city of Jalandhar.^[4]

It's a difficult choice and has a lot of risk involved. I am the first person from the top 6–7 footballing countries in Europe to have taken such a step. I had tears in my eyes at the airport thinking that there would be no coming back to Belgium. But it is a great time to be part of Indian football, the potential for growth is immense. I want to be part of that growth and eventually play for the Indian team.

— Triman Ranvir, on his move to Indian football from Belgium.^[3]

Ranvir is a practitioner of Sikhism and is of Indian Punjabi heritage. In March 2023, he left Belgium and arrived in India to change his nationality and eventually play for the India national football team.^[3] In his football life, Ranvir idolizes both Sunil Chhetri and Manvir Singh.^[4]

I have got much love in India and after my tour in India I have started reciving [sic] more love from Indian people. Generally I don't get such response from Belgium. In India, the passion is more than that of Belgium.

— Triman Ranvir, on considering India as future.^[5]

Ranvir holds Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card.^[6][7]

Club career

 

Ranvir (in left) in action with K. Londerzeel S.K. during a league match in Belgium, in April 2022.

Ranvir began his youth football career at the age of eleven in 2015 in Belgian club SK Kampelaar.^[4]

Royale Union Tubize-Braine

In 2019, Ranvir signed with Belgian Division 2 outfit Royale Union Tubize-Braine and appeared with club's U17 team in provincial league.^[8]

Londerzeel SK

After a short spell with Royal Union Tubize-Braine, he joined K Londerzeel SK on a one-year deal.^[9] He soon extended his contract with the club and moved to their U19 team.^[10]

Hilversum

After achieving success in three consecutive seasons in Belgium, Ranvir plied his trade abroad and signed with Dutch Derde Divisie outfit Hilversum in 2022 after playing for VRS Academy based in Amsterdam.^[5][11] He was part of the VRS Academy U17 side that participated in Heemskerk Cup in 2022,^[12] and they later finished as runners-up after being defeated by Brazilian club Fluminense (youth) in final.^{[13][14][15][16][17]} He represented the club in Divisie 6 Hilversum JO18-1 and also faced various professional teams across Europe during their foreign tours.

Pori Akatemia

Ranvir appeared with Finnish club Pori Akatemia in the 2022 edition of TUL Cup, in which he scored a goal against Toukolan Teräs in their 3–1 defeat on 12 March.^[18]

He later appeared with Finnish Ykkönen club Musan Salama.^[19][20]

In India

 

Ranvir in training with Delhi in April 2023

After arriving in India, he joined Minerva Punjab and turned down offer of training cum trial stint by the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters.^[21][22][19]

K. Berchem

Ranvir returned to Belgium in August, then joined Belgian Division 2 club K. Berchem.^[23][24]

International career

Ranvir is eligible to represent Belgium internationally, and was once picked up for the national U15 camp in 2018. However, in 2023, he moved to India and began the process of acquiring Indian citizenship by giving up his Belgian passport, to represent India.^[3][25][26]

Honours

VRS Academy – FC Hilversum U17

• Heemskerk Cup runner-up: 2022^[12][27]

See also

• List of Punjabi people

References

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Further reading

• The Football Perspective (S02E07- Exclusive Chat with Triman Ranvir) by Sravan Pradheep (June 2022) – available on Spotify (archived on 26 April 2023 — GhostArchive).
• Tomasowa, Door Jordi (27 April 2023). ['They said I could be a superstar here and I'm already getting a lot of love']. voetbalzone.nl (in Dutch). Donderdag: VoetbalZone. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

External links

• Triman Ranvir on Facebook
• at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 April 2023) (on FFP.nl – in Dutch)