Ravi Kumar Punia

Ravi Kumar Punia (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian association football coach            and Professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He last played in the I-League for Rajasthan United. He currently works as an assistant coach for the Indian Women's League club HOPS FC. He has also represented Haryana in Santosh Trophy.

Early and personal life
Born in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, Punia went to Army Public School in Hisar, and took up football through representing the school team. After appearing with Army Public School, He was selected to play for the district team of Hisar. While gaining experience playing in numerous states in India, he won the inter-university football championship in 2016. Punia is married to Sweta and has a daughter named Myra.

Punia is employed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment – Government of India in ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation). He also represented its association football section in all-India and public-sector tournaments.

Club career
Punia began his senior club football career in Bharat in 2016, team from Pune that went on to compete in 2014–15 season of I-League. He later moved to Xavier's United in 2017 and then got an opportunity of captainship during his tenure at Jaipur's Vijay FC, alongside playing for teams including Mewar Club.

He made his debut for Rajasthan United FC during I-League Qualifiers 2021, later Rajasthan United FC qualified for I-League 2021–22 season.

Player
Rajasthan United
 * I-League Qualifiers: 2021

Manager
Haryana Dadra and Nagar Haveli U17
 * Senior Women's National Football Championship runner-up: 2023–24
 * Junior Girl's National Football Championship: 2022