Abhijit Sarkar (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bandel, West Bengal, India | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mohammedan | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AIFF Elite Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Indian Arrows | 15 | (4) |
| 2018–2021 | Chennaiyin | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Indian Arrows (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → East Bengal (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Sudeva Delhi | 15 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Real Kashmir | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Mohammedan | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | India U17 | 21 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:14, 4 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 November 2017 | |||
Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mohammedan in the I-League. He has represented India at various youth levels, and also played for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Career
Born in
Churchill Brothers.[4] After an impressive season, he signed for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC for the 2018–19 season. He was loaned back to the Indian Arrows, and played 6 games in the 2018–19 season, scoring 1 goal. For the 2019–20 season, he was loaned to East Bengal
.
International
Sarkar represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[1]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 April 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Indian Arrows | 2017–18 | I-League | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| Chennaiyin | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chennaiyin total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Indian Arrows (loan) | 2018–19 | I-League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| East Bengal (loan) | 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sudeva Delhi | 2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Real Kashmir | 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
References
- ^ a b Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2017). "How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys". ESPN.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017-18". The All India Football Federation. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ Nisanth V Easwar (10 February 2018). "I-League 2017–18: Indian Arrows 2–1 Churchill Brothers — Abhijit Sarkar's late brace stuns Red Machine". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Abhijit Sarkar at Soccerway