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Indian footballer

Abhijit Sarkar
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)
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)
*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 Bandel, West Bengal, Sarkar was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India. After the tournament, Sarkar was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time. He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Jeakson Singh Thounaojam as Indian Arrows won 3–0. On 10 February 2018 Sarkar came on as a substitute and scored twice in injury time to lift the arrows to a 2–1 victory over Churchill Brothers. 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 April 2023
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 0 1 0 — 8 0
Sudeva Delhi 2021–22 15 2 0 0 — — 15 2
Real Kashmir 2022–23 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Career total 43 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 46 7
  1. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
  3. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. Abhijit Sarkar at Soccerway
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