Abhijit Sarkar (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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[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
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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