Bikash Jairu

Bikash Jairu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Gyalshing, Sikkim, India
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	East Bengal
Number	23
Youth career
	Sports Hostel in Namchi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	ONGC
2011–2012	Rangdajied United
2012–2013	Mumbai Tigers	14	(3)
2013–2015	Salgaocar	28	(6)
2015–2017	East Bengal	15	(5)
2015	→ Pune City (loan)	11	(0)
2016	→ ATK (loan)	0	(0)
2017–2020	Jamshedpur	35	(1)
2020–2022	East Bengal	15	(0)
International career^‡
2015–2022	India	11	(0)
Medal record Representing  India SAFF Championship Winner 2015 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Bikash Jairu (born 10 November 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club East Bengal and the India national team.

Career

Jairu hails from Gyalshing, West Sikkim and was spotted during the "Search for more Bhaichungs" scheme launched by the Government of Sikkim and was inducted into the Sports Hostel in Namchi. Later he moved to the Sports Academy of Sikkim at Gangtok and passed out in 2008 grabbing a contract with ONGC. After his stint at ONGC, he moved to Shillong and joined Rangdajied United. After spending a season there he signed for Mumbai Tigers with whom he had a fruitful outing, scoring a number of goals for the team in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division.[1]

Salgaocar

On 13 January 2014 it was announced that Bikash Jairu has signed for Salgaocar on loan from Mumbai Tigers.[2] He made his debut for Salgaocar on 18 January 2014 in the Federation Cup match against Mumbai at the Nehru Stadium before being replaced by Freiman Peixoto as Salgaocar won the match 1-2.[3]

He made his debut in the I-League on 16 February 2014 against Mohun Bagan at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in which he came on as a substitute for Clifton Dias in the 46th minute and was again replaced by Milagres Gonsalves in the 87th minute with Salgaocar winning the match 1-0.[4]

East Bengal

On 23 June 2015 Jairu, along with Rahul Bheke (who coincidentally both played together for Mumbai Tigers in 2013) signed a season long deal with East Bengal.[5]

Pune City

In July 2015 Jairu was drafted to play for Pune City in the Indian Super League.[6]

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Jairu was selected in the 6th round of the player draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 season.[7] He made his debut for the club on 24 November 2017 against the Kerala Blasters. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Anas Edathodika as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[8]

On 1 February 2018, Jairu scored the winning goal for Jamshedpur in a 2–1 victory over Mumbai City at the Mumbai Football Arena. He came on as an 81st-minute substitute and then scored three minutes later.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 February 2022[10]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Others		AFC		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mumbai Tigers	2013	I-League 2nd Division	14	3	0	0	—		—		14	3
Salgaocar	2013–14	I-League	9	2	0	0	—		—		9	2
	2014–15		19	4	0	0	—		—		19	4
	Salgaocar total		28	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	6
East Bengal	2015–16	I-League	11	3	0	0	9[a]	1	—		20	4
	2016–17		4	2	4[b]	0	6[a]	0	—		14	2
	East Bengal total		15	5	4	0	15	1	0	0	34	6
Pune City (loan)	2015	Indian Super League	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
ATK (loan)	2016		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Jamshedpur	2017–18		14	1	1[c]	0	—		—		15	1
	2018–19		12	0	1[c]	0	—		—		13	0
	2019–20		9	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	Jamshespur total		35	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	37	1
East Bengal	2020–21	Indian Super League	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2021–22		11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	East Bengal total		15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Career total			118	15	6	0	15	1	0	0	139	16

1. Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
2. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

International

As of matches played till 14 November 2017[11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
India	2015	5	0
	2016	3	0
	2017	3	0
Total		11	0

Honours

Club

East Bengal

• Calcutta Football League (2): 2015, 2016

ATK

• Indian Super League (1): 2016

International

India

• SAFF Championship (1): 2015

Individual

• 2013 Durand Cup Top Scorer (7 goals)[12]

References

1. "Bikash Jairu: The Journey From Gyalshing To Salgaocar FC". Feverpitch. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
2. Chaudhari, Arunava. "Salgaocar FC announce 20 member squad". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
3. "Mumbai FC 1-2 Salgaocar FC: Oliveira's winner seals three points". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
4. "Salgaocar vs. Mohun Bagan 1-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
5. Jitendran, Nikhil (23 June 2015). "East Bengal confirm signatures of Bheke and Jairu". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
6. Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
7. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
8. "Kerala Blasters 0-0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
9. "MumbaI City 1-2 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
10. Bikash Jairu at Soccerway
11. "Bikash Jairu". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
12. "Mohammedan wins Durand Cup title". coverindialive.in. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

External links

• Jamshedpur FC Profile