Abhijit Sarkar (footballer)

Abhijit Sarkar
Personal information
Full name	Abhijit Sarkar
Date of birth	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
Club information
Current team	Sudeva Delhi
Number	13
Youth career
	AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:14, 19 April 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 November 2017

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Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Sudeva Delhi 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

As of 9 September 2021^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Others		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Indian Arrows	2017–18	I-League	14	4	0	0	—	—	—	—	14	4
	2018–19	I-League	6	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	1
	Indian Arrows total		20	5	0	0	—	—	—	—	20	5
Chennaiyin	2019–20	Indian Super League	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	2020–21	Indian Super League	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0
	Chennaiyin total		1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0
East Bengal (loan)	2019–20	I-League	6	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	—	—	8	0
Career total			27	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	5

↑ Appearances in the Durand Cup.
↑ Appearances in the Calcutta Football League.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2017). "How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys". ESPN.in. 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.
↑ 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. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
↑ Abhijit Sarkar at Soccerway

[Durand-6] Appearances in the Durand Cup.

[CFL-7] Appearances in the Calcutta Football League.

[U17-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2017). "How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys". ESPN.in. 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.

[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. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[5] Abhijit Sarkar at Soccerway

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