Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Kashmir 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
| 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 | Real Kashmir | ||
| 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– | Real Kashmir | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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 | |||
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.
Sarkar represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[1]
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sudeva Delhi | 2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Real Kashmir | 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | ||