Arjan Singh Raikhy (born 20 October 2002) is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa. He is a product of the Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion academies.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arjan Singh Raikhy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | |||
| 0000–2021 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Stockport County (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022 | |||
Raikhy played at West Bromwich Albion in his early teens, before switching to the nearby Aston Villa Academy.[2]
Having played regularly for the under-18 side in the 2019–20 season, Raikhy featured for the Aston Villa U21 side in the EFL Trophy against Carlisle United, losing 3–1.[3]
Having been a key player in Villa's Under-18 FA Youth Cup squad that season, on 24 May 2021, Raikhy was part of the side that defeated Liverpool U18 2–1 in the final.[4]
Raikhy was named in the Aston Villa starting line-up for his senior debut on 8 January 2021 in an FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool.[5] On 7 July 2021, Raikhy was one of several young players who signed a new contract with Aston Villa.[6]
On 20 August, Raikhy joined National League side Stockport County on a season-long loan.[7][8] He made his National League debut in a 1–0 victory over Southend United.[9] He made eight appearances for Stockport, including one man of the match award, before being recalled to Aston Villa on 3 January 2022.[10]
On 24 January 2022, Raikhy went on loan to the National League once again, this time joining Grimsby Town until the end of the season.[11] The following day, he made his Grimsby debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Wrexham.[12] On 5 June 2022, Raikhy played in the National League play-off final at the London Stadium as Grimsby beat Solihull Moors in extra time to secure promotion back to the Football League.[13] This marked an unusual achievement, as both of the teams he had been at loan to in that National League season had been promoted.
Raikhy is from a British Punjabi family, he was born in Wolverhampton and attended school in Telford.[14]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Stockport County (loan) | 2021–22 | National League | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Grimsby Town (loan) | 2021–22 | National League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Career total | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Aston Villa U18
Grimsby Town
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