Farukh Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur and the India national team.
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Date of birth | (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 25) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ambarnath, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Jamshedpur | ||||||||||||
Number | 77 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
Central Bank | |||||||||||||
Pune | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2015–2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||
2016 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
2017 | → Mumbai (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||
2017–2020 | Jamshedpur | 44 | (3) | ||||||||||
2020–2021 | Mumbai City | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021– | Jamshedpur | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2018− | India | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:12, 25 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC) |
Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career with centre back and the Maharashtra state youth teams.[1] Choudhary then joined the academy of I-League side, Pune.[2] He then joined Lonestar Kashmir for their I-League 2nd Division campaign in which he scored six goals in 18 matches.[2]
After his impressive performance for Lonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed for Jamshedpur FC of the Indian Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 against Atlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Mumbai City FC lost 1–0.[3]
After the 2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned to I-League side Mumbai.[4] He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season against DSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.[5]
On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[6] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He came as a 69th-minute substitute for Mehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lonestar Kashmir | 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | |
Kerala Blasters | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
Mumbai | 2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
Jamshedpur | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 15 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
Jamshedpur total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
Mumbai City | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Jamshedpur | 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 88 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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India | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 14 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 5 September 2021 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | 11 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [10] |
India
Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur FC – current squad | |
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