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Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary (born 3 September 1995), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Indian Super League club Hyderabad and the India national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Mangaluru, Karnataka | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hyderabad | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ryan FC | |||
| Dodsal | |||
| Mumbai | |||
| 2015–2016 | East Bengal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | East Bengal | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Pune City | 9 | (1) |
| 2019– | Hyderabad | 47 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | India U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017– | India | 8 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:43, 5 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Mangalore, Karnataka to a Tulu speaking Billava family, Poojary started his career with Ryan FC in Mumbai.[1] While with Ryan FC, Poojary was selected to play for the Maharashtra under-19 side in the school games nationals.[2] Poojary soon joined the youth side of Mumbai before signing with Kolkata-based East Bengal in 2015.
Poojary made his first-team debut for East Bengal on 4 August 2016 in their opening Calcutta Football League fixture against Bhawanipore. He came on as a 78th minute substitute for Jiten Murmu as East Bengal won 2–1.[3] Poojary scored his first goal for the club on 23 September 2016 during the group stage match of the Bordoloi Trophy against Bongobi Agragami in Bangladesh. His strike in the 87th minute was the last goal in a 6–0 victory.[4]
He scored his first international goal against Maldives in the 2018 SAFF Championship.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 5 March 2022[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Bengal | 2017–18 | I-League | 14 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| Pune City | 2018–19 | Indian Super League | 9 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |
| Hyderabad | 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 70 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
- Appearance(s) in Super Cup
International
- As of 10 September 2019[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 September 2018 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 4 |  Maldives | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 SAFF Championship | [7] |
Honours
India
- SAFF Championship runner-up: 2018
- Intercontinental Cup: 2017
References
- Nayak, BB (26 June 2011). "CITY-BASED RYAN FOOTBALL CLUB SCORES 2-0, QUALIFIES FOR MDFA SUPER DIVISION". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- Nayak, BB (20 November 2011). "ICLES' MAKES IT TO STATE, TWO NM PLAYERS PICKED FOR NAT'LS". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- Majumdar, Debabrata (4 August 2016). "East Bengal beat Bhawanipore to start Calcutta Football League campaign". The Home of Indian Football Live. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- "East Bengal triumph". Telegraph India. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- Nikhil Poojari at Soccerway
- "Nikhil Poojari". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- "India 2–0 Maldives". Soccerway. 9 September 2018.
External links
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- [en] Nikhil Poojari
[it] Nikhil Poojari
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