Koushik Sarkar
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Chinsurah, West Bengal, India | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Delhi | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2015 | Sports Authority of India | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Kalighat MS | ? | (0) |
2016–2019 | East Bengal | 4 | (2) |
2017 | → Kenkre (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Mohun Bagan | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Peerless | ||
2021–2022 | Real Kashmir | 6 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Bhawanipore | 4 | (0) |
2023– | Delhi | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | India U23 | ||
2015– | India | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:20, 4 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 December 2015 |
Koushik Sarkar (born 8 February 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Delhi.
Career
Early career
Born in Chinsurah, West Bengal, Sarkar joined the Sports Authority of India in 2010.[1] He spent three seasons there before signing with the Calcutta Football League, Kalighat Milan Sangha. He made one appearance with them before returning to the Sports Authority of India.[1]
Sarkar captained the University of Calcutta football side during the Inter-University challenge.[1] While with the university side, Sarkar attracted interest through two good performances against I-League side, Mohun Bagan.[1]
East Bengal
On 6 December 2015 it was announced that Sarkar had signed a three-year contract with East Bengal of the I-League.[1] A year later, after not playing a single match for East Bengal in the I-League, it was revealed that Sarkar had his contract terminated by East Bengal before the 2016–17 season.[2]
International
Despite not playing professional football, Sarkar was called up to the shortlisted 40 player squad by India head coach, Stephen Constantine, in December 2015. On 27 December 2015, Sarkar made his debut for India in 2015 SAFF Championship match against Nepal, thus becoming the 503rd player to represent India internationally.[1][3]
Career statistics
- As of 6 December 2015[4]
Club | Season | League | League Cup | Domestic Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
East Bengal | 2015–16 | I-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National team statistics
- As of 27 December 2015[5]
India national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2015 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
India
India U23
- South Asian Games Silver medal: 2016
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mitra, Atanu (6 December 2015). "East Bengal sign Koushik Sarkar". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Sarkar, Sujita (17 February 2017). "Promising footballer Kaushik Sarkar has no club after East Bengal terminate contract". One India. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ India romp into SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 Semis
- ^ Koushik Sarkar at Soccerway
- ^ "India - K. Sarkar Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- Living people
- Indian men's footballers
- 1994 births
- East Bengal Club players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from West Bengal
- I-League players
- India men's international footballers
- India men's youth international footballers
- People from Hooghly district
- Peerless SC players
- South Asian Games silver medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in football
- Delhi FC players