Koushik Sarkar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Chinsurah,West Bengal,India | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Sports Authority of India | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Kalighat MS | ||
| 2016–2019 | East Bengal | 4 | (2) |
| 2017 | →Kenkre(loan) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 2020–2021 | Peerless | ||
| 2021–2022 | Real Kashmir | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Bhawanipore | ||
| 2023 | Delhi | ||
| 2023– | Kalighat MS | ||
| International career | |||
| 2016 | India U23 | ||
| 2015– | India | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Koushik Sarkar(born 8 February 1994) is an Indian professionalfootballerwho plays as adefender.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born inChinsurah,West Bengal,Sarkar joined theSports Authority of Indiain 2010.[1]He spent three seasons there before signing with theCalcutta Football League,Kalighat Milan Sangha.He made one appearance with them before returning to the Sports Authority of India.[1]
Sarkar captained theUniversity of Calcuttafootball side during the Inter-University challenge.[1]While with the university side, Sarkar attracted interest through two good performances againstI-Leagueside,Mohun Bagan.[1]
East Bengal
[edit]On 6 December 2015 it was announced that Sarkar had signed a three-year contract withEast Bengalof theI-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 the2016–17season.[2]
International
[edit]Despite not playing professional football, Sarkar was called up to the shortlisted 40 player squad byIndiahead coach,Stephen Constantine,in December 2015. On 27 December 2015, Sarkar made his debut for India in2015 SAFF Championshipmatch againstNepal,thus becoming the 503rd player to represent India internationally.[1][3]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 6 December 2015[4]
| Club | Season | League | League Cup | Domestic Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- As of 27 December 2015[5]
| India national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]India
India U23
- South Asian GamesSilver medal:2016
References
[edit]- ^abcdefMitra, Atanu (6 December 2015)."East Bengal sign Koushik Sarkar".Goal.Retrieved6 December2015.
- ^Sarkar, Sujita (17 February 2017)."Promising footballer Kaushik Sarkar has no club after East Bengal terminate contract".One India.Retrieved17 February2017.
- ^India romp into SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 Semis
- ^Koushik Sarkarat Soccerway
- ^"India - K. Sarkar Profile".Soccerway.Retrieved27 December2015.
- 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