Ankit Mukherjee

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Ankit Mukherjee
Personal information
Full name Ankit Mukherjee
Date of birth (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Kolkata, India
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Chennaiyin
Number 6
Youth career
2014–2015 East Bengal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Aryan 34 (1)
2017–2018 Mohammedan 22 (2)
2018–2020 ATK 10 (1)
2020 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 (0)
2021–2023 East Bengal 28 (0)
2023– Chennaiyin 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Ankit Mukherjee (born 10 July 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.

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Career

Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Mukherjee started his football career with Army Public School, Calcutta. [1] In 2013, Mukherjee represented the school's football side in the Keventer Cup. He played the tournament at center back and impressed enough to earn a spot in the tournament's All Star side. [1] In 2014, during a friendly match against East Bengal U19, Mukherjee impressed East Bengal's coach and was selected to join the squad. [1]

Mukherjee spent a year and a half with East Bengal before signing with Calcutta Premier Division side Aryan. [1] After sporadic appearances in his first season, he soon broke into a regular starting role during his second year. Mukherjee's performances with Aryan earned him a selection into West Bengal's squad for the Santosh Trophy in 2017 and 2018. [1] [2] His performances for West Bengal's winning squad in 2017 earned him a deal with Mohammedan. With Mohammedan, Mukherjee played for the club in the Calcutta Premier Division and I-League 2nd Division. [1]

ATK

On 9 August 2018, it was announced that Mukherjee, along with seven other Bengali players, had signed with Indian Super League side ATK. [3] He made his professional debut for the club on 10 November 2018 against Pune City. He came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Aiborlang Khongjee as ATK won 1–0. [4] Mukherjee then earned his first start during ATK's next game against Mumbai City on 24 November. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. [5]

East Bengal

On 2 January 2021, it was announced that Ankit has signed for Kolkata giants East Bengal with a free transfer from ATK Mohun Bagan. [6] On 3 January, he made his debut for East Bengal as he came on in as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Raju Gaikwad as the team won 3–1. [7]

Career statistics

As of 4 February 2023 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohammedan Sporting 2017–18 I-League 2nd Div 10100——101
ATK 2018–19 Indian Super League 911 [lower-alpha 1] 0——101
2019–20 102 [lower-alpha 2] 0——30
ATK total10130——131
ATK Mohun Bagan 2020–21 Indian Super League 0000——00
East Bengal 2020–21 12000——120
2021–22 6000——60
2022–23 1000000100
East Bengal total28000——280
Career total4823000512
  1. ↑ Appearances in Super Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Durand Cup

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul, Ayan (22 August 2018). "Football for fun to game of passion in five years". Telegraph India. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bengal squad named for Santosh Trophy final round". The Quint. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mukherjee signs for ATK". ATK (Twitter).
  4. ↑ "ATK 1-0 Pune City". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Mumbai City 0-0 ATK". Soccerway.
  6. ↑ Team, SC East Bengal Media (2 January 2021). "Raju Gaikwad, Ankit Mukherjee put pen to paper for SC East Bengal". SC East Bengal. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "SC East Bengal beat Odisha to pick up first win of the season". Indian Super League. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Ankit Mukherjee at Soccerway
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