Arindam Bhattacharya (footballer)

Arindam Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya with Churchill Brothers in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-12-11) 11 December 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kolkata, India
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Inter Kashi
Number	29
Youth career
2004–2006	Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2012	Churchill Brothers	240	(0)
2012–2013	Mohun Bagan	7	(0)
2013–2014	Churchill Brothers	12	(0)
2014–2017	Pune City	16	(0)
2015	→ Bharat (loan)	17	(0)
2016	→ Sporting Goa (loan)	16	(0)
2017	→ Bengaluru (loan)	6	(0)
2017–2018	Mumbai City	2	(0)
2018–2020	ATK	38	(0)
2020–2021	ATK Mohun Bagan	23	(0)
2021–2022	East Bengal	11	(0)
2022–2023	NorthEast United	10	(0)
2023–	Inter Kashi	21	(0)
International career
2005–2007	India U19
2009–2012	India U23
2009–	India	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Arindam Bhattacharya (born 11 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I-League club Inter Kashi.

Club career

Bhattacharya played football for Surya Sen Sporting Club in Khardah, he then joined SAI senior team in 2006 where he stayed for 2 years before joining Churchill Brothers.^{[ citation needed ]}

Bhattacharya joined the Tata Football Academy and was selected for the India under-19 after his performance in the Subroto Cup. After a short spell with the Sports Authority of India, Bhattacharya joined Churchill Brothers, with whom he won the Hero I-League in 2008-09. He moved to Mohun Bagan in the 2012–13 season only to return to Churchill Brothers and win the Federation Cup in 2014. Bhattacharya then joined FC Pune City from 2014 to 2017 before switching to Mumbai City for the 2017–18 season. ^[2] Bhattacharya made his debut for FC Pune City against Kerala Blasters on 30 October 2014 at the home stadium Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.^{[ citation needed ]}

For the 2015 I-League season, he joined Bharat FC. ^[3] In 2018 Bhattacharya joined Kolkata based club and two time Indian Super League winners ATK. ^[4] and immediately established himself as the first choice goalkeeper, playing every game that season. ^[5] In 2020, Arindam Bhattacharya kept 10 clean sheets and was awarded the Golden Gloves. ^[6] In October 2020, Bhattacharya extended his contract with ATK Mohun Bagan till 2022. ^[7]

In September 2021, after mutually terminating the contract with ATK Mohun Bagan, Arindam joined East Bengal on a free transfer. ^[8]

In late June 2022, it was officially announced that Bhattacharya will head to Spain for a month-long training stint with Tercera División (Group 9) side Marbella FC, ^[9] as part of his preparations ahead of the 2022–23 Indian Super League season.

In 23 August 2022, Arindam joined NorthEast United on a free transfer. ^[10]

International career

Seeing his performance in Subroto Cup, Stephen Constantine called Bhattacharya up for the Indian U-19 team. His first matches where against Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He made his debut for India U23 team on 5 December 2009 against Afghanistan in Dhaka in the 2009 SAFF Championship. ^[11]

Personal life

On 13 April 2021, Arindam joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union ministers Amit Malviya and Mithun Chakraborty. ^[12]

On 30 April 2022, he married his long-time girlfriend Blossom Themudo, a Goan Dentist.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 April 2024 ^[13]

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental [lower-alpha 2]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Churchill Brothers	2006–07	NFL	2	0	2	0	—		0	0	4	0
	2007–08	I-League		0			—					0
	2008–09		22	0			—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0		0
	2009–10			0		0	6	0				0
	2010–11			0			—					0
	2011–12			0			—					0
	Total		0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	240	0
Mohun Bagan	2012–13	I-League	7	0	2	0	—		9 [lower-alpha 4]	0	18	0
Churchill Brothers	2013–14		12	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	6 [lower-alpha 6]	0	20	0
Pune City	2014	Indian Super League	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	2015		4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2016		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Bharat (loan)	2014–15	I-League	17	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
Sporting Goa (loan)	2015–16		16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
Bengaluru (loan)	2016–17		6	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	—		7	0
Mumbai City	2017–18	Indian Super League	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
ATK	2018–19		18	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2019–20		20	0	0	0	—		—		20	0
	Total		38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
ATK Mohun Bagan	2020–21	Indian Super League	23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
East Bengal	2021–22		11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
NorthEast United	2022–23		10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Inter Kashi	2023–24	I-League	21	0	3	0	—		—		24	0
Career total			179	0	5	0	3	0	9	0	196	0

1. Includes Federation Cup, Durand Cup and Super Cup
2. Includes AFC Champions League and AFC Cup
3. Appearance in Indian Super Cup
4. 7 Appearances in Calcutta Football League and 2 Appearances in IFA Shield
5. Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
6. Appearances in Goa Professional League

Honours

India U23

• SAFF Championship: 2009

References

1. "Arindam Bhattacharya". Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
2. "Arindam Bhattacharya". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
3. "With him under the sticks". Bharat FC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
4. "Komal Thatal, Arindam Bhattacharya and Sena Ralte sign new ATK deals". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
5. "Arindam Bhattacharya". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
6. "Group D games of AFC Cup postponed to August". Football Express. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
7. "ISL 2020-21: Arindam Bhattacharya signs contract extension with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". The Sports News. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
8. PTI (6 September 2021). "ISL: East Bengal Sign Arindam Bhattacharya From Arch-rivals ATK Mohun Bagan". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
9. "Custodian Arindam Bhattacharya set to train in Spain". sportstar.thehindu.com. Mumbai, Maharashtra: Sportstar. Press Trust of India. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
10. "𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒎 🪄🎩 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮 is here! 🤩". @NEUtdFC. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
11. "2010 Homeless World Cup World Rankings Announced". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
12. "ATK Mohun Bagan star Arindam Bhattacharya ventures into politics". Goal. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
13. Arindam Bhattacharya at Soccerway

External links

• Arindam Bhattacharya at Soccerway
• Arindam Bhattacharya on Facebook
• Arindam Bhattacharya on X
• Profile (archived) at Goal.com
• Profile at the-aiff.com