Jewel Raja

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Jewel Raja
Personal information
Full name Jewel Raja Shaikh
Date of birth (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Budge Budge, West Bengal, India
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 South United
Youth career
Sport Authority of India
2007–2008 ONGC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Dempo
2010–2011 Indian Arrows 5 (1)
2011–2013 Mohun Bagan 34 (5)
2013–2016 Dempo 31 (0)
2014 → Goa (loan) 9 (1)
2015–2016 → Atlético de Kolkata (loan) 14 (0)
2017 Minerva Punjab 3 (0)
2017–2018 Pune City 6 (0)
2018 Mohammedan
2018– South United
International career‡
2009–2012 India U23
2011–2013 India 28 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2013

Jewel Raja Shaikh (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for South United in the I-League 2nd Division.

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Career

Early career

Born in Budge Budge, Kolkata, Jewel though had a keen interest in cricket and wanted to become a cricketer when he was younger but chose to play football professionally. Initially playing as a winger for his youth teams, primarily on the right, he was encouraged to become a central midfielder by his father. Jewel joined the Pujali Athletic Club as a youngster and later joined the Sports Authority of India's eastern center in Kolkata, and then was selected to be a part of IFA's academy at Haldia.

ONGC

He then appeared for the Bengal under-19 football team and then India U19s despite only being 16 and soon joined ONGC in the I-League in 2007 but didn't make any appearance for the Mumbai based club as he was heavily involved on national duty for the majority of his time there.

Dempo

Jewel continued his progress with age group teams of India at national level and was offered a contract by Dempo of I-League in 2008 but struggled for game time in a talented Dempo side and only made his I-League debut in a substitute appearance against Churchill Brothers. [1]

Pailan Arrows

Jewel was signed up by Pailan Arrows for the 2010–11 season but again was more involved with the national team than with his club side.

Mohun Bagan

Jewel signed for Mohun Bgan on 25 July 2011 and on 23 October 2011, registered his first assist for the Mariners against his former club Pailan Arrows. [2] He then scored his first goal for Bagan in a 5–1 victory over Mumbai on 6 November 2011. [3] Jewel scored against ONGC from a Tolgay Özbey pass on 63rd minute in a 3-1 win for his team

Dempo

On 30 May 2013, Jewel rejoined Dempo after spending two seasons with Mohun Bagan. [4] He played his first match since his return in the I-League on 22 September 2013 against Shillong Lajong at the Duler Stadium, playing 65 minutes before being replaced by Joy Ferrao as Dempo lost the match 0–3. [5]

Jewel represented FC Goa during the 2014 Indian Super League season and made 9 appearances and scoring once. [6]

Atlético de Kolkata

In July 2015 Jewel was drafted to play for Atlético de Kolkata in the 2015 Indian Super League. [7]

International

Jewel scored in his first goal for the Indian U23s against Singapore U23 at the 2010 Asian Games. On 23 February 2011, he played his second game against Myanmar.

He made his senior team debut and scored his first goal for India in a 3–0 win over Chinese Taipei on 21 March 2011, after coming on as a substitute. [8]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 20 November 2015 [9] [10]

ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pailan Arrows 2010–11 I-League 510000——51
Mohun Bagan 2011–12 I-League 1640000——164
2012–13 I-League 1810000——181
Dempo 2013–14 I-League 1800000——180
FC Goa (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 91——————91
Dempo 2014–15 I-League 1300000——130
Atletico de Kolkata 2015 Indian Super League 0——————60
Career total857000000857

International Goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 March 2011 Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 3–03–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup
22 March 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1–02–1 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier
34 March 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Guam.svg Guam 3–04–0 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier

Honours

India

India U23

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References

  1. ↑ "Player to Watch – Dempo's Jewel Raja". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pailan Arrows vs Mohun Bagan Lineups and Statistics". Goal.com. 15 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Mumbai FC 1–5 Mohun Bagan – The Mariners Take Their Revenge By Putting Five Past The Hapless Mumbaikars". Goal.com. 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Jewel Raja rejoins Dempo". 30 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0–3 Shillong Lajong FC: Glen ends the north eastern side's Goan voodoo". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jewel Raja Shaikh profile - Goals, Passes and more". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Indian Super League clubs' domestic transfer dealings". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Jewel Raja Shaikh". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "India - J. Raja - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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