Koushik Sarkar

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Koushik Sarkar
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Chinsurah, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2010–2015 Sports Authority of India
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 professional footballer who plays as a defender.

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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]
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupDomestic Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2015–16 I-League 0000000000
Career total0000000000

National team statistics

As of 27 December 2015 [5]
India national team
YearAppsGoals
201510
201610
Total20

Honours

India

India U23

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mitra, Atanu (6 December 2015). "East Bengal sign Koushik Sarkar". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Sarkar, Sujita (17 February 2017). "Promising footballer Kaushik Sarkar has no club after East Bengal terminate contract". One India. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ India romp into SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 Semis
  4. ↑ Koushik Sarkar at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "India - K. Sarkar Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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