Manprit Sarkaria

Manprit Sarkaria

Sarkaria with Austria Wien in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2021	Austria Wien	69	(11)
2021–2025	Sturm Graz	76	(26)
2024–2025	Sturm Graz II	7	(4)
2025	Shenzhen Peng City	14	(1)
2025-	Austria Wien	0	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Austria	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2023

Manprit Sarkaria (born 26 August 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Austria Wien and the Austria national team. ^[1]

Personal life

Born in Austria, Sarkaria is a Sikh ^[2] of Punjabi descent. ^[3] His family are from Amritsar in Punjab, India. Sarkaria has stated his free kick technique is inspired by former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho. ^[4]

Club career

On 14 April 2021, Sturm Graz announced that Sarkaria would be joining the club in the summer when his contract with Austria Wien expired. ^[5]

On 20 May 2022, Sarkaria extended his contract with Sturm Graz until June 2025. ^[6]

In May 2023, Sarkaria scored two crucial goals for Sturm Graz to win the Austrian Cup against Rapid Wien. ^[7] He also became the top scorer during the 2022–23 Austrian Cup campaign. Sturm Graz Manager Christian Ilzer, stated "Because he managed to get out of this difficult situation solely through his own work, through his professional behavior. He was massively rewarded for that with the cup victory." ^[8]

In March 2024, he suffered a broken ankle and missed the remainder of the 2023–24 season. In the 2024–25 season, he was moved to the club's reserve team in the 2. Liga.

On 20 January 2025, Sturm Graz announced Sarkaria's transfer to Shenzhen Peng City in China. ^[9]

On 28 June 2025, the Chinese football club announced that Sarkaria returns to Austria and joining Austria Wien. ^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 June 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Austrian Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Austria Wien	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	2 [a]	0	8	0
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	24	4	0	0	1 [a]	0	25	4
	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	33	7	4	3	—		37	10
	Total		69	11	6	3	3	0	78	14
Sturm Graz	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	31	13	3	4	8 [a]	0	42	17
	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	28	9	6	6	6 [b]	0	40	15
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	16	4	3	0	9 [c]	0	28	4
	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	1	1	—		2	1
	Total		76	26	13	11	23	0	112	37
SK Sturm Graz II	2024–25	Austrian Football Second League	7	4	—		—		7	4
Shenzhen Peng City	2025	Chinese Super League	14	1	1	1	—		15	2
Career total			166	42	20	15	26	0	212	57

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 13 October 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	2023	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Sturm Graz

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2023–24 ^[11]
• Austrian Cup: 2022–23, 2023–24 ^[11]

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2021–22 ^[12]

See also

• List of Sikh Footballers

References

1. Manprit Sarkaria at Soccerway
2. "Mani Sarkaria | blessed 🕊 #waheguru | Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
3. "FK Austria Wien - Manprit Sarkaria: Jungveilchen im Porträt". www.fk-austria.at. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
4. "Sarkaria: A crook like Ronaldinho". laola1.
5. "Sarkaria wechselt nach Graz" [Sarkaria moves to Graz]. www.sksturm.at (in German). Sturm Graz. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
6. "SARKARIA BLEIBT BIS 2025". SK Sturm (in German). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
7. "Austrian Cup Final: Rapid Wien & Sturm Graz fans Light Up stadium with flares, Beautiful Scenes emerge from 28 Black Area – Check Out". Insider Sport.
8. "Manprit Sarkaria - from noble reservist to cup winner and top scorer". Kicker.
9. "Manprit Sarkaria verlässt den SK Sturm" [Manprit Sarkaria leaves SK Sturm] (in German). SK Sturm Graz. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
10. "官方：深圳新鹏城外援萨卡里亚重返奥地利维也纳" (in German). Dongqiudi. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
11. "Eine Historische Saison". SK Sturm (in German). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
12. "Bundesliga.at - Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.