Manprit Sarkaria

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Manprit Sarkaria
SC Wiener Neustadt vs. FK Austria Wien II 2018-08-17 (097).jpg
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
 Shenzhen Peng City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Austria Wien 69 (11)
2021–2025 Sturm Graz 76 (26)
2024–2025 Sturm Graz II 7 (4)
2025– Shenzhen Peng City 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Manprit Sarkaria (born 26 August 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Peng City and the Austria national team. [1]

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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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Austrian Cup EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Austria Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 50102 [a] 080
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga7010—80
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga244001 [a] 0254
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga33743—3710
Total691163307814
Sturm Graz 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga3113348 [a] 04217
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga289666 [b] 04015
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga164309 [c] 0284
Total7526121023011036
Career total14437181326018850
  1. 1 2 3 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 teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202310
Total10

Honours

Sturm Graz

Individual

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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. 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. 1 2 "Eine Historische Saison". SK Sturm (in German). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Bundesliga.at - Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.


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