Nikhil Poojary

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Nikhil Poojary
Personal information
Full name Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary [1]
Date of birth (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Mangaluru, Karnataka
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru
Number 27
Youth career
Ryan FC
Dodsal
Mumbai
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 East Bengal 14 (0)
2018–2019 Pune City 9 (1)
2019–2024 Hyderabad 79 (1)
2024– Bengaluru 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 India U23 5 (0)
2017– India 29 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2023 India
Runner-up 2018 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:43, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary (born 3 September 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team.

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Club career

Born in Mangalore, Karnataka to a Tulu speaking Billava family, Poojary started his career with Ryan FC in Mumbai. [2] While with Ryan FC, Poojary was selected to play for the Maharashtra under-19 side in the school games nationals. [3] Poojary soon joined the youth side of Mumbai before signing with Kolkata giants East Bengal in 2015.

Poojary made his first-team debut for East Bengal on 4 August 2016 in their opening Calcutta Football League fixture against Bhawanipore. He came on as a 78th minute substitute for Jiten Murmu as East Bengal won 2–1. [4] Poojary scored his first goal for the club on 23 September 2016 during the group stage match of the Bordoloi Trophy against Bongobi Agragami of Bangladesh. His strike in the 87th minute was the last goal in a 6–0 victory. [5]

On September 19th, 2024, Poojary made his 100th appearance in Indian Super League, making him 48th overall and 38th Indian player to achieve this mark.

International career

He scored his first international goal against Maldives in the 2018 SAFF Championship.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 March 2024 [6]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2016–17 I-League 1402 [lower-alpha 1] 0—6 [lower-alpha 2] 1 [lower-alpha 3] 221
2017–18 0000—2 [lower-alpha 4] 121
Total140200082242
Pune City 2018–19 Indian Super League 912 [lower-alpha 5] 0——111
Hyderabad 2019–20 18000——180
2020–21 10000——100
2021–22 19100——191
2022–23 2107 [lower-alpha 6] 0——290
2023–24 11000——110
Total791700000861
Bengaluru 2023–24 Indian Super League7000——70
Career total109211000821283
  1. ↑ Appearances in Federation Cup
  2. ↑ 4 Appearances in Calcutta Football League and 2 Appearances in Bordoloi Trophy
  3. ↑ Goal in Calcutta Football League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Calcutta Football League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Super Cup
  6. ↑ 5 Appearances in Durand Cup and 2 Appearances in Super Cup

International

As of 13 January 2024 [7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201720
201851
201910
2023130
202420
Total221

International goals

Scores and results list India's goal tally first
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
19 September 2018 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 4Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1–02–0 2018 SAFF Championship [8]

Honours

India

Hyderabad

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  4. ↑ Majumdar, Debabrata (4 August 2016). "East Bengal beat Bhawanipore to start Calcutta Football League campaign". The Home of Indian Football Live. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "East Bengal triumph". telegraphindia.com. Guwahati: The Telegraph India. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Nikhil Poojary at Soccerway
  7. ↑ Nikhil Poojary at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ "India 2–0 Maldives". Soccerway. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Laxmikanth Kattimani the hero as Hyderabad FC beat Kerala Blasters FC on penalties to win first Hero ISL title". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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