Prakash Sarkar

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Prakash Sarkar
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Ashoknagar Kalyangarh, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Delhi
Youth career
2014–2016 Pune
2016–2017 East Bengal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 East Bengal 12 (0)
2021 Calcutta Customs
2021 Peerless
2021–2022 Real Kashmir 13 (0)
2022–2023 Bhawanipore
2023– Delhi 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Prakash Sarkar (born 15 February 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Delhi.

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Career

Prakash Sarkar started his career with the youth academy of Pune FC under then coach Ranjan Chowdhury and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the final round. In 2016-17, he joined East Bengal FC and played for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, again under Ranjan Chowdhury, which became runners-up in the 2016-17 U-18 I-League. [1]

East Bengal FC

2017-18

In 2017-18, under coach Khalid Jamil, Prakash Sarkar after his excellent performance for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, was promoted to the senior squad and he made his debut in the Calcutta Football League going on to make 5 appearances in total. His I-League debut came in the 2017-18 I-League on 22 December 2017, away against Chennai City F.C. which East Bengal FC won 1-2. [2] He made 9 appearances in the 2017-18 I-League season, playing as a defensive midfield as East Bengal finished 4th. He was also a part of the East Bengal team, that became runners-up in the 2018 Indian Super Cup held at Bhubaneshwar as East Bengal FC lost 1-4 to Bengaluru FC in the final. Prakash Sarkar, however, did not play any of the matches and remained on the bench throughout the campaign. [2]

2018-19

In 2018-19, under coach Alejandro Menendez, Prakash Sarkar did not get as much chance as he got in the previous season with just 3 appearances from the bench in the 2018-19 I-League, the season went very lack-lusture for the defensive midfielder. [2]

2019-20

At the start of 2019-20 season, Prakash Sarkar signed a 3 years contract extension with East Bengal FC. [3] He has played 2 games this season, with 1 appearance in 2019 Durand Cup. Coach Alejandro Menendez has been trying him as a centre-back in the pre-season before the 2019-20 I-League.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2022 [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2017–18 [2] I-League 9000–5 [lower-alpha 1] 0140
2018–19 [2] 30––3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2019–20 [2] 001 [lower-alpha 2] 0–1 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Total120100090220
Real Kashmir 2021–22 [2] I-League130–––130
Delhi 2023–24 [2] 0000––00
Career total250100090350
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

East Bengal

Real Kashmir

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References

  1. ↑ "AIFF Academy Beat East Bengal To Clinch U-18 I-League Title". I-League. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "MATCHES OF P. SARKAR". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "East Bengal extend contract of three youngsters". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Prakash Sarkar at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Real Kashmir FC Win Thriller vs Sreenidi for Back-to-back IFA Shield Triumphs". news18.com. News18. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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