Prakash Thorat

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Prakash Thorat
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-11) 11 May 1985 (age 38) [1]
Place of birth Pune, Maharashtra, India [1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Deccan XI
Maharashtra Police
Central Railways
2012–2013 Air India 27 (5)
2013–2015 Pune 18 (0)
2016 DSK Shivajians 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2015

Prakash Thorat (born 11 March 1985) is an Indian professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Career

Early career

Born in Pune, Maharashtra, Thorat started his footballing career as a semi-professional, playing for various Maharashtra state clubs like Deccan XI, Maharashtra Police, and Central Railways. [1] He was also twice the top scorer in the Nagpur Premier League in both the 2010 and 2011 seasons in which he scored seven goals in each season. [2] His best moment as a semi-professional came when he played in the inaugural Aurangabad Premier League where he scored an amazing 13 goals in only five matches. [2]

After impressing as a semi-professional Thorat was signed by I-League side Air India for the rest of the 2011–12 season. [2] He made his debut for Air India on 14 April 2012 against Pailan Arrows at the Salt Lake Stadium. [2] He managed to score a brace in that match as Air India won 2–0. [2] Overall, Thorat played in seven matches that season and then in the 2012–13 I-League season he made 20 appearances while scoring only three goals. [2] While with Air India Thorat was played mainly as a winger. [2]

Pune

On 7 June 2013 it was announced that Thorat had signed for hometown club Pune F.C. in the I-League on a two-year deal. [3] He made his debut for the club during the 2013 Durand Cup on 9 September 2013 against Army Red in which he started and played only 24 minutes as Pune lost the match 2–0. [4] He then made his league debut for Pune on 11 December 2013 against Rangdajied United when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for Thongkhosiem Haokip as Pune lost 3–2. [5]

I-League statistics

As of 9 May 2014 [6]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Air India 2011–12 I-League 720000——72
2012–13 I-League 2030000——203
Total275000000275
Pune 2013–14 I-League 6000102080
2014–15 I-League 120000000120
Total180001020215
Career total455001020485

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Prakash Thorat". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Homecoming of sorts for Prakash Thora". Indian Express. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pune FC sign up Prakash Thorat". Zee News. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Army Red 2-0 Pune". Pune Football Club. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rangdajied United vs. Pune 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Prakash Thorat at Soccerway
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