Raju Gaikwad

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Raju Gaikwad
Personal information
Full name Raju Eknath Gaikwad
Date of birth (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Left back
Team information
Current team
Diamond Harbour FC
Number 47
Youth career
Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Pailan Arrows 14 (0)
2011–2015 East Bengal 37 (0)
2014Mumbai City (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2017 Mohun Bagan 14 (0)
2015–2016Goa (loan) 23 (0)
2017–18 Mumbai City 15 (0)
2018-2019 Jamshedpur 5 (0)
2019–2020 Kerala Blasters 12 (0)
2021–2022 East Bengal 19 (0)
2022–2023 Churchill Brothers 12 (1)
2023 Delhi 2 (0)
2024- Diamond Harbour FC 2 (0)
International career
2011–2013 India U23 4 (0)
2011– India 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Raju Eknath Gaikwad (born 25 September 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League 3 club Diamond Harbour FC. Gaikwad primarily plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back and is a long throw specialist.

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Career

Pailan Arrows

After spending time at Tata Football Academy Gaikwad signed for Pailan Arrows (then AIFF XI) in the I-League. He made his league debut for the club on 3 December 2010 against Prayag United at the Salt Lake Stadium which was also Pailan Arrows's first ever game in the I-League; Pailan lost 2–1. [1]

East Bengal

In July 2011 Gaikwad signed for East Bengal after one season at Pailan and made his debut for the club on 4 February 2012 after missing the first few months of the season through injury. [2]

Mohun Bagan A.C.

In June 2015 Gaikwad signed for Mohun Bagan from rival club East Bengal. [3]

Kerala Blasters

Kerala Blasters signed Raju as a replacement for Sandesh Jhingan in the 2019–20 ISL season. [4]

International

Gaikwad made his debut for the India U23 on 23 February 2011 against Myanmar's U23s in the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers; India U23 won 2–1. [5] He then made his senior debut for India on 21 March 2011 in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against Chinese Tapei at the MBPJ Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; India won 3–0. [6] Gaikwad then won his first championship with India on 11 December 2011 when he helped India beat Afghanistan in the 2011 SAFF Cup. [7] Gaikwad then went on to lead India to win the 2012 Nehru Cup when India managed to beat Cameroon's B team on 2 September 2012 at the Nehru Stadium in the Indian capital, Delhi. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 March 2023 [9]
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupOther AFC Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Pailan Arrows 2010–11 I-League 1401 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
East Bengal 2011–12 003 [lower-alpha 1] 02 [lower-alpha 2] 02 [lower-alpha 3] 0120
2012–13 902 [lower-alpha 1] 06 [lower-alpha 2] 13 [lower-alpha 3] 0201
2013–14 1703 [lower-alpha 1] 09 [lower-alpha 4] 0290
2014–15 1102 [lower-alpha 1] 03 [lower-alpha 2] 04 [lower-alpha 3] 090
East Bengal total37010020190703
Mumbai City
(loan)
2014 Indian Super League 300030
Mohun Bagan 2015–16 I-League80006 [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 3] 0140
2016–17 602 [lower-alpha 1] 05 [lower-alpha 3] 0130
East Bengal total1402000110270
Goa
(loan)
2014 Indian Super League900090
2015 14000140
Goa total230000000230
Mumbai City 2017–18 Indian Super League1502 [lower-alpha 6] 0170
Jamshedpur 2018–19 500050
Kerala Blasters 2019–20 12000120
East Bengal 2020–21 700070
2021–22 12000120
East Bengal total190000000190
Churchill Brothers 2022–23 I-League1210000121
Delhi 2023–24 00000000
Career total15411502012002092
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Calcutta Football League
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  4. 4 Apps in Calcutta Football League and 5 Apps in 2012 IFA Shield
  5. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  6. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

National team statistics

Statistics accurate as of 6 May 2015 [10]

India national team
YearAppsGoals
201190
201280
201340
201420
Total230

Honours

Tata Football Academy

India

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

Churchill Brothers

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