Tarryn Allarakhia

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Tarryn Allarakhia
Personal information
Full name Tarryn Allarakhia [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Redbridge, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [3]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Rochdale
Number 7
Youth career
Leyton Orient
–2015 Aveley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Aveley 9 (1)
2016–2017 Maldon & Tiptree 42 (6)
2017–2018 Colchester United 0 (0)
2018–2021 Crawley Town 41 (0)
2019 → Wealdstone (loan) 18 (4)
2021–2022 Woking 20 (0)
2022–2024 Wealdstone 76 (11)
2024– Rochdale 60 (6)
International career
2024– Tanzania 6 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 November 2025

Tarryn Allarakhia (born 17 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a winger for National League side Rochdale. Born in England, he plays for the Tanzania national team.

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Career

Early career

Born in Redbridge, London, [2] Allarakhia is a former player in Leyton Orient's Academy. [4] He trained with Bournemouth during the summer of 2015 and also had a one week trial at Norwich City. [5] He was signed to Aveley's first-team from their youth system in 2015 where he played as a winger. [6] He made eight league appearances for Aveley between October and December and scored one goal, and also made one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup. [7]

Maldon & Tiptree

In January 2016, Allarakhia became Steve Ball's first signing as manager of Maldon & Tiptree. [5] He scored one goal in 18 appearances during the second-half of the 2015–16 season, [8] and scored a further four goals in 37 appearances during his first full season with the Jammers. [9] During his first few months at the club, through Maldon & Tiptree's link-up with Colchester United, Allarakhia made appearances for the Colchester under-21 team. [4]

Colchester United

In July 2017, Allarakhia signed a one year development contract with Colchester United. [10] He was released by the club at the end of the season. [11]

Crawley Town

On 1 August 2018, Crawley Town signed Allarakhia on a two-year contract. [12] He made his professional debut on 14 August in Crawley's EFL Cup match against Bristol Rovers. [13] Allarakhia was loaned out for 28 days to Wealdstone on 8 January 2019. [14] The deal was later extended to the end of the season. He made 18 appearances, scoring 4 times as Wealdstone reached the semi-finals of the playoffs. [3] He was released by Crawley Town in summer 2021. [15]

Woking

On 19 August 2021, Allarakhia joined National League side, Woking on a one-year deal following a short-term trial period. [16] He went onto feature twenty-two times for The Cards before leaving in July 2022 at the end of his contract. [17]

Wealdstone

On 27 June 2022, Allarakhia rejoined Wealdstone following his departure from Woking. [18] Allarakhia scored his first goal back at the club on 16 August 2022, scoring the second goal in a 2–1 win away at Oldham Athletic. [19]

He left Wealdstone in June 2024 after failing to agree a new contract.

Rochdale

On 10 June 2024, Allarakhia signed for Rochdale on a two-year deal. [20]

International career

Being British of mixed Indian and East African heritage, Allarakhia is eligible to represent Tanzania. [21] Allarakhia was part of the 25 man squad for the Tanzania national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [22] and made his senior international debut against Egypt. He played in the 2023 AFCON match against Morocco. [23]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aveley 2015–16 [24] Isthmian League Division One North9100—0091
Maldon & Tiptree 2015–16 [25] Isthmian League Division One North132———132
2016–17 [26] Isthmian League Division One North29420—3 [a] 0344
Total42620—30476
Colchester United 2017–18 [3] League Two 0000000000
Crawley Town 2018–19 [3] League Two5000103 [b] 090
2019–20 [3] League Two19000302 [b] 0240
2020–21 [3] League Two17010002 [b] 0200
Total410104070530
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19 [3] National League South 184——00184
Woking 2021–22 [3] National League 20010—1 [c] 0220
Wealdstone 2022–23 [3] National League38510—1 [c] 0405
2023–24 [3] National League38610—2 [c] 2418
Total76112000328113
Career total20621604013222923
  1. ↑ One appearance in the Alan Turvey Trophy, one in the FA Trophy, one in the Isthmian League Division One North play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Crawley Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 22. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "FootballSquads - Colchester United - 2017/2018". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tarryn Allarakhia at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 Waldron, Jonathan (18 April 2016). "Colchester United's under-21s travel to play their Leeds United counterparts". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 Hayhurst, Mark (7 January 2016). "Maldon and Tiptree manager Steve Ball delighted to get first win in charge". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Manktelow, Jamie. "Millers recruit from the youth". Aveley FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Fixture And Results". Aveley FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Hudson, Matt (12 July 2017). "Tarryn Joins U's U23s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Hudson, Matt (18 May 2018). "Seven Move On From U23s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Crawley Town sign defender David Sesay and midfielder Tarryn Allarakhia". BBC Sport. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "ALLARAKHIA JOINS WEALDSTONE ON LOAN". Crawley Town F.C. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  15. ↑ Pole, Matt (18 May 2021). "Crawley Town confirm club's retained list". Crawley & Horley Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Woking Football Club on Twitter". Woking F.C. Twitter. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  17. ↑ O'Sullivan, Daniel (18 May 2022). "2021/22 Retained and Released List". Woking F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "NEW SIGNING | Allarakhia returns to Stones". 27 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Report - Oldham Athletic 1-2 Wealdstone". 16 August 2022.
  20. ↑ "Allarakhia Is Fourth Summer Signing". 10 June 2024.
  21. ↑ "South Asians in Football Weekly: Wealdstone's Tarryn Allarakhia could face Liverpool's Mohamed Salah before Tanzania AFCON 2023 adventure". Sky Sports. 4 January 2024.
  22. ↑ "Jina Tarryn lajumuishwa Taifa Stars kuelekea AFCON". TanzaniaWeb. 18 December 2023.
  23. ↑ "AFCON: Tanzania international and South Asian heritage winger Tarryn Allarakhia becomes first Wealdstone footballer to play at tournament". Sky Sports. 17 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Aveley F.C. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2015-2016". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  26. ↑ "Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2016-2017". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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