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 27) [2]
Place of birth Redbridge, London, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Rochdale
Number 7
Youth career
Leyton Orient
0000–2015 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)
2019Wealdstone (loan) 18 (4)
2021–2022 Woking 20 (0)
2022–2024 Wealdstone 76 (11)
2024– Rochdale 13 (2)
International career
2024– Tanzania 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:31, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

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

As his father is of Indo-Tanzanian heritage, Allarakhia is eligible to represent both Tanzania and England. [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 North91000091
Maldon & Tiptree 2015–16 [25] Isthmian League Division One North132132
2016–17 [26] Isthmian League Division One North294203 [a] 0344
Total4262030476
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 18400184
Woking 2021–22 [3] National League 200101 [c] 0220
Wealdstone 2022–23 [3] National League385101 [c] 0405
2023–24 [3] National League386102 [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

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