| Abhijit Sarkar | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Bandel, West Bengal, India |
| Currentclub: | Mohammedan |
| Clubnumber: | 13 |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | AIFF Elite Academy |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Indian Arrows |
| Caps1: | 15 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Chennaiyin |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Indian Arrows (loan) |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → East Bengal (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Sudeva Delhi |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Real Kashmir |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Mohammedan |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:14, 4 May 2022 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 29 November 2017 |
Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mohammedan in the I-League. He has represented India at various youth levels, and also played for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Born in Bandel, West Bengal, Sarkar was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India.[1] After the tournament, Sarkar was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time.[2] He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Jeakson Singh Thounaojam as Indian Arrows won 3–0.[3] On 10 February 2018 Sarkar came on as a substitute and scored twice in injury time to lift the arrows to a 2–1 victory over Churchill Brothers.[4] After an impressive season, he signed for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC for the 2018–19 season. He was loaned back to the Indian Arrows, and played 6 games in the 2018–19 season, scoring 1 goal. For the 2019–20 season, he was loaned to East Bengal.
Sarkar represented the India under-17 side which participated in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup which was hosted in India.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | AFC | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Indian Arrows | 2017–18 | I-League | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| Chennaiyin | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Chennaiyin total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Indian Arrows (loan) | 2018–19 | I-League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| East Bengal (loan) | 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Sudeva Delhi | 2021–22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Real Kashmir | 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 7 | |||