| Farukh Choudhary | |
| Fullname: | Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Ambarnath, Maharashtra, India |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Currentclub: | Chennaiyin |
| Clubnumber: | 71 |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Central Bank |
| Youthclubs2: | Pune |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Lonestar Kashmir |
| Caps1: | 18 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | Kerala Blasters |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Mumbai (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs4: | Jamshedpur |
| Caps4: | 44 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Mumbai City |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Jamshedpur |
| Caps6: | 24 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Chennaiyin |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018−2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | India |
| Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 21:12, 22 February 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 17:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC) |
Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.
Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career as a centre back with the Maharashtra state youth teams.[1] Choudhary then joined the academy of I-League side, Pune.[2] He then joined Lonestar Kashmir for their I-League 2nd Division campaign in which he scored six goals in 18 matches.[2]
After his impressive performance for Lonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed for Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 against Atlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Mumbai City FC lost 1–0.[3]
After the 2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned to I-League side Mumbai.[4] He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season against DSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.[5]
On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[6] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He came as a 69th-minute substitute for Mehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lonestar Kashmir | 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | ||
| Kerala Blasters | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mumbai | 2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Jamshedpur | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Jamshedpur total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 | |||
| Mumbai City | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jamshedpur | 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Jamshedpur total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Chennaiyin | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 104 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 10 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list India's goal tally first
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