Koushik Sarkar Explained

Koushik Sarkar
Birth Date:8 February 1994
Birth Place:Chinsurah, West Bengal, India
Currentclub:Delhi
Position:Centre-back
Youthyears1:2010–2015
Youthclubs1:Sports Authority of India
Years1:2013–2016
Clubs1:Kalighat MS
Caps1:?
Goals1:0
Years2:2016–2019
Clubs2:East Bengal
Caps2:4
Goals2:2
Years3:2017
Clubs3:Kenkre (loan)
Caps3:4
Goals3:0
Years4:2019–2020
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2020–2021
Clubs5:Peerless
Years6:2021–2022
Clubs6:Real Kashmir
Caps6:8
Goals6:0
Years7:2022–2023
Clubs7:Bhawanipore
Caps7:4
Goals7:0
Years8:2023
Clubs8:Delhi
Caps8:0
Goals8:0
Years9:2023–
Clubs9:Kalighat MS
Caps9:20+
Goals9:0
Nationalyears1:2016
Nationalteam1:India U23
Nationalyears2:2015–
Nationalteam2:India
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Club-Update:21:20, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Ntupdate:27 December 2015

Koushik Sarkar (born 8 February 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Delhi.

Career

Early career

Born in Chinsurah, West Bengal, Sarkar joined the Sports Authority of India in 2010.[1] He spent three seasons there before signing with the Calcutta Football League, Kalighat Milan Sangha. He made one appearance with them before returning to the Sports Authority of India.[1]

Sarkar captained the University of Calcutta football side during the Inter-University challenge.[1] While with the university side, Sarkar attracted interest through two good performances against I-League side, Mohun Bagan.[1]

East Bengal

On 6 December 2015 it was announced that Sarkar had signed a three-year contract with East Bengal of the I-League.[1] A year later, after not playing a single match for East Bengal in the I-League, it was revealed that Sarkar had his contract terminated by East Bengal before the 2016–17 season.[2]

International

Despite not playing professional football, Sarkar was called up to the shortlisted 40 player squad by India head coach, Stephen Constantine, in December 2015.On 27 December 2015, Sarkar made his debut for India in 2015 SAFF Championship match against Nepal, thus becoming the 503rd player to represent India internationally.[1] [3]

Career statistics

National team statistics

[4]

India national team
YearAppsGoals
201510
201610
Total20

Honours

India

India U23

Notes and References

  1. News: Mitra. Atanu. East Bengal sign Koushik Sarkar. 6 December 2015. Goal.com. 6 December 2015.
  2. News: Sarkar. Sujita. Promising footballer Kaushik Sarkar has no club after East Bengal terminate contract. 17 February 2017. One India. 17 February 2017.
  3. https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6895 India romp into SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 Semis
  4. Web site: India - K. Sarkar Profile. 27 December 2015. Soccerway.