| Prakash Sarkar | |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Ashoknagar Kalyangarh, West Bengal, India |
| Currentclub: | Delhi |
| Position: | Right back |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Pune |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Years1: | 2017–2021 |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Real Kashmir |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Bhawanipore |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Delhi |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC) |
Prakash Sarkar (born 15 February 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Delhi.
Prakash Sarkar started his career with the youth academy of Pune FC under then coach Ranjan Chowdhury and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the final round. In 2016-17, he joined East Bengal FC and played for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, again under Ranjan Chowdhury, which became runners-up in the 2016-17 U-18 I-League.[1]
In 2017-18, under coach Khalid Jamil, Prakash Sarkar after his excellent performance for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, was promoted to the senior squad and he made his debut in the Calcutta Football League going on to make 5 appearances in total. His I-League debut came in the 2017-18 I-League on 22 December 2017, away against Chennai City F.C. which East Bengal FC won 1-2.[2] He made 9 appearances in the 2017-18 I-League season, playing as a defensive midfield as East Bengal finished 4th. He was also a part of the East Bengal team, that became runners-up in the 2018 Indian Super Cup held at Bhubaneshwar as East Bengal FC lost 1-4 to Bengaluru FC in the final. Prakash Sarkar, however, did not play any of the matches and remained on the bench throughout the campaign.[2]
In 2018-19, under coach Alejandro Menendez, Prakash Sarkar did not get as much chance as he got in the previous season with just 3 appearances from the bench in the 2018-19 I-League, the season went very lack-lusture for the defensive midfielder.[2]
At the start of 2019-20 season, Prakash Sarkar signed a 3 years contract extension with East Bengal FC.[3] He has played 2 games this season, with 1 appearance in 2019 Durand Cup. Coach Alejandro Menendez has been trying him as a centre-back in the pre-season before the 2019-20 I-League.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| East Bengal | I-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Real Kashmir | 2021–22 | I-League | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Delhi | 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
East Bengal
Real Kashmir