| Suhail Bhat | |
| Fullname: | Suhail Ahmad Bhat |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Mohun Bagan SG |
| Clubnumber: | 72 |
| Years1: | 2022 |
| Clubs1: | Indian Arrows |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Mohun Bagan SG B |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 17 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Mohun Bagan SG |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | India U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam2: | India U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 9 December 2023 |
Suhail Ahmad Bhat (born 8 April 2005) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG.[1]
In 2017, Bhat was selected from a football camp in Srinagar to join the Sports Council Football Academy.[2]
On 30 January 2022, He joined Indian Arrows during the 2021-22 I-League. He made his professional debut in the second match of the relegation stage coming on as a 70 minute substitute in a 1-0 win over Sudeva Delhi.[3] He made seven appearances but scored no goals as Arrows finished tenth. In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide.[4]
Following the disbanding of the Indian Arrows, he was left without a club.[5] However, on 1 January 2023, he joined Mohun Bagan.[6] He played for the U21 team in the 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League.[7] He played in fifteen matches and scored eight goals with a hatrick against Mohammedan SC as the Mariners finished third in the tournament.[8] He was also selected to play in the Next Gen Cup where he played in all matches and scored a goal against West Ham U21 with Mariners finishing sixth.[9] He remained with the youth and reserve team for most of the season unable to break in the first team.
He scored his debut goal for the first team of Mohun Bagan in their 5–0 win over Bangladesh Army at the 2023 Durand Cup group stage.
Bhat was first called up for the India national under-16 football team in 2021,[10] scoring on his debut against the United Arab Emirates.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Indian Arrows | 2021–22 | I-League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mohun Bagan B | 2022–23 | RFDL | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 15 | 8 | ||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 9 | |
| Career total | 24 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 17 | |||