Arindam Bhattacharya (footballer)

Arindam Bhattacharya is a professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper for ATK Mohun Bagan and the Indian national football team.

Arindam Bhattacharya
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-12-11) 11 December 1989
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 ATK Mohun Bagan
Number 29
Youth career
2004–2006 Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Churchill Brothers 240 (0)
2012–2013 Mohun Bagan 7 (0)
2013–2014 Churchill Brothers 12 (0)
2014–2017 Pune City 16 (0)
2015 → Bharat (loan) 17 (0)
2016 → Sporting Goa (loan) 16 (0)
2017 → Bengaluru (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2018 Mumbai City 2 (0)
2018–2020 ATK 38 (0)
2020– ATK Mohun Bagan 6 (0)
National team
2005–2007 India U19
2009–2012 India U23
2008– India 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:23, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Bhattacharya played football for Surya Sen Sporting Club in Khardah, he then joined SAI senior team in 2006 where he stayed for 2 years before joining Churchill Brothers.

Bhattacharya joined the Tata Football Academy and was selected for the India under-19 after his performance in the Subroto Cup. After a short spell with the Sports Authority of India, Bhattacharya joined Churchill Brothers, with whom he won the Hero I-League in 2008-09. He moved to Mohun Bagan in the 2012-13 season only to return to Churchill Brothers and win the Federation Cup in 2014. Bhattacharya then joined FC Pune City from 2014 to 2017 before switching to Mumbai City for the 2017-18 season.[2]

Bhattacharya made his debut for FC Pune City against Kerala Blasters on 30 October 2014 at the home stadium Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.

For the 2015 I-League season, he joined Bharat FC.[3]

In 2018 Bhattacharya joined Kolkata based club and two time Indian Super League winners ATK.[4] and immediately established himself as the first choice goalkeeper, playing every game that season.[5]

In October 2020, Bhattacharya extended his contract with the ATK Mohun Bagan till 2022.[6]

International career

Seeing his performance in Subroto Cup, Stephen Constantine called Bhattacharya up for the Indian U-19 team. His first matches where against Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He made his debut for India U23 team on 5 December 2009 against Afghanistan in Dhaka in the 2009 SAFF Championship.[7]

He was included in 2019 AFC Asian Cup squads[8]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Arindam Bhattacharya". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. "With him under the sticks". Bharat FC. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. "Komal Thatal, Arindam Bhattacharya and Sena Ralte sign new ATK deals". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. "Arindam Bhattacharya". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. "ISL 2020-21: Arindam Bhattacharya signs contract extension with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". The Sports News. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. "2010 Homeless World Cup World Rankings Announced". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. "AFC Asian Cup: India announces 23-member squad". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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