Nikhil Poojari

Nikhil Poojary (born 3 September 1995) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for both the Indian Super League club Hyderabad FC and the Indian national team.

Nikhil Poojary
Personal information
Full name Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary
Date of birth (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995
Place of birth Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hyderabad
Number 27
Youth career
Ryan FC
Dodsal FC
Mumbai
2015–2016 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 East Bengal 16 (0)
2018–2019 Pune City 11 (1)
2019– Hyderabad 23 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 India U23 5 (0)
2017– India 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Mangalore, Karnataka to a Tulu speaking Billava family, Poojary started his career with Ryan FC in Mumbai.[1] While with Ryan FC, Poojary was selected to play for the Maharashtra under-19 side in the school games nationals.[2] Poojary soon joined the youth side of Mumbai before signing with Kolkata-based East Bengal in 2015.

Poojary made his first-team debut for East Bengal on 4 August 2016 in their opening Calcutta Football League fixture against Bhawanipore. He came on as a 78th minute substitute for Jiten Murmu as East Bengal won 2–1.[3] Poojary scored his first goal for the club on 23 September 2016 during the group stage match of the Bordoloi Trophy against Bongobi Agragami in Bangladesh. His strike in the 87th minute was the last goal in a 6–0 victory.[4]

He scored his first international goal against Maldives in the 2018 SAFF Championship.

Career statistics
As of 22 November 2020[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
East Bengal 2016–17 I-League14020——160
Pune City 2018–19 Indian Super League9120——111
Hyderabad FC 2019–20 Indian Super League 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
2020–21 Indian Super League 0 0 — — — — 0 0
Career total 41 14000451

International goals
Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2018Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Maldives1–02–02018 SAFF Championship

References
  1. Nayak, BB (26 June 2011). "CITY-BASED RYAN FOOTBALL CLUB SCORES 2-0, QUALIFIES FOR MDFA SUPER DIVISION". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. Nayak, BB (20 November 2011). "ICLES' MAKES IT TO STATE, TWO NM PLAYERS PICKED FOR NAT'LS". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. Majumdar, Debabrata (4 August 2016). "East Bengal beat Bhawanipore to start Calcutta Football League campaign". The Home of Indian Football Live. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. "East Bengal triumph". Telegraph India. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. Nikhil Poojari at Soccerway
  6. "Poojary, Nikhil". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  • Source for confirmed signing by FC Pune City

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.