Farukh Choudhary
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| Full name | Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ambarnath, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chennaiyin | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Pune | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Mumbai (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Jamshedpur | 44 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Mumbai City | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Jamshedpur | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Chennaiyin | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018−2021 | India | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:12, 22 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.
Career[edit]
Early career and Lonestar Kashmir[edit]
Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career with centre back and the Maharashtra state youth teams.[1] Choudhary then joined the academy of I-League side, Pune.[2] He then joined Lonestar Kashmir for their I-League 2nd Division campaign in which he scored six goals in 18 matches.[2]
Kerala Blasters[edit]
After his impressive performance for Lonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed for Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 against Atlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Mumbai City FC lost 1–0.[3]
Mumbai (loan)[edit]
After the 2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned to I-League side Mumbai.[4] He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season against DSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.[5]
Jamshedpur[edit]
On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[6] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He came as a 69th-minute substitute for Mehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[7]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 21 April 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lonestar Kashmir | 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 6 | |
| Kerala Blasters | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Mumbai | 2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Jamshedpur | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 15 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Jamshedpur total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
| Mumbai City | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Jamshedpur | 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 16 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Jamshedpur total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Chennaiyin | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 104 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 10 | ||
International[edit]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | |
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list India's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2021 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | 11 |  Nepal |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [10] |
Honours[edit]
India
- SAFF Championship: 2021; runner-up: 2018
- King's Cup third place: 2019
Jamshedpur
- Indian Super League Premiers: 2021-22[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ Rajan, Nimal (30 April 2014). "I want to represent India: Farukh Choudhary". Afternoon DC. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Tennyson, Rayson (16 May 2016). "Blasters sign three players from I-League 2nd division". Times of India. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Mumbai City FC vs. Northeast United FT". Soccerway.
- ^ "Mumbai FC add local youngster Farukh Choudhary to their I-League roster!". ArunFoot. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai 1-0 DSK Shivajians". Soccerway.
- ^ "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "NorthEast United 0-0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
- ^ a b Farukh Choudhary at Soccerway
- ^ "Farukh Choudhary". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Nepal 1–2 India". Soccerway. 5 September 2021.
- ^ "ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur win the League Winners Shield | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Jamshedpur FC clinch League Winners' Shield after beating ATK Mohun Bagan". Indian Super League. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Thane district
- Footballers from Maharashtra
- Indian men's footballers
- Lonestar Kashmir FC players
- Kerala Blasters FC players
- Mumbai FC players
- Jamshedpur FC players
- Men's association football forwards
- I-League 2 players
- Indian Super League players
- I-League players
- India men's international footballers
- Pune FC players
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