Tarryn Allarakhia

Tarryn Allarakhia (born 17 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a winger for Rochdale. Born in England, he plays for the Tanzania national team.

Early Career
Born in Redbridge, London, Allarakhia is a former player in Leyton Orient's Academy. He trained with Bournemouth during the summer of 2015 and also had a one week trial at Norwich City. He was signed to Aveley's first-team from their youth system in 2015 where he played as a winger. He made eight league appearances for Aveley between October and December and scored one goal, and also made one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup.

Maldon & Tiptree
In January 2016, Allarakhia became Steve Ball's first signing as manager of Maldon & Tiptree. He scored one goal in 18 appearances during the second-half of the 2015–16 season, and scored a further four goals in 37 appearances during his first full season with the Jammers. During his first few months at the club, through Maldon & Tiptree's link-up with Colchester United, Allarakhia made appearances for the Colchester under-21 team.

Colchester United
In July 2017, Allarakhia signed a one year development contract with Colchester United. He was released by the club at the end of the season.

Crawley Town
On 1 August 2018, Crawley Town signed Allarakhia on a two-year contract. He made his professional debut on 14 August in Crawley's EFL Cup match against Bristol Rovers. Allarakhia was loaned out for 28 days to Wealdstone on 8 January 2019. The deal was later extended to the end of the season. He made 18 appearances, scoring 4 times as Wealdstone reached the semi-finals of the playoffs. He was released by Crawley Town in summer 2021.

Woking
On 19 August 2021, Allarakhia joined National League side, Woking on a one-year deal following a short-term trial period. He went onto feature twenty-two times for The Cards before leaving in July 2022 at the end of his contract.

Wealdstone
On 27 June 2022, Allarakhia rejoined Wealdstone following his departure from Woking. Allarakhia scored his first goal back at the club on 16 August 2022, scoring the second goal in a 2-1 win away at Oldham Athletic.

He left Wealdstone in June 2024 after failing to agree a new contract.

Rochdale
On 10 June 2024, Allarakhia signed for Rochdale on a two-year deal.

International career
As his father is of Indo-Tanzanian heritage, Allarakhia is eligible to represent both Tanzania and England. Allarakhia was part of the 25 man squad for the Tanzania national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. and made his senior international debut against Egypt. He played in the 2023 AFCON match against Morocco.