Hitesh Sharma (footballer)

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Hitesh Sharma
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Jalandhar, India
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Center midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hyderabad
Number 26
Youth career
Chandigarh Football Academy
Tata Football Academy
Mumbai FC U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Mumbai 12 (0)
2017–2020 ATK 27 (0)
2020– Hyderabad 15 (0)
National team‡
2018– India 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021

Hitesh Sharma (born 25 December 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Indian Super League club Hyderabad and Indian national team.

Career[]

Sharma spent the majority of his youth career as part of the Tata Football Academy. In 2015, Sharma graduated from the academy and signed with Mumbai of the I-League.[1] He appeared on the bench for the club in their opening match of the season against Shillong Lajong. He did not come off the bench however.[2]

Sharma eventually made his professional debut for the club on 5 March 2016 against Salgaocar.[3]

Career statistics[]

As of 24 February 2021[4]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mumbai 2015–16 I-League 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2016–17 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Mumbai total 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
ATK 2017–18 Indian Super League 14 0 2 1 — — 16 1
2018–19 13 0 5 0 — — 18 0
ATK total 27 0 7 1 0 0 34 1
Hyderabad 2019–20 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2020–21 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
2021–22 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Hyderabad total 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 57 0 7 1 0 0 64 1

Achievements[]

ISL Awards
Year For Against Match Result Award
2017-18 ATK Kerala 0-0 Emerging Player of the Match
2017-18 ATK Delhi 1-0 Emerging Player of the Match
2018-19 ATK Chennai 3-2 Emerging Player of the Match
2018-19 ATK Jamshedpur 2-1 Emerging Player of the Match
2020-21 Hyderabad Mumbai 0-0 Hero of the Match

References[]

  1. ^ "Elite Tata academy spawns 13 dribblers". Telegraph India. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Shillong Lajong 0-0 Mumbai". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Salgaocar vs. Mumbai". Soccerway.
  4. ^ Hitesh Sharma at Soccerway

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