Nikhil Poojari

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Nikhil Poojary
Personal information
Full name Nikhil Chandra Shekhar Poojary
Date of birth (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Hyderabad
Number 27
Youth career
Ryan FC
Dodsal
Mumbai
2015–2016 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 East Bengal 14 (0)
2018–2019 Pune City 9 (1)
2019– Hyderabad 41 (1)
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 31 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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

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 26 February 2021[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
East Bengal 2017–18 I-League 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
Pune City 2018–19 Indian Super League 9 1 2 0 — — 11 1
Hyderabad 2019–20 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
2020–21 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Career total 50 1 4 0 0 0 54 1

International goals[]

Scores and results list India's goal tally first.[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 September 2018 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Maldives 1–0 2–0 2018 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.

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