Hitesh Sharma (born 25 December 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 December 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jalandhar, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Odisha | |||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Hyderabad | 50 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Odisha | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | India | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:38, 21 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Career edit
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 edit
Club edit
- As of 19 January 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | 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 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| ATK | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 14 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 13 | 0 | 5[a][b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 19 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 6 | 1 | 5[b][a] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
| Odisha | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 89 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 3 | ||
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours edit
India
- SAFF Championship runner-up: 2018
Achievements edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "Elite Tata academy spawns 13 dribblers". Telegraph India. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Shillong Lajong 0-0 Mumbai". Soccerway.
- ^ "Salgaocar vs. Mumbai". Soccerway.
- ^ a b Hitesh Sharma at Soccerway
- ^ "Hitesh Sharma". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
External links edit
- Hitesh Sharma stats at indiansuperleague.com
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