Prakash Sarkar (born 15 February 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Delhi.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashoknagar Kalyangarh, West Bengal, India | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Delhi | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Pune | ||
| 2016–2017 | East Bengal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | East Bengal | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | Calcutta Customs | ||
| 2021 | Peerless | ||
| 2021–2022 | Real Kashmir | 13 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Bhawanipore | ||
| 2023– | Delhi | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 15 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Prakash Sarkar started his career with the youth academy of Pune FC under then coach Ranjan Chowdhury and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the final round. In 2016-17, he joined East Bengal FC and played for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, again under Ranjan Chowdhury, which became runners-up in the 2016-17 U-18 I-League.[1]
East Bengal FC edit
2017-18 edit
In 2017-18, under coach Khalid Jamil, Prakash Sarkar after his excellent performance for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, was promoted to the senior squad and he made his debut in the Calcutta Football League going on to make 5 appearances in total. His I-League debut came in the 2017-18 I-League on 22 December 2017, away against Chennai City F.C. which East Bengal FC won 1-2.[2] He made 9 appearances in the 2017-18 I-League season, playing as a defensive midfield as East Bengal finished 4th. He was also a part of the East Bengal team, that became runners-up in the 2018 Indian Super Cup held at Bhubaneshwar as East Bengal FC lost 1-4 to Bengaluru FC in the final. Prakash Sarkar, however, did not play any of the matches and remained on the bench throughout the campaign.[2]
2018-19 edit
In 2018-19, under coach Alejandro Menendez, Prakash Sarkar did not get as much chance as he got in the previous season with just 3 appearances from the bench in the 2018-19 I-League, the season went very lack-lusture for the defensive midfielder.[2]
2019-20 edit
At the start of 2019-20 season, Prakash Sarkar signed a 3 years contract extension with East Bengal FC.[3] He has played 2 games this season, with 1 appearance in 2019 Durand Cup. Coach Alejandro Menendez has been trying him as a centre-back in the pre-season before the 2019-20 I-League.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 4 May 2022[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| East Bengal | 2017–18[2] | I-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[2] | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20[2] | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Real Kashmir | 2021–22[2] | I-League | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Delhi | 2023–24[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
Honours edit
East Bengal
- Indian Super Cup runner-up: 2018
Real Kashmir
References edit
- ^ "AIFF Academy Beat East Bengal To Clinch U-18 I-League Title". I-League. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "MATCHES OF P. SARKAR". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "East Bengal extend contract of three youngsters". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Prakash Sarkar at Soccerway
- ^ "Real Kashmir FC Win Thriller vs Sreenidi for Back-to-back IFA Shield Triumphs". news18.com. News18. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
External links edit
- Prakash Sarkar at Soccerway