Ankit Mukherjee

Ankit Mukherjee (born 10 July 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right back for ATK in the Indian Super League.

Ankit Mukherjee
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996
Place of birth West Bengal, India
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 ATK
Number 28
Youth career
2014–2015 East Bengal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Aryan 34 (1)
2017–2018 Mohammedan 22 (2)
2018– ATK 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:50, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in West Bengal, Mukherjee started his football career with Army Public School, Calcutta.[1] In 2013, Mukherjee represented the school's football side in the Keventer Cup. He played the tournament at center back and impressed enough to earn a spot in the tournament's All Star side.[1] In 2014, during a friendly match against East Bengal U19, Mukherjee impressed East Bengal's coach and was selected to join the squad.[1]

Mukherjee spent a year and a half with East Bengal before signing with Calcutta Premier Division side Aryan.[1] After sporadic appearances in his first season, he soon broke into a regular starting role his second year. Mukherjee's performances with Aryan earned him a selection into West Bengal's squad for the Santosh Trophy in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] His performances for West Bengal's winning squad in 2017 earned him a deal with Mohammedan. With Mohammedan, Mukherjee played for the club in the Calcutta Premier Division and I-League 2nd Division.[1]

ATK

On 9 August 2018, it was announced that Mukherjee, along with seven other Bengali players, had signed with Indian Super League side ATK.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 10 November 2018 against Pune City. He came on as a 74th-minute substitute for Aiborlang Khongjee as ATK won 1–0.[4] Mukherjee then earned his first start during ATK's next game against Mumbai City on 24 November. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[5]

Personal life

Mukherjee is a fan of Real Madrid and Spanish international Sergio Ramos.[1]

Career statistics
As of 1 January 2019[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ATK 2018–19 ISL6100——61
Career total 61000061

References
  1. Paul, Ayan (22 August 2018). "Football for fun to game of passion in five years". Telegraph India. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. "Bengal squad named for Santosh Trophy final round". The Quint. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. "Mukherjee signs for ATK". ATK (Twitter).
  4. "ATK 1-0 Pune City". Soccerway.
  5. "Mumbai City 0-0 ATK". Soccerway.
  6. Ankit Mukherjee at Soccerway
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