Danish Farooq Bhat

Danish Farooq Bhat (born 9 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Real Kashmir in the I-League.[1][2]

Personal information
Full name Danish Farooq Bhat
Date of birth (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996
Place of birth Downtown Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Real Kashmir
Number 10
Youth career
J&K Bank Football club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Lonestar Kashmir
2016– Real Kashmir 53 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:30, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Danish joined the J&K Bank Football Academy at the age of 13, where he would become the team captain eventually at his age group level teams. He would go on to win 12 local leagues and tournaments with his team prior to joining Lonestar Kashmir in 2015. He would play for Lonestar Kashmir in the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division season, where he would help his team reach the final round of the league as his team fell short of promotion to the I-League.

Real Kashmir

In the later half of 2016, he joined Real Kashmir where he was given the number 10 shirt. With 4 strikes, Danish was the joint highest goal-scorer for Real Kashmir in the 2017–18 season. He had the most number of assists to his name during this season as his team became the champions of 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division and won promotion to the I-League.[3]

Playing style

Danish earned the moniker of ‘Kashmiri Ronaldo' by fellow footballers and aficionados of the state, demonstrated by his dribbling skills and goal-scoring.[4]

Personal life

Farooq was inspired by his father, Farooq Ahmad, who was a professional footballer two decades before him. Ahmad represented the Jammu and Kashmir state team in Santosh Trophy and also played for Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting. [5]


Career Statistics

Club
As of 29 March 2020.[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsApps1GoalsAppsGoals
Real Kashmir 2016-17 I-League 2nd Division 50––––––50
2017–18 14300––3[lower-alpha 1]1174
2018–19 I-League 1921[lower-alpha 2]0––00202
2019–20 15200––1[lower-alpha 3]1163
Career total 537100042589
Notes
  1. Appearances in the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division final Round
  2. Appearances in the 2019 Indian Super Cup
  3. Appearances in the 2019 Durand Cup

Honours

Club
Real Kashmir
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References
  1. "Danish Farooq Bhat". flashscore.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. "D. BHAT". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. "Real Kashmir wins 2nd Division I-League title". greaterkashmir.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. "This 'Kashmiri Ronaldo' trains under shadow of guns, curfew". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. "Danish, Hammad & Shahnawaz: The Local Heroes of Real Kashmir FC". thequint.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. Danish Farooq Bhat at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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