Farukh Choudhary

Farukh Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for both Mumbai City and the Indian national team.

Farukh Choudhary
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996
Place of birth Ambarnath, Maharashtra, India
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Club information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 17
Youth career
Central Bank
Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Lonestar Kashmir 18 (6)
2016 Kerala Blasters 2 (0)
2017 → Mumbai (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2020 Jamshedpur 37 (3)
2020– Mumbai City 0 (0)
National team‡
2018− India 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2019

Career

Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career with Centre Back and the Maharashtra state youth teams.[1] Choudhary then joined the academy of I-League side, Pune.[2] He then joined Lonestar Kashmir for their I-League 2nd Division campaign in which he scored six goals in 18 matches.[2]

Kerala Blasters

After his impressive performance for Lonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed with the Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 against Atlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Kerala Blasters lost 1–0.[3]

Mumbai (loan)

After the 2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned to I-League side Mumbai.[4] He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season against DSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.[5]

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[6] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He came as a 69th minute substitute for Mehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[7]

Career statistics
As of 7 January 2020[8]
Club Season League Federation Cup/Super Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lonestar Kashmir 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division186————186
Kerala Blasters 2016 Indian Super League20————20
Mumbai 2016–17 I-League100————100
Jamshedpur 2017–18 Indian Super League15020——170
2018–19 12210——132
2019–20 10100——101
Jamshedpur Total 3733000403
Career total 6793000709
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References
  1. Rajan, Nimal (30 April 2014). "I want to represent India: Farukh Choudhary". Afternoon DC. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. Tennyson, Rayson (16 May 2016). "Blasters sign three players from I-League 2nd division". Times of India. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "Kerala Blasters vs. Atletico de Kolkata". Soccerway.
  4. "Mumbai FC add local youngster Farukh Choudhary to their I-League roster!". ArunFoot. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "Mumbai 1-0 DSK Shivajians". Soccerway.
  6. "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. "NorthEast United 0-0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
  8. Farukh Choudhary at Soccerway
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