Saurabh Meher

Saurabh Meher (born 12 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Odisha FC in the ISL.

Saurabh Meher
Personal information
Full name Saurabh Meher
Date of birth (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000
Place of birth Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Odisha
Youth career
AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Chennayin B
2019–2020 Indian Arrows 8 (0)
2020– Odisha
National team
2015–2017 India U17 5 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Career

Saurabh was part of the India U-16 team which finished runners-up in the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship, losing to Bangladesh U16 in the final on penalties. Saurabh was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India.[1] He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the 2019-20 season against Gokulam Kerala F.C.. He started and played full match as Indian Arrows Central Defender and lost 0–1.[2]Meher plays primarily in the heart of defence but can also slot in as a make-shift wing-back. Previously in the year 2018 he captained Chennayin FC B Team and Youth (U-18) team in I- League 2nd Division and Hero Elite League, where he leaded his team upto semi finals. He was also the part of India U-15 National team which played the SAFF U-16 Championship in 2015 Bangladesh. He was the Golden Boot Winner in SAFF U-16 Championship in 2015 edition. Saurabh Meher played as an Central Defender under Shanmugam Venkatesh in Hero I-League 2019-20 season and appeared eight times, spending a total of 649 minutes on the field.

Career statistics
As of 9 April 2020[3]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Indian Arrows 2019–20 I-League8000——80
Career total 80000080
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gollark: I mean, if you believe Religion 1 and believe that everyone who believes Religion 2 will go to hell and suffer forever, then you obviously don't want Religion 2 to spread.
gollark: They're pretty rational if you actually believe your religion is true, though.
gollark: Looking at religious conflicts probably doesn't require knowing about all the deep details of the religions involved, because people do tribalism and probably do not meaningfully care about the actual underlying point.
gollark: You can just study history, though.

References
  1. Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2017). "How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys". ESPN.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. "Indian Arrows 0-1 Gokulam Kerala". Soccerway.
  3. Saurabh Meher at Soccerway
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