Arindam Bhattacharya (footballer)
Arindam Bhattacharya (born 11 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and captains East Bengal in the Indian Super League.
 Bhattacharya with Churchill Brothers in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arindam Bhattacharya | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Tata Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Churchill Brothers | 240 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Mohun Bagan | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Churchill Brothers | 12 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Pune City | 16 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Bharat (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Sporting Goa (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Bengaluru (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Mumbai City | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | ATK | 38 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 23 | (0) |
| 2021– | East Bengal | 11 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2007 | India U19 | ||
| 2009–2012 | India U23 | ||
| 2009– | India | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:03, 2 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Bhattacharya played football for Surya Sen Sporting Club in Khardah, he then joined SAI senior team in 2006 where he stayed for 2 years before joining Churchill Brothers.
Bhattacharya joined the Tata Football Academy and was selected for the India under-19 after his performance in the Subroto Cup. After a short spell with the Sports Authority of India, Bhattacharya joined Churchill Brothers, with whom he won the Hero I-League in 2008-09. He moved to Mohun Bagan in the 2012–13 season only to return to Churchill Brothers and win the Federation Cup in 2014. Bhattacharya then joined FC Pune City from 2014 to 2017 before switching to Mumbai City for the 2017–18 season.[2] Bhattacharya made his debut for FC Pune City against Kerala Blasters on 30 October 2014 at the home stadium Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.
For the 2015 I-League season, he joined Bharat FC.[3] In 2018 Bhattacharya joined Kolkata based club and two time Indian Super League winners ATK.[4] and immediately established himself as the first choice goalkeeper, playing every game that season.[5] In 2020, Arindam Bhattacharya kept 10 clean sheets and was awarded the Golden Gloves.[6] In October 2020, Bhattacharya extended his contract with ATK Mohun Bagan till 2022.[7]
In September 2021, after mutually terminating the contract with ATK Mohun Bagan, Arindam joined East Bengal on a free transfer.[8]
International career
Seeing his performance in Subroto Cup, Stephen Constantine called Bhattacharya up for the Indian U-19 team. His first matches where against Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He made his debut for India U23 team on 5 December 2009 against Afghanistan in Dhaka in the 2009 SAFF Championship.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 2 February 2022[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Others | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mohun Bagan | 2012–13 | I-League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Churchill Brothers | 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pune City (loan) | 2014 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Bharat | 2014–15 | I-League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Pune City (loan) | 2015 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Sporting Goa | 2015–16 | I-League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| Pune City (loan) | 2016 | Indian Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Bengaluru | 2016–17 | I-League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mumbai City | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| ATK | 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| ATK Mohun Bagan | 2020–21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| East Bengal | 2021–22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Arindam Bhattacharya". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- "With him under the sticks". Bharat FC. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- "Komal Thatal, Arindam Bhattacharya and Sena Ralte sign new ATK deals". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- "Arindam Bhattacharya". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- "Group D games of AFC Cup postponed to August". Football Express. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "ISL 2020-21: Arindam Bhattacharya signs contract extension with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". The Sports News. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- PTI (6 September 2021). "ISL: East Bengal Sign Arindam Bhattacharya From Arch-rivals ATK Mohun Bagan". Outlook India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- "2010 Homeless World Cup World Rankings Announced". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- Arindam Bhattacharya at Soccerway
External links
- Profile (archived) at Goal.com
- Profile at the-aiff.com
- Arindam Bhattacharya at Soccerway