Sivasakthi Narayanan
Sivasakthi Narayan (born 6 June 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bengaluru FC.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sivasakthi Narayanan | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bengaluru FC | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2018–2020 | Raman Vijayan Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Bengaluru B | 11 | (15) |
| 2021– | Bengaluru | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2021 | |||
Club careerEdit
YouthEdit
Sivasakthi's youth career began when he and his brother went to the trials where he was picked up by a local team in Karaikudi.[1] Sivasakthi was scouted by Raman Vijan Soccer School and he was the top scorer in the 2018-19 season of Elite League with 22 goals for the club. Sivasakthi then joined Bengaluru FC's B team,[2] where he played for the club in the 2020-21 season of Bangalore Super Division league and emerged as a top goal scorer, after putting a staggering number of 15 goals for the club, which includes two hat-tricks.[3][4][5]
Bengaluru FCEdit
On 8 April 2021, Bengaluru FC announced their squad for their AFC Cup campaign, which saw the 20-year-old getting maiden call up for the senior team.[6] He made his senior team debut when he replaced Suresh Singh in the game against Bashundhara Kings at the group stage of 2021 AFC Cup.[7] He went on to score his maiden goal for Bengaluru, ten minutes after being substituted against Maziya S&RC.[8]
Personal lifeEdit
Hailing from a football crazy district of Karaikudi, Sivasakthi picked up football as an interest and went on to get selected for the trials held in his hometown, when he was in 7th grade at school. When he and his friends began to pick their favourite ISL teams, Sivasakthi chose to be a fan of Bengaluru FC.[1] Sivasakthi had lost his father when he was young and is now survived by his mother, who according to Sivasakthi, raised and supported him to follow his passion. During the 2020-21 Bangalore Super Division season, Bengaluru FC B team's Head Coach, Sandesh Bhoite said that Sivasakthi is tall, lanky and has the kind of core strength that gets him past even the heaviest challenges.[1]
Career statisticsEdit
- As of 25 August 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Youth | ||||||||||
| Raman Vijayan Sports Academy | 2018–19 | Indian Elite League | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | Indian Elite League | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | |
| Bengaluru FC B | 2020–21 | Bangalore Super Division | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| Youth total | 35 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 54 | ||
| Senior career | ||||||||||
| Bengaluru FC | 2021–22 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
HonoursEdit
IndividualEdit
- 2018-19 Indian Elite League – Top goal scorer
- 2020-21 Bangalore Super Division – Top goal scorer and Best forward of the season award
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Small town boy with big time dreams". Bengaluru FC. 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "RVSS Product Sivasakthi Makes Dream BFC 'B' Debut". DT Next. 18 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sivasakthi on song as blue Colts regain top spot". Bengaluru FC. 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "Blue Colts reach summit with 8-1 rout of Income Tax". Bengaluru FC. 27 January 2021.
- ↑ On fire, this boy.
- ↑ "Blues announce 29-man squad for AFC Cup qualifiers". Bengaluru FC. 8 April 2021.
- ↑ Template:Cite twitter
- ↑ Template:Cite twitter