Hitesh Sharma (footballer)

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Personal information
Full name Hitesh Sharma
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Jalandhar, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Hyderabad
Number 18
Youth career
Chandigarh Football Academy
Tata Football Academy
Mumbai FC U19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Mumbai 12 (0)
2017–2020 ATK 27 (0)
2020– Hyderabad 25 (0)
National team
2018– India 3 (0)
Honours
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2018 Bangladesh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:39, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021

Hitesh Sharma (born 25 December 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Hyderabad and the India national team.

Career[edit]

Sharma spent the majority of his youth career as part of the Tata Football Academy. In 2015, Sharma graduated from the academy and signed with Mumbai of the I-League.[1] He appeared on the bench for the club in their opening match of the season against Shillong Lajong. He did not come off the bench however.[2]

Sharma eventually made his professional debut for the club on 5 March 2016 against Salgaocar.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 24 January 2022[4]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mumbai 2015–16 I-League 4 0 0 0 4 0
2016–17 8 0 0 0 8 0
Mumbai total 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
ATK 2017–18 Indian Super League 14 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 16 1
2018–19 13 0 5[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 0 18 0
ATK total 27 0 7 1 0 0 34 1
Hyderabad 2019–20 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 15 0 0 0 15 0
2021–22 10 0 0 0 10 0
Hyderabad total 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Career total 64 0 7 1 0 0 71 1
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

International[edit]

As of matches played till 29 March 2021[5][6]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2018 2 0
2021 1 0
Total 3 0

Achievements[edit]

ISL Awards
Year For Against Match Result Award
2017-18 ATK Kerala 0-0 Emerging Player of the Match
2017-18 ATK Delhi 1-0 Emerging Player of the Match
2018-19 ATK Chennai 3-2 Emerging Player of the Match
2018-19 ATK Jamshedpur 2-1 Emerging Player of the Match
2020-21 Hyderabad Mumbai 0-0 Hero of the Match

References[edit]

  1. "Elite Tata academy spawns 13 dribblers". Telegraph India. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. "Shillong Lajong 0-0 Mumbai". Soccerway.
  3. "Salgaocar vs. Mumbai". Soccerway.
  4. Hitesh Sharma at Soccerway
  5. "Hitesh Sharma". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  6. Hitesh Sharma at Soccerway

External links[edit]

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