Asheer Akhtar

Indian footballer

Asheer Akhtar
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Kamptee, Maharashtra, India
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 NorthEast United
Number 12
Youth career
Rabbani Club
2014–2015 Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Lonestar Kashmir 8 (0)
2016 Salgaocar
2017 Mumbai 5 (0)
2017–2019 Bengaluru 0 (0)
2018–2019 Bengaluru B 15 (2)
2019–2021 East Bengal 11 (1)
2020–2021 → Mohammedan (loan) 11 (1)
2021–2022 Mohammedan 17 (1)
2022–2023 Sreenidi Deccan 19 (3)
2023– NorthEast United 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Asheer Akhtar (born 14 December 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club NorthEast United.

Career

Born in Kamptee, a city based in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra, Akhtar started his career with the academy of I-League side Pune.[1] After his time with Pune, Akhtar signed with I-League 2nd Division side Lonestar Kashmir and played the 2015–16 season with the club.[2] When the 2nd Division concluded, Akhtar went on to represent Jammu and Kashmir in the Santosh Trophy.[3] However, once the Santosh Trophy had ended, Akhtar moved again to Salgaocar of the Goa Professional League.[4] During his stint with Salgaocar, Akhtar helped the side win the 2016–17 season of the Goa Professional League, thus earning his first major professional honour.[5]

After the Goa Professional League finished, Akhtar signed with Mumbai of the I-League on 1 January 2017. Then, on 22 January 2017, he made his professional footballing debut for Mumbai in the I-League against Aizawl. He started and played 69 minutes as Mumbai lost 1–0.[6]

International

In 2007, Akhtar was part of the India under-13 football team for the Asian U13 Football Festival.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 April 2023[8]
Club Season League Cup Others AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lonestar Kashmir 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Mumbai 2016–17 I-League 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Bengaluru 2017–18 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 2 0
Bengaluru B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 9 2 0 0 — — 9 2
2018–19 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Bengaluru B total 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
East Bengal 2019–20 I-League 11 1 2[b] 0 6[c] 0 — 19 1
Mohammedan (loan) 2020–21 11 1 0 0 — — 11 1
Mohammedan 2021–22 17 1 0 0 — — 17 1
Sreenidi Deccan 2022–23 19 3 2[d] 0 — — 21 3
NorthEast United 2023–24 Indian Super League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 86 8 4 0 6 0 2 0 98 8
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Honours

Club

Salgaocar

References

  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (8 January 2015). "Pune FC trounce rivals Mumbai FC 6-1 in U-19 I-league; Arif Shaikh gets a hat-trick". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ Shukla, Kaushal (16 November 2015). "Gritty LoneStar Kashmir FC thwart spirited Kenkre FC". FootballCounter. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ Naysel, Suhas (7 March 2016). "Despite big win Mizoram bow out of Santosh Trophy". Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "SALGAOCAR THUMP TALEIGAO IN THE GOA PRO LEAGUE". KhelNow. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Salgaocar crowned 2016/17 Goa Pro League champions". The Home of Indian Football Live. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Mumbai 0-1 Aizawl". Soccerway.
  7. ^ "India U13 Probables Listed". Indianfootball.de. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ^ Asheer Akhtar at Soccerway
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