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Indian footballer

Asheer Akhtar
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)
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. After his time with Pune, Akhtar signed with I-League 2nd Division side Lonestar Kashmir and played the 2015–16 season with the club. When the 2nd Division concluded, Akhtar went on to represent Jammu and Kashmir in the Santosh Trophy. However, once the Santosh Trophy had ended, Akhtar moved again to Salgaocar of the Goa Professional League. 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.

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.

International

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 April 2023
Club Season League Cup Others Continental 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 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 0 6 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 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

NorthEast United

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
  9. Das Sharma, Amitabha (26 August 2024). "SLFC 0–3 NEUFC Highlights, Durand Cup 2024 Semifinal: NorthEast United enters maiden final with win against Shillong United". Sportstar. Shillong. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.


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