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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jewel Raja
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Jewel Raja Shaikh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Budge Budge]], [[West Bengal]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| currentclub = [[South United F.C.|South United]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Midfielder|Central midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Sport Authority of India
| youthyears2 = 2007–2008
| youthclubs2 = [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]]
| years1 = 2008–2010
| clubs1 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2010–2011
| clubs2 = [[Indian Arrows]]
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2011–2013
| clubs3 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
| caps3 = 34
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2013–2016
| clubs4 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = → [[FC Goa|Goa]] (loan)
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2015–2016
| clubs6 = → [[ATK (football club)|Atlético de Kolkata]] (loan)
| caps6 = 14
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2017
| clubs7 = [[Minerva Punjab F.C.|Minerva Punjab]]
| caps7 = 3
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2017–2018
| clubs8 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps8 = 6
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2018
| clubs9 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
| years10 = 2018–
| clubs10 = [[South United F.C.|South United]]
| caps10 =
| goals10 =
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2012
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2011–2013
| nationalteam2 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 28
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| club-update = 16:50, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 9 September 2013
}}

'''Jewel Raja Shaikh''' (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder|central midfielder]] for [[South United F.C.|South United]] in the [[I-League 2nd Division]].

==Career==

===Early career===
Born in [[Budge Budge]], [[Kolkata]], Jewel though had a keen interest in [[cricket]] and wanted to become a [[cricketer]] when he was younger but chose to play football professionally. Initially playing as a winger for his youth teams, primarily on the right, he was encouraged to become a central midfielder by his father. Jewel joined the Pujali Athletic Club as a youngster and later joined the [[Sports Authority of India]]'s eastern center in [[Kolkata]], and then was selected to be a part of [[Indian Football Association|IFA]]'s academy at Haldia.

===ONGC===
He then appeared for the Bengal under-19 football team and then [[India national under-19 football team|India U19]]s despite only being 16 and soon joined [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]] in the [[I-League]] in 2007 but didn't make any appearance for the [[Mumbai]] based club as he was heavily involved on national duty for the majority of his time there.

===Dempo===
Jewel continued his progress with age group teams of India at national level and was offered a contract by [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] of [[I-League]] in 2008 but struggled for game time in a talented Dempo side and only made his [[I-League]] debut in a substitute appearance against [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Player to Watch – Dempo's Jewel Raja|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2716/players-to-watch/2010/03/30/1856139/players-to-watch-dempos-jewel-raja-shaikh|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>

===Pailan Arrows===
Jewel was signed up by [[Pailan Arrows]] for the [[I-League 2010-11|2010–11 season]] but again was more involved with the national team than with his club side.

===Mohun Bagan===
Jewel signed for [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bgan]] on 25 July 2011 and on 23 October 2011, registered his first assist for the Mariners against his former club [[Pailan Arrows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69203/pailan-arrows-vs-mohun-bagan/lineup-stats |title=Pailan Arrows vs Mohun Bagan Lineups and Statistics |publisher=Goal.com |date=15 October 2011 |access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref> He then scored his first goal for Bagan in a 5–1 victory over [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]] on 6 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/69224/mumbai-fc-vs-mohun-bagan/report |title=Mumbai FC 1–5 Mohun Bagan – The Mariners Take Their Revenge By Putting Five Past The Hapless Mumbaikars |publisher=Goal.com |date=6 November 2011 |access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> Jewel scored against [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]] from a [[Tolgay Özbey]] pass on 63rd minute in a 3-1 win for his team

===Dempo===
On 30 May 2013, Jewel rejoined Dempo after spending two seasons with Mohun Bagan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jewel Raja rejoins Dempo|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2013/05/30/i-league-india-international-jewel-raja-rejoins-dempo/|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> He played his first match since his return in the [[I-League]] on 22 September 2013 against [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] at the [[Duler Stadium]], playing 65 minutes before being replaced by [[Joy Ferrao]] as Dempo lost the match 0–3.<ref name="Debut for Dempo">{{cite web|last=Noronha|first=Anselm|title=Dempo SC 0–3 Shillong Lajong FC: Glen ends the north eastern side's Goan voodoo|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/122544/dempo-sc-vs-shillong-lajong-fc/report|work=Goal.com|access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref>

Jewel represented [[FC Goa]] during the [[2014 Indian Super League]] season and made 9 appearances and scoring once.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/fc-goa/midfielder-10253-sheikh-jewel-raja-playerprofile|title = Jewel Raja Shaikh profile - Goals, Passes and more}}</ref>

===Atlético de Kolkata===
In July 2015 Jewel was drafted to play for [[Atlético de Kolkata]] in the [[2015 Indian Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Noronha |first=Anselm |title=Indian Super League clubs' domestic transfer dealings |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/10/13440952/indian-super-league-clubs-domestic-transfer-dealings?ICID=SP |work=Goal.com |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>

==International==
Jewel scored in his first goal for the [[India national under-23 football team|Indian U23]]s against [[Singapore national under-23 football team|Singapore U23]] at the [[2010 Asian Games]]. On 23 February 2011, he played his second game against [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]].

He made his senior team debut and scored his first goal for [[India national football team|India]] in a 3–0 win over [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] on 21 March 2011 after coming on as a substitute .

==Career statistics==

===Club===
''Statistics accurate as of 20 November 2015''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jewel-raja-shaikh/118621/|title = India - J. Raja - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref><ref>http://www.soccerpunter.com/players/118621-Jewel--Raja-Shaikh</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Pailan Arrows]]
|[[I-League 2010-11|2010–11]]
|[[I-League]]||5||1||0||0||0||0||—||—||5||1
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|[[2011–12 I-League|2011–12]]
|[[I-League]]||16||4||0||0||0||0||—||—||16||4
|-
|[[2012–13 I-League|2012–13]]
|[[I-League]]||18||1||0||0||0||0||—||—||18||1
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
||[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|[[I-League]]||18||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||18||0
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[FC Goa]] (loan)
|[[2014 Indian Super League|2014]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||9||1||—||—||—||—||—||—||9||1
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|[[I-League]]||13||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||13||0
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Atletico de Kolkata]]
|[[2015 Indian Super League|2015]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||6|0||—||—||—||—||—||—||6||0
|-
! colspan="3" | Career total
!85!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!85!!7
|}

===International Goals===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 21 March 2011 || [[Petaling Jaya Stadium]], [[Petaling Jaya]], [[Malaysia]] || {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] || '''3'''–0 || 3–0 || [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup]]
|-
| 2 || 2 March 2013 || [[Thuwunna Stadium]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]] || {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]]|| '''1'''–0 || 2–1 || [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification|2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 3 || 4 March 2013 || [[Thuwunna Stadium]], [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]] || {{flagicon|Guam}} [[Guam national football team|Guam]]|| '''3'''–0 || 4–0 || [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification|2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/28278/shaikh-raja
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111121141050/http://mohunbaganac.com/SEPT08/playerdetails.php?playerId=142

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[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games]]
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Binoy62 at 05:52, 11 May 2026