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{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Koushik Sarkar<br />
| image = <br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|2|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chinsurah]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| height = <!--{{height|m=182.00}}--><br />
| currentclub = [[Mohun Bagan AC]]<br />
| clubnumber = <br />
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Center back]]<br />
| youthyears1 = 2010–2015<br />
| youthclubs1 = [[Sports Authority of India]]<br />
| years1 = 2013<br />
| clubs1 = [[Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C.|Kalighat Milan Sangha]]<br />
| caps1 = 1<br />
| goals1 = 0<br />
| years2 = 2016–2019<br />
| clubs2 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]<br />
| caps2 = 4<br />
| goals2 = 2<br />
| years3 = 2017<br />
| clubs3 = [[Kenkre F.C.]] (loan)<br />
| caps3 = ?<br />
| goals3 = ?<br />
| years4 = 2019<br />
| clubs4 = [[Mohun Bagan AC]] <br />
| caps4 = 0<br />
| goals4 = 0<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2015–<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[Indian national football team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 2 <br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
| club-update = 6 December 2015<br />
| ntupdate = 27 December 2015<br />
}}<br />
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'''Koushik Sarkar''' (born 8 February 1994) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who last played as a [[defender (association football)|centerback]] for [[Mohun Bagan AC]] in 2020 in the [[I-League]].<br />
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in 2020 Played IFA Shield for peerless sports club<br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Early career===<br />
Born in [[Chinsurah]], [[West Bengal]], Sarkar joined the [[Sports Authority of India]] in 2010.<ref name="Sarkar EB">{{cite news|last1=Mitra|first1=Atanu|title=East Bengal sign Koushik Sarkar|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/222/transfer-zone/2015/12/06/18037102/i-league-update-east-bengal-sign-koushik-sarkar|accessdate=6 December 2015|work=Goal.com|date=6 December 2015}}</ref> He spent three seasons there before signing with [[Calcutta Football League]] side, [[Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C.|Kalighat Milan Sangha]]. He made one appearance with them before returning to the Sports Authority of India.<ref name="Sarkar EB"/><br />
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Sarkar captained the [[University of Calcutta]] football side during the Inter-University challenge.<ref name="Sarkar EB"/> While with the University side, Sarkar attracted eyeballs through two good performances against [[I-League]] side, [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]].<ref name="Sarkar EB"/><br />
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===East Bengal===<br />
On 6 December 2015 it was announced that Sarkar had signed a three-year contract with [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] of the [[I-League]].<ref name="Sarkar EB"/> A year later, after not playing a single match for East Bengal in the I-League, it was revealed that Sarkar had his contract terminated by East Bengal before the [[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]] season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sarkar|first1=Sujita|title=Promising footballer Kaushik Sarkar has no club after East Bengal terminate contract|url=http://www.oneindia.com/sports/football/promising-footballer-kaushik-sarkar-left-with-no-club-2350823.html|accessdate=17 February 2017|work=One India|date=17 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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==International==<br />
Despite not playing professional football, Sarkar was called-up to the shortlisted 40 player squad by [[India national football team|India]] head coach, [[Stephen Constantine]], in December 2015.<br />
On 27 December 2015, Sarkar made his debut for India in [[2015 SAFF Championship]] match against [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]], thus becoming the 503rd player to represent India internationally.<ref name="Sarkar EB"/><ref>[https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6895 India romp into SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 Semis]</ref><br />
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==Career statistics==<br />
{{updated|6 December 2015}}<ref>{{soccerway|koushik-sarkar/431379}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"<br />
|-<br />
!rowspan="2"|Club<br />
!rowspan="2"|Season<br />
!colspan="3"|League<br />
!colspan="2"|League Cup<br />
!colspan="2"|Domestic Cup<br />
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]<br />
!colspan="2"|Total<br />
|-<br />
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="1"|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]<br />
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]<br />
|[[I-League]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="3"|Career total<br />
!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0<br />
|}<br />
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===National team statistics===<br />
{{updated|27 December 2015}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/koushik-sarkar/431379/|title=India - K. Sarkar Profile|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=Soccerway}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! colspan=3 | [[India national football team|India national team]]<br />
|-<br />
!Year!!Apps!!Goals<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|2015||1||0<br />
|-<br />
|2016||1||0<br />
|-<br />
!Total||2||0<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkar, Koushik}}<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:1994 births]]<br />
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]<br />
[[Category:Association football defenders]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:I-League players]]<br />
[[Category:India international footballers]]<br />
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