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Danish Farooq Bhat (born 9 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Real Kashmir in the I-League.[1][2]
Career
Early career
Danish started his early football career by joining a local team"Chinar Valley"[3] later, Danish joined the J&K Bank Football Academy at the age of 13, where he would become the team captain eventually at his age group level teams. He would go on to win 12 local leagues and tournaments with his team prior to joining Lonestar Kashmir in 2015. He would play for Lonestar Kashmir in the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division season, where he would help his team reach the final round of the league as his team fell short of promotion to the I-League.
Real Kashmir
In the later half of 2016, he joined Real Kashmir where he was given the number 10 shirt. With 4 strikes, Danish was the joint highest goal-scorer for Real Kashmir in the 2017–18 season. He had the most number of assists to his name during this season as his team became the champions of 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division and won promotion to the I-League.[4]He is one among two Kashmir-born players for Real Kashmir FC in the first-team squad who have played regularly in this season of I-League.[5]
Playing style
Danish earned the moniker of ‘Kashmiri Ronaldo' by fellow footballers and aficionados of the state, demonstrated by his dribbling skills and goal-scoring.[6]
Personal life
Danish was inspired by his father, Farooq Ahmad, who was a professional footballer two decades before him. Ahmad represented the Jammu and Kashmir state team in Santosh Trophy and also played for Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting.[7]
See also
Career Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps1 | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lonestar Kashmir | 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 0 |
| Real Kashmir | 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | I-League | 19 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 19 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 93 | 15 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Danish Farooq Bhat.
- ↑ D. BHAT.
- ↑ Real Kashmir star Danish Farooq eyes India berth. Hindustan Times(2019-08-21). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ Real Kashmir wins 2nd Division I-League title.
- ↑ Kashmir's favourite footballer Danish Bhat hopeful of India national team chance | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ This 'Kashmiri Ronaldo' trains under shadow of guns, curfew - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ↑ Danish, Hammad & Shahnawaz: The Local Heroes of Real Kashmir FC.
- ↑ Template:Soccerway
Honours
Club
- I-League 2nd Division 🏆(1) : 2017–18
References
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