Asheer Akhtar

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

Asheer Akhtar
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994
Place of birth Kamptee, Maharashtra, India
Position(s) 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 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:05, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lonestar Kashmir 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division 8000——80
Mumbai 2016–17 I-League 5000——50
Bengaluru 2017–18 Indian Super League 0000—2[lower-alpha 1]020
Bengaluru B 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 9200——92
2018–19 6000——60
Bengaluru B total 152000000152
East Bengal 2019–20 I-League 1112[lower-alpha 2]06[lower-alpha 3]0—191
Mohammedan (loan) 2020–21 11100——111
Mohammedan 2021–22 17100——171
Sreenidi Deccan 2022–23 1932[lower-alpha 4]0——213
NorthEast United 2023–24 Indian Super League 0000——00
Career total 868406020988
  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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