Sheikh Sahil

Sheikh Sahil (Bengali : শেখ সাহিল) (born 28 April 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan. He is an academy graduate of Mohun Bagan.[1]

Sk Sahil
Personal information
Full name Sheikh Sahil
Date of birth (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000
Place of birth Barrackpore, West Bengal,India
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team
ATK Mohun Bagan
Number 18
Youth career
Mohun Bagan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Mohun Bagan 16 (0)
2020– ATK Mohun Bagan 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:21, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Mohun Bagan

Sahil started his career at Mohun Bagan academy. As a young player he took part various youth tournaments and leagues with Mohun Bagan. He also played in the U-16 I-League as a part of Mohun Bagan youth team. He first came on limelight in youth development league organised by IFA and Zee Bangla, though his team was the runners up in the tournament.[2]

Professional career

In the tournament, he showed his potentiality and skills and as a result he was signed by the then coach Kibu Vicuna in the senior team on a four-year deal.[3] He was a dependable man in 2019–20 season for Mohun Bagan. He won the I-League in the 2019 season for Mohun Bagan.[4]

He was chosen by Kibu Vicuña for the 2019–20 Calcutta Football League. Sahil made his Durand Cup debut on 2 August 2019 against Mohammedan. His team won the match 2–0.[5]

On 30 November 2019, he made his I-League debut against Aizawl as substitute in the second half replacing Britto PM.[6] He made his full league debut against Gokulam on 16 December; a match that Mohun Bagan would win 2–1.

Career statistics

As of match played 10 March 2020[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mohun Bagan 2019–20 I-league 1604000200
ATK Mohun Bagan 2020–21 ISL 0000000000
Career total 16040000000200

Honours

Mohun Bagan

References

  1. "SK Sahil signs a three-year contract with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". Indian Super League. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "Zee Bangla Football League: The farce that was the East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan U-19 final | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. "Player Details". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. KolkataMarch 10, Indo-Asian News Service; March 10, 2020UPDATED:; Ist, 2020 20:20. "Mohun Bagan crowned I-League 2019-20 champions after 1-0 win over Aizawl". India Today. Retrieved 17 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Sportstar, Team. "Durand Cup 2019, As it happened: Chamorro double gives Bagan 2-0 win over Mohammedan". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "Scouting Report: Who is Mohun Bagan's teenage sensation Sk Sahil?". Khel Now. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. Sheikh Sahil at Soccerway
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