Holicharan Narzary

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Holicharan Narzary
Personal information
Full nameHolicharan Narzary
Date of birth (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Place of birthAssam, India
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubDempo
Number41
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Pailan Arrows26(6)
2013–presentDempo1(0)
National team
2011India U194(0)
2012–India U231(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Holicharan Narzary (born 10 May 1994 in Assam) is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Dempo S.C. in the I-League.

Career

Youth Career

Narzary first started playing in his village situated in Kokrajhar, Assam, where he represented his school and soon started spending his evenings fine tuning his skills. After impressing in the school leagues, the then free-scoring winger was encouraged to attend a trial at a SAI Hostel nearby. Having made the cut there, he went on to represent Assam at the U-16 National Championships in Mahilpur. His talent was spotted by scouts at the tournament, and he earned a call up to the India national under-16 football team squad, from where he graduated to the India national under-19 football team.[1]

Pailan Arrows

Narzary joined Pailan Arrows (then AIFF XI) before the 2010-11 I-League season.[2] Narzary made his professional debut on 15 May 2011 against eventual league champions Salgaocar coming on as a substitute before netting in his first goal at professional level in that very same game.[2][3] He however could not stop Arrows lose 1–3 to Salgaocar.[3]

2012–13 season

During the 2011-12 I-League season Narzary was not considered in the plans of new coaches of Sukhwinder Singh and Sujit Chakravarty as he only made seven I-League appearances and did not appear in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup however in Pailan's first match of the 2012–13 season Narzary scored against Delhi United that led Pailan to a 2–2 draw in the 2012 Durand Cup, now led by Arthur Papas.[4]

Narzary then started his professional season in the 2012 Indian Federation Cup against Dempo on 19 September 2012 by scoring a goal to give Pailan Arrows the lead in the 52nd minute, however the match ended 1–1 after Clifford Miranda scored the equalizer in the 60th minute.[5] Narzary then scored his second goal of the tournament against Shillong Lajong on 23 September 2012 in the 17th minute as Pailan Arrows won 2–1 but were still knocked-out of the cup on points.[6]

Narzary then scored his first two goals in the I-League in two seasons in the first round of the season against Mumbai F.C. with a brace on the 6 October 2012 in the 34th and 76th minutes of the match at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata to help Pailan to an opening day win 3–2.[7] Narzary then scored another goal in the next match against Air India at the Salt Lake Stadium on 11 October 2012 in the 41st minute to help Pailan Arrows win 2–1.[8] Narzary did not score again however till 1 December 2012 against ONGC when he scored the winning goal for Pailan Arrows in the 25th minute which would eventually lead to Pailan Arrows 4–1.[9]

On 6th April, 2013 he scored against Dempo S.C. at Tilak Maidan Stadium, on the 2nd minute from a cross of Pritam Kotal to help the Arrows upset the defending champions 2-0.

Dempo

On 26 October 2013 it was confirmed that Narzary has signed for Dempo on loan from IMG Reliance with three other players Alwyn George, Pronay Halder and Narayan Das.[10] He made his debut for Dempo in the I-League on 1 November 2013 against Mohun Bagan at the Duler Stadium in which he came on as a substitute for Myron Fernandes in the 55th minute; as Dempo drew the match 0–0.[11]

International

Narzary made his debut for the India U19s on 31 October 2011 against Turkmenistan U19 in which India U19s won 3–1.[12] He then made his debut for the India U23s on 25 June 2012 coming on as a 39th minute substitute for Jeje Lalpekhlua against Iraq U23 in which India U23 lost 2–1.[13]

Career Statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 11 May 2013

Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pailan Arrows 2010–11 110000——11
2011–12 700000——70
2012–13 2552221——298
Career total 336222100379

References

  1. ↑ "I-League Scouting Report - Holicharan Narzary". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Deb, Debapriya. "Pailan Arrows: Team Analysis and Season Preview 2011/12". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 1 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Indian Arrows go down to Salgaocar". Indian Sports News. Retrieved 1 September 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Andrew is Sesa Goa’s hero". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 September 2012. 
  5. ↑ Vaz, John. "Pailan Arrows 1-1 Dempo SC: Arrows hold the Goan heavyweights to secure a point". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Pailan Arrows 2-1 Shillong Lajong – Prabir scores the winner for Papas’ side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Pailan Arrows 3-2 Mumbai FC: Goalkeeping howlers gift three points to AIFF's developmental side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Pailan Arrows 2-1 Air India: AIFF’s developmental side continue their winning ways". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Pailan Arrows 4-1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Arrows players for Dempo". Retrieved 24 November 2013. 
  11. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0-0 Mohun Bagan: The Goans were held to a disappointing draw". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  12. ↑ "India U19 3-1 Turkmenistan U19". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Iraq U22 2-1 India U22". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
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