Holicharan Narzary
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Holicharan Narzary | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Kokrajhar, Assam, India | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dempo | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2013 | Pailan Arrows | 33 | (6) |
| 2013– | Dempo | 22 | (1) |
| 2014 | → FC Goa (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | India U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012– | India U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015– | India | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:23, 25 April 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Holicharan Narzary (born 10 May 1994) in Assam, is an Indian footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Dempo in the I-League.
Career
Youth career
Narzary first started playing footabll in his village of Kokrajhar, Assam, where he represented his school team and 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 U16 squad from where he graduated to the India U19 team.[1]
Pailan Arrows
Narzary joined Pailan Arrows, then AIFF XI, for 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 the same match[2][3] but could not prevent the Arrows from losing 1–3.[3]
During the 2011-12 I-League season Narzary was not considered in the plans of the new coaches of Pailan Arrows, Sukhwinder Singh and Sujit Chakravarty and he only made seven I-League appearances and did not appear in the 2011 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.[4]
Narzary started the 2012-13 I-League season in the 2012 Federation Cup against Dempo on 19 September 2012, 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 with a brace on 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 by a score of 3–2.[7] Narzary 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 a goal for Pailan Arrows in the 25th minute which would eventually lead to Pailan Arrows to a 4–1 win.[9]
On 6 April 2013 he scored against Dempo at Tilak Maidan Stadium on the 2nd minute from a Pritam Kotal cross 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]
Narzary represented FC Goa during the 2014 ISL[12]
International
Narzary made his debut for the India U19s on 31 October 2011 against Turkmenistan U19 in which India U19s won 3–1.[13] 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.[14]
He made his debut as an injury time substitute in for senior Indian team on 12 March 2015 against Nepal in a 2-0 win at Guwahati.[15][16]
Narzary then made his second appearance for Indian U23 debut against Uzbekistan U23 on 27 March 2015 in a 2016 AFC U-23 qualifier in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Bangladesh.[17]
Career statistics
Club
Statistics accurate as of 24 April 2015
| Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pailan Arrows | 2010–11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 8 | |
| Dempo | 2013–14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 |
| FC Goa (loan) | 2014 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Dempo | 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | 57 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 10 | |
References
- ↑ "I-League Scouting Report – Holicharan Narzary". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Deb, Debapriya. "Pailan Arrows: Team Analysis and Season Preview 2011/12". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Indian Arrows go down to Salgaocar". Indian Sports News. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ "Andrew is Sesa Goa's hero". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ Vaz, John. "Pailan Arrows 1–1 Dempo SC: Arrows hold the Goan heavyweights to secure a point". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pailan Arrows 2–1 Shillong Lajong – Prabir scores the winner for Papas' side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pailan Arrows 3–2 Mumbai FC: Goalkeeping howlers gift three points to AIFF's developmental side". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pailan Arrows 2–1 Air India: AIFF’s developmental side continue their winning ways". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Pailan Arrows 4–1 ONGC FC: Papas' boys trounce 10-man ONGC with ease". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Arrows players for Dempo". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Dempo SC 0–0 Mohun Bagan: The Goans were held to a disappointing draw". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/players/holi-charan--narzary/190550/
- ↑ "India U19 3–1 Turkmenistan U19". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Iraq U22 2–1 India U22". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ Atanu Mitra & Brendon Netto (12 March 2015). "India 2-0 Nepal: Chhetri leads Blue Tigers to victory over neighbours". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ Mitra, Atanu (12 March 2015). "Lyngdoh: Football speaks on the field". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=8826&stageid=348&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
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