Farukh Choudhary

Farukh Choudhary
Personal information
Full name Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary
Date of birth (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Ambarnath, Maharashtra, India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Mumbai City
Number 7
Youth career
Central Bank
Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Lonestar Kashmir 18 (6)
2016 Kerala Blasters 2 (0)
2017 → Mumbai (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2020 Jamshedpur 44 (3)
2020–2021 Mumbai City 6 (0)
2021–2023 Jamshedpur 24 (0)
2023–2026 Chennaiyin 50 (4)
2026– Mumbai City 0 (0)
International career‡
2018− India 25 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner2021 Maldives
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:00, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the India national team.

Early career

Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career as a centre back with the Maharashtra state youth teams. Choudhary then joined the academy of I-League side Pune.

Club career

Lonestar Kashmir

Choudhary joined Lonestar Kashmir for their I-League 2nd Division campaign. There he scored six goals in a total of 8 matches.

Kerala Blasters

After an impressive performance for Lonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed for Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League. He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 against Atlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Mumbai City FC lost 1–0.

Mumbai (loan)

After the 2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned to I-League side Mumbai. He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season against DSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League. He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He came as a 69th-minute substitute for Mehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lonestar Kashmir 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 186———186
Kerala Blasters 2016 Indian Super League 20———20
Mumbai 2016–17 I-League 10000——100
Jamshedpur 2017–18 Indian Super League 15020——170
2018–19 12210——132
2019–20 17100——171
Total 443300000473
Mumbai City 2020–21 Indian Super League 600000—60
Jamshedpur 2020–21 Indian Super League 800000—80
2021–22 000000—00
2022–23 1602100—181
Total 240210000261
Chennaiyin 2023–24 Indian Super League 1911031—232
2024–25 320000—32
Total 223103100264
Career total 1261261310013514

International

As of 3 October 2026
National teamYearAppsGoals
India 201850
201950
202141
202421
202440
202500
202651
Total253
India score listed first, score column indicates score after each Choudhary goal
List of international goals scored by Farukh Choudhary
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.5 September 2021Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal11   Nepal1–02–1Friendly
2.12 October 2024Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định, Vietnam15 Vietnam1–11–1
3.5 June 2026TALCO Arena, Tursunzoda, Tajikistan23 Tajikistan1–31–3

Honours

India

Jamshedpur

References

  1. ↑ Rajan, Nimal (30 April 2014). "I want to represent India: Farukh Choudhary". Afternoon DC. Retrieved 5 October 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. 1 2 3 Tennyson, Rayson (16 May 2016). "Blasters sign three players from I-League 2nd division". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mumbai City FC vs. Northeast United FT". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Mumbai FC add local youngster Farukh Choudhary to their I-League roster!". ArunFoot. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Mumbai 1-0 DSK Shivajians". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "NorthEast United 0-0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Farukh Choudhary at Soccerway
  9. ↑ Farukh Choudhary at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ "Nepal 1–2 India". Soccerway. 5 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Vietnam 1–1 India". Soccerway. 12 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Tajikistan defeat Blue Tigers in first friendly". AIFF. 6 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "ISL 2021-22: Jamshedpur win the League Winners Shield | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC clinch League Winners' Shield after beating ATK Mohun Bagan". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.