Arindam Bhattacharya (; born 11 December 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Inter Kashi.
Club career Bhattacharya played football for Surya Sen Sporting Club in Khardah, he then joined SAI senior team in 2006 where he stayed for 2 years before joining Churchill Brothers.
Bhattacharya joined the Tata Football Academy and was selected for the India under-19 after his performance in the Subroto Cup. After a short spell with the Sports Authority of India, Bhattacharya joined Churchill Brothers, with whom he won the Hero I-League in 2008-09. He moved to Mohun Bagan in the 2012–13 season only to return to Churchill Brothers and win the Federation Cup in 2014. Bhattacharya then joined FC Pune City from 2014 to 2017 before switching to Mumbai City for the 2017–18 season. Bhattacharya made his debut for FC Pune City against Kerala Blasters on 30 October 2014 at the home stadium Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.
For the 2015 I-League season, he joined Bharat FC. In 2018 Bhattacharya joined Kolkata based club and two time Indian Super League winners ATK. and immediately established himself as the first choice goalkeeper, playing every game that season. In 2020, Arindam Bhattacharya kept 10 clean sheets and was awarded the Golden Gloves. In October 2020, Bhattacharya extended his contract with ATK Mohun Bagan till 2022.
In September 2021, after mutually terminating the contract with ATK Mohun Bagan, Arindam joined East Bengal on a free transfer.
In late June 2022, it was officially announced that Bhattacharya will head to Spain for a month-long training stint with Tercera División (Group 9) side Marbella FC, as part of his preparations ahead of the 2022–23 Indian Super League.
On 23 August 2022, Arindam joined NorthEast United on a free transfer.
International career Seeing his performance in Subroto Cup, Stephen Constantine called Bhattacharya up for the Indian U-19 team. His first matches where against Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He made his debut for India U23 team on 5 December 2009 against Afghanistan in Dhaka in the 2009 SAFF Championship.
Personal life On 13 April 2021, Arindam joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union ministers Amit Malviya and Mithun Chakraborty.
On 30 April 2022, he married his long-time girlfriend Blossom Themudo, a Goan dentist.
Career statistics Club
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsChurchill Brothers2008–09I-League22000—102302009–1000006000602010–110000—00002011–120000—00002013–14120002060200Churchill Brothers Total340008070490Mohun BaganI-League7020—901802020–21Indian Super League23000——230Mohun Bagan Total 300200090410Pune City 2014Indian Super League11000——11020154000——4020161000——10Pune City Total160000000160Bharat (loan)2014–15I-League17000——170Bharat FC Total170000000170Sporting Goa (loan)2015–16I-League16000——160Sporting Club de Goa Total160000000160Bengaluru (loan)2016–17I-League600010—70Bengaluru FC Total6000100070Mumbai City2017–18Indian Super League2000——20Mumbai City FC Total2000000020ATK2018–19Indian Super League18000——1802019–2020000——200ATK Total380000000380East Bengal2021–22Indian Super League11000——110East Bengal Total110000000110NorthEast United2022–23Indian Super League10000——100North East Total100000000100Inter Kashi2023–24I-League21030——2402024–25210———210Kashi Total420300000450Career total222050901602510
Honours
India U23 SAFF Championship: 2009
References
External links
Profile (archived) at Goal.com Profile at the-aiff.com