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Arjun Jayaraj (born 5 March 1996) is an Indian professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as an
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for Forca Kochi FC.


Career


Early career

Born in
Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a municipality and town in Kerala and the headquarters of the Malappuram district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Kerala, 4th largest urban agglomeration in Kerala and ...
,
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
, Arjun is a product of the MSP sports hostel. He played for Calicut University and won the All-India Championship. While playing for his university team against Gokulam Kerala in a friendly, he scored a goal and impressed Gokulam head coach Bino George who signed him.


Gokulam Kerala FC


2017–18

Arjun played for the club in the Kerala Premier League and scored a goal in the final to help Gokulam win the title. He was included in the I-League squad and made his professional debut for Gokulam Kerala on 22 December 2017 against
Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) is an Indian developmental football team that competes in the Indian national football tiers. They competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, wi ...
. On 27 January 2017 he scored his debut goal, a last minute winner, as Gokulam Kerala won 3–2 over Shillong Lajong.


2018–19

He started in the season's first game against Mohun Bagan and was awarded the Hero of the match. But then it only started once in the following three games. On 30 November 2018, he scored his first goal of the season against Churchill Brothers which finished as a 1-1 draw and was awarded the Hero of the match.


Kerala Blasters FC


2019-2020

On 29 July 2019, it was announced that Arjun would join
Kerala Blasters FC Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian association football, professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of football in Indi ...
from
Gokulam Kerala FC Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League title t ...
which involves transfer fee of 21 lakhs rupees. However he broke his ligament during the pre-season training and missed the entire 2019-20 season. On 4 December 2020, Kerala Blasters announced that to get sufficient playing time, the club and Arjun Jayaraj have parted ways on mutual consents.


Career statistics


Club


Honours

Gokulam Kerala *AWES Cup runner-up Champions: 2017


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayaraj, Arjun 1996 births Living people Indian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Kerala I-League players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Kerala Blasters FC players I-League 2 players I-League 3 players Kerala United FC players Gokulam Kerala FC players SC Bengaluru players