Arjun Jayaraj (born 5 March 1996) is an Indian professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...
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
References
External links
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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