Basit Ahmed Bhat (born on 17 February 1998) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Basit began his initial vocation by joining a neighbourhood group "Towheed FC" at 16 years old. Then, he played in the top notch division of a neighbourhood club named "Maharaja J&K affiliation club" where he scored eight goals in nine matches. Later on, Ahmed joined Star FC second division for 2016–17 season. After that he joined

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Academy U-18 and played

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scoring two goals against Minerva. He has likewise played for the

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senior group in 2019. In 2017, he was additionally chosen for Spanish Tercera División club

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. Same year he signed for the

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and scored two goals in 14 appearances. In 2019 he signed for

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in 2019–2020 and played for their reserve side. He won the 2019-20 season of

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with the reserve side. Basit left the club in 2020 to join

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. He made his first ever professional debut on 10 March 2021 against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Kerala Blasters Reserves *

: 2019–20

References

1998 births Indian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Real Kashmir FC players Living people Footballers from Jammu and Kashmir Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy players Gokulam Kerala FC players {{India-footy-bio-stub