Bikash Jairu (born 10 November 1990) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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and the India national team.

Career

Jairu hails from

Gyalshing Gyalshing (also Geyzing, ) is a city, located in Gyalshing district, in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is administrative headquarter of district. The town is connected to the capital Gangtok by a metalled road. Geyzing is also connected to the ...

West Sikkim Gyalshing District or Geyzing District is a list of Indian districts, district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Its headquarter is Geyzing, also known as Gyalshing. The district is a favourite among trekkers due to the high elevations. Other impor ...

and was spotted during the "Search for more Bhaichungs" scheme launched by the

Government of Sikkim The Government of Sikkim also known as Sikkim Government or State Government of Sikkim, is the administrative executive authority of the Indian state of Sikkim and its Districts of Sikkim, 6 districts, created by the Constitution of India, Natio ...

and was inducted into the Sports Hostel in

Namchi Namchi is a city and the administrative headquarter of the Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The appellation Namchi means ''Sky (Nam) High (Chi)'' in Sikkimese. Geography Namchi is located at . It has an average elevation of . ...

. Later he moved to the Sports Academy of Sikkim at

Gangtok Gangtok (, ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim. The seat of East Sikkim district, eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100 ...

and passed out in 2008 grabbing a contract with

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. After his stint at ONGC, he moved to

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and joined Rangdajied United. After spending a season there he signed for Mumbai Tigers with whom he had a fruitful outing, scoring a number of goals for the team in the

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Salgaocar

On 13 January 2014 it was announced that Bikash Jairu has signed for

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on loan from Mumbai Tigers. He made his debut for

on 18 January 2014 in the Federation Cup match against

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at the Nehru Stadium before being replaced by Freiman Peixoto as Salgaocar won the match 1-2. He made his debut in the

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on 16 February 2014 against

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at the

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in which he came on as a substitute for Clifton Dias in the 46th minute and was again replaced by

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in the 87th minute with Salgaocar winning the match 1-0.

East Bengal

On 23 June 2015 Jairu, along with

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(who coincidentally both played together for Mumbai Tigers in 2013) signed a season long deal with

Pune City

In July 2015 Jairu was drafted to play for

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in the

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Jairu was selected in the 6th round of the player draft by

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for the 2017–18 season. He made his debut for the club on 24 November 2017 against the

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. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for

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as Jamshedpur drew 0–0. On 1 February 2018, Jairu scored the winning goal for Jamshedpur in a 2–1 victory over Mumbai City at the

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. He came on as an 81st-minute substitute and then scored three minutes later.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

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; ATK *

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International

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Individual

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Top Scorer (7 goals)

References

External links

Jamshedpur FC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jairu, Bikash 1982 births Living people People from Gyalshing district Footballers from Sikkim Indian Gorkhas Indian men's footballers ONGC FC players Mumbai Tigers FC players Salgaocar FC players East Bengal Club players FC Pune City players Jamshedpur FC players Men's association football wingers I-League players I-League 2 players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Rangdajied United FC players ATK (football club) players Calcutta Football League players