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

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

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and was inducted into the Sports Hostel in

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. Later he moved to the Sports Academy of Sikkim at

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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

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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 Salgaocar on loan from

. He made his debut for Salgaocar on 18 January 2014 in the

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match against

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at the Nehru Stadium before being replaced by

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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

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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

in 2013) signed a season long deal with

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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

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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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, 2016 ; ATK *

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International

;

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Individual

* 2013 Durand Cup Top Scorer (7 goals)

References

External links

Jamshedpur FC Profile
1982 births Living people People from Gyalshing district Footballers from Sikkim Indian Gorkhas Indian footballers ONGC FC players Mumbai Tigers FC players Salgaocar FC players East Bengal Club players FC Pune City players Jamshedpur FC players Association football wingers I-League players I-League 2nd Division players Indian Super League players Rangdajied United F.C. players ATK (football club) players Calcutta Football League players {{India-footy-bio-stub