Surya Tirkey (born 28 July 1998) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

in the

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Career

Surya piled his trade with FC Pune City Reserves and Academy, Surya is also a 2013 SAFF U-16 champion. Besides, playing for

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, he also made an appearance in the 2016 IFA Shield final, and in the same year, he managed to lift the U-18 I-League honour. Furthermore, only the following year, 2017, he lifted the

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with

FC Pune City Football Club Pune City was an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Pune, Maharashtra, which last participated in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football league system, under licence from All Ind ...

. He made his professional debut for the

side against Punjab F.C. on 16 December 2019, He was brought in the 89th minutes as Indian Arrows lost 1–0.

Career statistics

References

1998 births Living people People from Jharkhand Indian men's footballers Indian Arrows players Footballers from Jharkhand I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen India men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{India-footy-midfielder-stub