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Bikash Jairu
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Gyalshing, Sikkim, India
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 East Bengal
Number 23
Youth career
Sports Hostel in Namchi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 ONGC
2011–2012 Rangdajied United
2012–2013 Mumbai Tigers 14 (3)
2013–2015 Salgaocar 28 (6)
2015–2017 East Bengal 15 (5)
2015 → Pune City (loan) 11 (0)
2016 → ATK (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2020 Jamshedpur 35 (1)
2020–2022 East Bengal 15 (0)
International career‡
2015–2022 India 11 (0)
Medal record
Representing  India
SAFF Championship
Winner 2015 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Bikash Jairu (born 10 November 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club East Bengal and the India national team.

Career

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Jairu hails from Gyalshing, West Sikkim and was spotted during the "Search for more Bhaichungs" scheme launched by the Government of Sikkim and was inducted into the Sports Hostel in Namchi. Later he moved to the Sports Academy of Sikkim at Gangtok and passed out in 2008 grabbing a contract with ONGC. After his stint at ONGC, he moved to Shillong 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 2013 I-League 2nd Division.[1]

Salgaocar

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On 13 January 2014 it was announced that Bikash Jairu has signed for Salgaocar on loan from Mumbai Tigers.[2] He made his debut for Salgaocar on 18 January 2014 in the Federation Cup match against Mumbai at the Nehru Stadium before being replaced by Freiman Peixoto as Salgaocar won the match 1-2.[3]

He made his debut in the I-League on 16 February 2014 against Mohun Bagan at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in which he came on as a substitute for Clifton Dias in the 46th minute and was again replaced by Milagres Gonsalves in the 87th minute with Salgaocar winning the match 1-0.[4]

East Bengal

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On 23 June 2015 Jairu, along with Rahul Bheke (who coincidentally both played together for Mumbai Tigers in 2013) signed a season long deal with East Bengal.[5]

Pune City

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In July 2015 Jairu was drafted to play for Pune City in the Indian Super League.[6]

Jamshedpur

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On 23 July 2017, Jairu was selected in the 6th round of the player draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 season.[7] He made his debut for the club on 24 November 2017 against the Kerala Blasters. He came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Anas Edathodika as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[8]

On 1 February 2018, Jairu scored the winning goal for Jamshedpur in a 2–1 victory over Mumbai City at the Mumbai Football Arena. He came on as an 81st-minute substitute and then scored three minutes later.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 28 February 2022[10]
Club Season League Cup Others AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mumbai Tigers 2013 I-League 2nd Division 14 3 0 0 — — 14 3
Salgaocar 2013–14 I-League 9 2 0 0 — — 9 2
2014–15 19 4 0 0 — — 19 4
Salgaocar total 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 6
East Bengal 2015–16 I-League 11 3 0 0 9[a] 1 — 20 4
2016–17 4 2 4[b] 0 6[a] 0 — 14 2
East Bengal total 15 5 4 0 15 1 0 0 34 6
Pune City (loan) 2015 Indian Super League 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
ATK
(loan) 		2016 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Jamshedpur 2017–18 14 1 1[c] 0 — — 15 1
2018–19 12 0 1[c] 0 — — 13 0
2019–20 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Jamshespur total 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 37 1
East Bengal 2020–21 Indian Super League 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2021–22 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
East Bengal total 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 118 15 6 0 15 1 0 0 139 16
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Calcutta Football League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Super Cup

International

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As of matches played till 14 November 2017[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
India 2015 5 0
2016 3 0
2017 3 0
Total 11 0

Honours

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Club

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East Bengal
ATK

International

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India

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Bikash Jairu: The Journey From Gyalshing To Salgaocar FC". Feverpitch. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ Chaudhari, Arunava. "Salgaocar FC announce 20 member squad". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Mumbai FC 1-2 Salgaocar FC: Oliveira's winner seals three points". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Salgaocar vs. Mohun Bagan 1-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ^ Jitendran, Nikhil (23 June 2015). "East Bengal confirm signatures of Bheke and Jairu". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  6. ^ Noronha, Anselm (10 July 2015). "Cavin Lobo to Kerala, Keegan Pereira to Mumbai and the comprehensive Indian Super League Draft". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Kerala Blasters 0-0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
  9. ^ "MumbaI City 1-2 Jamshedpur". Soccerway.
  10. ^ Bikash Jairu at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Bikash Jairu". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Mohammedan wins Durand Cup title". coverindialive.in. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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