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Manprit Sarkaria

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Manprit Sarkaria
Sarkaria with Austria Wien in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Sturm Graz
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Austria Wien 69 (11)
2021– Sturm Graz 75 (26)
International career‡
2023– Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Manprit Sarkaria (born 26 August 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Sturm Graz and the Austria national team.[1]

Personal life

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Born in Austria, Sarkaria is a Sikh[2] of Punjabi descent.[3] His family are from Amritsar in Punjab, India. Sarkaria has stated his free kick technique is inspired by former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho.[4]

Club career

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On 14 April 2021, Sturm Graz announced that Sarkaria would be joining the club in the summer when his contract with Austria Wien expired.[5]

On 20 May 2022, Sarkaria extended his contract with Sturm Graz until June 2025.[6]

In May 2023, Sarkaria scored two crucial goals for Sturm Graz to win the Austrian Cup against Rapid Wien.[7] He also became the top scorer during the 2022–23 Austrian Cup campaign. Sturm Graz Manager Christian Ilzer, stated "Because he managed to get out of this difficult situation solely through his own work, through his professional behavior. He was massively rewarded for that with the cup victory."[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Austrian Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Austria Wien 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 2[a] 0 8 0
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 24 4 0 0 1[a] 0 25 4
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 33 7 4 3 — 37 10
Total 69 11 6 3 3 0 78 14
Sturm Graz 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 31 13 3 4 8[a] 0 42 17
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 28 9 6 6 6[b] 0 40 15
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 16 4 3 0 9[c] 0 28 4
Total 75 26 12 10 23 0 110 36
Career total 144 37 18 13 26 0 188 50
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 13 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Sturm Graz

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Manprit Sarkaria at Soccerway
  2. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5QQZOA8n7/?hl=en [bare URL]
  3. ^ "FK Austria Wien - Manprit Sarkaria: Jungveilchen im Porträt". www.fk-austria.at. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Sarkaria: A crook like Ronaldinho". laola1.
  5. ^ "Sarkaria wechselt nach Graz" [Sarkaria moves to Graz]. www.sksturm.at (in German). Sturm Graz. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "SARKARIA BLEIBT BIS 2025". SK Sturm (in German). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Austrian Cup Final: Rapid Wien & Sturm Graz fans Light Up stadium with flares, Beautiful Scenes emerge from 28 Black Area – Check Out". Insider Sport.
  8. ^ "Manprit Sarkaria - from noble reservist to cup winner and top scorer". Kicker.
  9. ^ a b "Eine Historische Saison". SK Sturm (in German). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Bundesliga.at - Team der Saison - ADMIRAL Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 28 December 2022.


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