Ashis Pradhan (born 5 June 1999) is an Indian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

club

RoundGlass Punjab RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club from Mohali in Punjab that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League and I-League. Founded as ''Minerva Academy FC'', in 2005, the club name was rebranded to ''Minerva Punj ...

Career

Born in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

, he hails from a Nepali

Newar Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...

family. Pradhan started his career in his home state with the Namchi Sports Hostel. In 2012, he was selected to join the AIFF Regional Academy after being successful in a trial. After two years, Pradhan moved to the

Tata Football Academy Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is an association football academy situated in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned football academies in India. History ...

where he graduated from in 2018. On 2 January 2018, Pradhan appeared on the bench for the first time in his professional career for

Indian Arrows Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football tal ...

, an

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development club. On 23 February 2018, Pradhan made his professional debut for the Arrows in a league match against

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. He came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Suresh Singh Wangjam as Indian Arrows lost 3–0. For the 2018–19 season, Pradhan joined the ATK Reserves before being promoted to the senior squad.

International

Pradhan has been selected for the India under-20 side.

Career statistics

References

External links

Indian Super League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pradhan, Ashish 1999 births Living people People from Gangtok Indian footballers Tata Football Academy players Indian Arrows players ATK (football club) players Association football midfielders Footballers from Sikkim I-League players India youth international footballers