Muhammed Sagar Ali (born 13 April 1993) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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. He most recently played for Bhutan Super League club FC Takin.

Playing career

Sagar Ali began his youth career when he was a ninth standard student. He attended the sub-junior state football championship for Idukki in 2007. He spent majority of his youth career at

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, Kollam. Sagar Ali started his professional career by playing for Air India FC 2015. A year later, Sagar Ali signed with Delhi United FC. His next stint was with Madhya Bharat FC where he played for the club in the I League second division. In 2018 he was signed by United SC to represent them in the Calcutta Football League. Later he signed with

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and played in the 2018–19 I league second division. In 2019, Sagar Ali signed a short-term contract with the

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club Druk Stars FC. In 2020, he returned to

after his contract expired with the Bhutanese club. He played for the

in the

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qualifiers. During this time he was spotted by Gujarat and received an invitation to represent them in the 2021-22

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. He was appointed as the team's captain and helped the side to qualify for the final round of the

for the first time in 37 years. In 2022, Sagar Ali made his second move to Bhutan. He signed a one-year contract with FC Takin, the new entrants in the

Bhutan Super League The Bhutan Super League, previously known as the Thimphu League and Bhutan A-Division, was the men's football league in Bhutan. Until 2012, it was the lone national top division. Between 2013 and 2020, it was played as the second division and th ...

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{{Reflist 1993 births Living people Indian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Indian expatriate men's footballers Air India FC players ARA FC players

Playing career

Career statistics

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