Prakash Sarkar (born 15 February 1997) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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Career

Prakash Sarkar started his career with the youth academy of

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under then coach Ranjan Chowdhury and participated in the 2015-16 U-18 I-League and reached the final round. In 2016-17, he joined

East Bengal FC East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fl ...

and played for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, again under Ranjan Chowdhury, which became runners-up in the 2016-17 U-18 I-League.

East Bengal FC

2017-18

In 2017-18, under coach

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, Prakash Sarkar after his excellent performance for the East Bengal F.C. U-18 side, was promoted to the senior squad and he made his debut in the

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going on to make 5 appearances in total. His

debut came in the 2017-18 I-League on 22 December 2017, away against Chennai City F.C. which

won 1-2. He made 9 appearances in the 2017-18 I-League season, playing as a defensive midfield as East Bengal finished 4th. He was also a part of the East Bengal team, that became runners-up in the 2018 Indian Super Cup held at

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lost 1-4 to

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in the final. Prakash Sarkar, however, did not play any of the matches and remained on the bench throughout the campaign.

2018-19

In 2018-19, under coach Alejandro Menendez, Prakash Sarkar did not get as much chance as he got in the previous season with just 3 appearances from the bench in the 2018-19 I-League, the season went very lack-lusture for the defensive midfielder.

2019-20

At the start of 2019-20 season, Prakash Sarkar signed a 3 years contract extension with

. He has played 2 games this season, with 1 appearance in

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. Coach Alejandro Menendez has been trying him as a

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in the pre-season before the 2019-20 I-League.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

East Bengal *

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runner-up:

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Real Kashmir *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkar, Prakash 1997 births Living people Indian men's footballers I-League players East Bengal Club players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from West Bengal Real Kashmir FC players Delhi FC players