Surya Tirkey (born 28 July 1998) 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 le ...

who plays as a midfielder 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 talen ...

in the I-League.

Career

Surya piled his trade with

FC Pune City Reserves and Academy FC Pune City (R) was FC Pune City's reserve team that participanted in the I-League 2nd Division. FC Pune City Academy was the youth setup of FC Pune City. They participated in Youth League U18 and U15, as well as Pune Football League. History F ...

, Surya is also a 2013 SAFF U-16 champion. Besides, playing for AIFF Elite Academy, he also made an appearance in the

2016 IFA Shield The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament is designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015. This year ten football clubs going to pa ...

final, and in the same year, he managed to lift the U-18 I-League honour. Furthermore, only the following year, 2017, he lifted the IFA Shield with FC Pune City. He made his professional debut for the

side against Punjab F.C. on 16 December 2019, He was brought in the 89th minutes as Indian Arrows lost 1–0.

Career statistics

References

1998 births Living people People from Jharkhand Indian men's footballers Indian Arrows players Footballers from Jharkhand I-League players India men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{India-footy-bio-stub