Hitesh Sharma (born 25 December 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha.
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| Date of birth | 25 December 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jalandhar, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Number | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Chandigarh Football Academy | ||||||||||||||
| Tata Football Academy | ||||||||||||||
| Mumbai FC U19 | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Mumbai | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | ATK | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Hyderabad | 50 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | Odisha | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Mumbai City (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | India | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Career
editSharma spent the majority of his youth career as part of the Tata Football Academy. In 2015, Sharma graduated from the academy and signed with Mumbai of the I-League.[1] He appeared on the bench for the club in their opening match of the season against Shillong Lajong. He did not come off the bench however.[2]
Sharma eventually made his professional debut for the club on 5 March 2016 against Salgaocar.[3]
On 19 July 2024, Hitesh signed for Mumbai City FC on a one-year loan deal from Odisha FC. [4] He made his debut on 30 December 2024 at home in a 3-0 loss against NorthEast United FC, coming on as an 88th minute substitute for Brandon Fernandes.[5]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 30 April 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mumbai | 2015–16 | I-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | I-League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| ATK | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 14 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Indian Super League | 13 | 0 | 5[a][b] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Hyderabad | 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Indian Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 19 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 6 | 1 | 5[b][a] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
| Odisha | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Mumbai City (loan) | 2024–25 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 95 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 3 | ||
International
editHonours
editIndia
- SAFF Championship runner-up: 2018
Achievements
edit| Year | For | Against | Match Result | Award |
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| 2017-18 | ATK | Kerala | 0-0 | Emerging Player of the Match |
| 2017-18 | ATK | Delhi | 1-0 | Emerging Player of the Match |
| 2018-19 | ATK | Chennai | 3-2 | Emerging Player of the Match |
| 2018-19 | ATK | Jamshedpur | 2-1 | Emerging Player of the Match |
| 2020-21 | Hyderabad | Mumbai | 0-0 | Hero of the Match |
References
edit- ↑ "Elite Tata academy spawns 13 dribblers". Telegraph India. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ "Shillong Lajong 0-0 Mumbai". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Salgaocar vs. Mumbai". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Hitesh Sharma joins Mumbai City on loan from Odisha FC".
- ↑ "NorthEast 3-0 Mumbai City (30 Dec, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (IN)". ESPN.
- 1 2 Hitesh Sharma at Soccerway
- ↑ "Hitesh Sharma". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
External links
edit- Hitesh Sharma stats at indiansuperleague.com
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