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Danish Farooq Bhat
Indian footballer

Danish Farooq Bhat

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Indian footballer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Downtown Srinagar, India
Age
28 years
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Biography

Danish Farooq Bhat (born 9 May 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Midfielder for Real Kashmir F.C. in the I-League.

Career

Danish was selected in J&K Bank football academy at the age of 13. He and became team captain. He won around 12 leagues and tournaments with them. After that he played for Lone star Kashmir FC and in late 2016 he joined Real Kashmir FC.

With 4 strikes, Danish was the joint highest goal-scorer for Real Kashmir FC in the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division. He had the most number of assists to his name. The team became the champions of 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division and won promotion to the I-League.

Playing style

Danish earned the moniker of ‘Kashmiri Ronaldo' by fellow footballers and aficionados of the state, demonstrated by his dribbling skills and goal-scoring.

Personal life

He hails from a family of footballers from downtown Sakidafar.

Farooq was inspired by his father, Farooq Ahmad, who was a professional footballer two decades before him. Ahmad represented the Jammu and Kashmir state team in Santosh Trophy and also played for Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting.

"Football was in my blood. My father, who is also a known footballer, often used to take me along for his morning practice sessions and even for matches. Somewhere, I inherited this passion from him only."

—Danish on his father

Career Statistics

Club

As of 10 August 2019.
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Kashmir2016-17I-League 2nd Division50------50
2017–18I-League 2nd Division1430031174
2018–19I-League1921000202
2019–20I-League31001142
Total40610--52488
Career total4061000452478
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Honours

Club

Real Kashmir
  • I-League 2nd Division 🏆(1) : 2017–18
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