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Raju Gaikwad
Raju Eknath Gaikwad (born 25 September 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League 3 club Diamond Harbour FC. Gaikwad primarily plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back and is a long throw specialist.
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Raju Eknath Gaikwad | ||
| (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 | ||
| Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||
| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
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| Diamond Harbour FC | ||
| 47 | ||
| Tata Football Academy | ||
| Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Pailan Arrows | 14 | (0) |
| East Bengal | 37 | (0) |
| → Mumbai City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| Mohun Bagan | 14 | (0) |
| → Goa (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| Mumbai City | 15 | (0) |
| Jamshedpur | 5 | (0) |
| Kerala Blasters | 12 | (0) |
| East Bengal | 19 | (0) |
| Churchill Brothers | 12 | (1) |
| Delhi | 2 | (0) |
| Diamond Harbour FC | 2 | (0) |
| India U23 | 4 | (0) |
| India | 23 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:49, 11 March 2023 (UTC)‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC) |
Raju Eknath Gaikwad (born 25 September 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League 3 club Diamond Harbour FC. Gaikwad primarily plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back and is a long throw specialist.
After spending time at Tata Football Academy Gaikwad signed for Pailan Arrows (then AIFF XI) in the I-League. He made his league debut for the club on 3 December 2010 against Prayag United at the Salt Lake Stadium which was also Pailan Arrows's first ever game in the I-League; Pailan lost 2–1.
In July 2011 Gaikwad signed for East Bengal after one season at Pailan and made his debut for the club on 4 February 2012 after missing the first few months of the season through injury.
In June 2015 Gaikwad signed for Mohun Bagan from rival club East Bengal.
Kerala Blasters signed Raju as a replacement for Sandesh Jhingan in the 2019–20 ISL season.
Gaikwad made his debut for the India U23 on 23 February 2011 against Myanmar's U23s in the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers; India U23 won 2–1. He then made his senior debut for India on 21 March 2011 in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against Chinese Tapei at the MBPJ Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; India won 3–0. Gaikwad then won his first championship with India on 11 December 2011 when he helped India beat Afghanistan in the 2011 SAFF Cup. Gaikwad then went on to lead India to win the 2012 Nehru Cup when India managed to beat Cameroon's B team on 2 September 2012 at the Nehru Stadium in the Indian capital, Delhi.
As of 11 March 2023
Statistics accurate as of 6 May 2015
| India national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
Tata Football Academy
- I-League U19: 2008
India
- SAFF Championship runner-up: 2013
- Nehru Cup: 2012
East Bengal
- Federation Cup: 2012
- Calcutta Football League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- IFA Shield (1): 2012
Mohun Bagan
- Federation Cup: 2015–16
Churchill Brothers
- Baji Rout Cup runner-up: 2022
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