Sumit Rathi

Sumit Rathi
Personal information
Full name Sumit Rathi
Date of birth (2001-08-26) 26 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mohun Bagan
Number 2
Youth career
AIFF Elite Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Indian Arrows 0 (0)
2018–2019 ATK B 10 (0)
2019–2020 ATK 14 (0)
2020– Mohun Bagan 7 (0)
International career‡
2019–2021 India U20 8 (1)
2021–2023 India U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2023

Sumit Rathi (born 26 August 2001), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan.[1][2][3]

Career

Early career

He started his career at AIFF Elite Academy, later joining Indian Arrows who play in the I-League for the 2017–18 season.

ATK

He was signed by ATK Reserves[4] team for 2018-19 season, where he turned out for 10 matches in the season.[citation needed]

For the 2019–20 season, Rathi was called up to the senior team by manager Antonio Lopez Habas. He was declared 'Hero of the Match' in the match against Mumbai City in the 11th round of the season.[5] After making 14 appearances in his breakthrough season and impressing throughout, as well as helping ATK to their 3rd ISL trophy, he was declared the Emerging Player of the Season for 2019–20.[6]

2020–2021 season

On 14 August Sumit Rathi signed a five-year contract for Mohun Bagan SG keeping him till 2025.[7][8][2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2022[9]
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Indian Arrows 2017–18 I-League 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
ATK B 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division 10 0 0 0 – 10 0
ATK 2019–20 Indian Super League 14 0 0 0 – 14 0
Mohun Bagan SG 2020–21 6 0 0 0 – 6 0
2021–22 1 0 0 0 3[a] 0 4 0
2022–23 0 0 2[b] 0 1[a] 0 3 0
Career total 31 0 2 0 4 0 37 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

ATK

Mohan Bagan

India U19

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Squad ATK 2019-20 ISL". ISL. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "ISL: Sumit Rathi signs 5-year contract with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "U-19 India squad, participated in AFC U19 Championships". AFC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "I-League 2017/18: AIFF reveals 25-member squad for Indian Arrows". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Antonio Habas: Sumit Rathi can be a very important player for India | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Hero ISL 2019–20: Season Award Winners". Indian Super League. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "ISL: Sumit Rathi signs 5-year contract with ATK Mohun Bagan". www.aninews.in. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Sumit Rathi signs a five-year contract with ATK Mohun Bagan". www.indiansuperleague.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. ^ Sumit Rathi at Soccerway
  10. ^ "OFC's Youth Development Tournament 2019 – Men's". Oceania Football Confederation. August 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.


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