| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ambarnath,Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chennaiyin | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Central Bank | |||||||||||||||||
| Pune | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Lonestar Kashmir | 18 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | →Mumbai (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Jamshedpur | 44 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Mumbai City | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Jamshedpur | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Chennaiyin | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018− | India | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:12, 1 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:39, 14 October 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Farukh Haji Kasam Choudhary (born 8 November 1996) is an Indian professionalfootballer who plays as awinger forIndian Super League clubChennaiyin and theIndia national team.
Encouraged by his father to take on football, Choudhary started his career as a centre back with the Maharashtra state youth teams.[1] Choudhary then joined the academy ofI-League side,Pune.[2] He then joinedLonestar Kashmir for theirI-League 2nd Division campaign in which he scored six goals in 18 matches.[2]
After his impressive performance forLonestar Kashmir, Choudhary signed forKerala Blasters of theIndian Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with the club on 5 October 2016 againstAtlético de Kolkata. He started the match and played 68 minutes as Mumbai City FC lost 1–0.[3]
After the2016 ISL season, Choudhary was loaned toI-League sideMumbai.[4] He made his debut for the club on 8 January 2017 in their opening match of the season againstDSK Shivajians. He started and played 56 minutes as Mumbai won 1–0.[5]
On 23 July 2017, Choudhary was selected in the 11th round of the2017–18 ISL Players Draft byJamshedpur for the2017–18 Indian Super League.[6] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 againstNorthEast United. He came as a 69th-minute substitute forMehtab Hossain as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Super Cup | Durand Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lonestar Kashmir | 2015–16 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | 18 | 6 | |||
| Kerala Blasters | 2016 | Indian Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mumbai | 2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Jamshedpur | 2017–18 | Indian Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
| Mumbai City | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Jamshedpur | 2020–21 | Indian Super League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Chennaiyin | 2023–24 | Indian Super League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2021 | Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal | 11 |  Nepal | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [10] |
| 2. | 12 October 2024 | Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Dinh, Vietnam | 15 |  Vietnam | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [11] |
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