Born to a marketing couple and raised in a family with no significant sporting background, Ahan used to play cricket before being reportedly "forced" by his friends to give football a try.
In 2017 and 2018, he also represented Karnataka's State Team at the Sub-Junior National football tournament, captaining his side in the second edition.
[2] He went on to collect seven more appearances in the I-League as his club finished second to last in the table, maturing significantly as a goalkeeper and leaving his mark in the league's history book.
On 14 February 2021, he became the youngest recipient of the Hero of the Match, in the history of I-League, earning a clean sheet in a 1–0 win against Mohammedan.
[6] After joining the national trial camp in Bhubaneswar in 2018, Ahan was selected on his second attempt, as he joined the Under-16 and Under-17 national football teams (under Coach Shuvendu Panda) for several different exposure tours, including the Future Champions Tournament in Johannesburg and a Tri-Nation Series in Dubai.