Nikhil Poojary

Born in Mangalore, Karnataka Poojary started his career with Ryan FC in Mumbai.

[2] While with Ryan FC, Poojary was selected to play for the Maharashtra under-19 side in the school games nationals.

[3] Poojary soon joined the youth side of Mumbai before signing with Kolkata giants East Bengal in 2015.

Poojary made his first-team debut for East Bengal on 4 August 2016 in their opening Calcutta Football League fixture against Bhawanipore.

[4] Poojary scored his first goal for the club on 23 September 2016 during the group stage match of the Bordoloi Trophy against Bongobi Agragami of Bangladesh.