Sivasakthi Narayanan

Sivasakthi Narayanan (born 6 June 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC.[1]

Sivasakthi Narayanan
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001
Place of birth Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bengaluru FC
Number 39
Youth career
2018–2020 Raman Vijayan Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Bengaluru B 11 (15)
2021– Bengaluru 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2021

Club career

Youth

Sivasakthi's youth career began when he was picked up by a local team during trials in Karaikudi.[1] Sivasakthi was scouted by Raman Vijan Soccer School and he was the top scorer in the 2018-19 season of Elite League with 22 goals for the club. He then joined Bengaluru FC's B team,[2] where he played for the club in the 2020-21 season of Bangalore Super Division league. He emerged as the top goal scorer after scoring a staggering 15 goals for the club, which includes two hat-tricks.[3][4][5]

Bengaluru FC

On 8 April 2021, Bengaluru FC announced their squad for their AFC Cup campaign, which saw the 20-year-old getting maiden call up for the senior team.[6] He made his senior team debut when he replaced Suresh Singh in the game against Bashundhara Kings at the group stage of 2021 AFC Cup.[7] He scored his first goal for Bengaluru, ten minutes after being substituted against Maziya S&RC.[8]

Personal life

Hailing from a football frenzy district of Karaikudi, Sivasakthi picked up football as an interest and went on to get selected for the trials held in his hometown, when he was in 7th grade at school. When he and his friends began to pick their favourite ISL teams, Sivasakthi chose to be a fan of Bengaluru FC.[1] Sivasakthi lost his father when he was young and is now survived by his mother, who according to Sivasakthi, raised and supported him to follow his passion. During the 2020-21 Bangalore Super Division season, Bengaluru FC B team's Head Coach, Sandesh Bhoite said that Sivasakthi is tall, lanky and has the kind of core strength that gets him past even the heaviest challenges.[1]

Career statistics
As of 18 September 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Youth
Raman Vijayan Sports Academy 2018–19 Indian Elite League 122200001222
2019–20 Indian Elite League 121700001217
Youth total 243900002439
Senior career
Bengaluru FC B 2020–21 Bangalore Super Division 111500001115
Bengaluru FC 2021–22 Indian Super League 405321114
Total 151553212219

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Small town boy with big time dreams". Bengaluru FC. 6 February 2021.
  2. "RVSS Product Sivasakthi Makes Dream BFC 'B' Debut". DT Next. 18 January 2021.
  3. "Sivasakthi on song as blue Colts regain top spot". Bengaluru FC. 22 February 2021.
  4. "Blue Colts reach summit with 8-1 rout of Income Tax". Bengaluru FC. 27 January 2021.
  5. On fire, this boy.
  6. "Blues announce 29-man squad for AFC Cup qualifiers". Bengaluru FC. 8 April 2021.
  7. @bengalurufc (21 August 2021). "Final change for the blues..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. @bengalurufc (24 August 2021). "Quality Touch, Quality Finish!..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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