Lara Sharma
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999
Place of birth Punjab,[1] India
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Kerala Blasters, (on loan from Bengaluru)
Number 23
Youth career
2015–2017 Tata Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Indian Arrows 0 (0)
2018–2020 ATK Reserves 10 (0)
2020–2023 Bengaluru 5 (0)
2023–Kerala Blasters (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2016–2018 India U19 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lara Sharma (born 1 October 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters, on loan from Bengaluru.[2]

Club career

Lara is a product of the Tata Football Academy. He signed for Indian Arrows in 2017. In 2018, he made a move to ATK and played for their reserve team. In 2020, he was signed by Bengaluru FC.[3] Lara was the second-choice goalkeeper for Bengaluru and did not get much playing time there. He won the 2022 Durand Cup with the club. For three seasons, he only made five league appearances for the club. In 2023, Lara was loaned to Kerala Blasters until the end of the 2023-24 season.[4]

Career statistics

As of 5 January 2023[5]
Club Season League Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Indian Arrows (loan) 2017–18 I-League 000000
ATK B 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division 20000020
2019–20 80000080
Bengaluru 2020–21 Indian Super League 00500050
2021–22 50000050
2022–230000101 0
Bengaluru B 2022-23 I-League 2200000020
Career total 170006000230

    Honours

    Bengaluru

    References

    1. ""Pushing myself as I want to play more" - Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Lara Sharma flying high on confidence after breakout ISL season". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
    2. "ISL: Kerala Blasters set to sign Lara Sharma on loan from Bengaluru FC". Khel Now. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
    3. "ISL Transfer News: Lara Sharma Joins Kerala Blasters on a Year-Long Loan Deal". News18. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
    4. "Three reasons why move to Kerala Blasters will benefit Lara Sharma". Khel Now. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
    5. Lara Sharma at Soccerway
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