{{short description|Indian footballer (born 1993)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Arijit Bagui | image = | fullname = Arijit Bagui | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|08|29}} | birth_place = Dankuni, West Bengal, India | currentclub = Sreenidi Deccan | clubnumber = 24 | position = Right back | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | youthyears3 = | youthclubs1 = | youthclubs2 = | youthclubs3 = | years1 = 2013–2016 | years2 = 2016–2017 | years3 = 2017–2019 | years4 = 2019–2020 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs1 = Kalighat | clubs2 = Peerless | clubs3 = Mohun Bagan | clubs4 = Bhawanipore | clubs5 = Mohammedan | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2021–2023 | clubs6 = Sreenidi Deccan | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2023–2024 | clubs7 = Bhawanipore | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2024– | clubs8 = Sreenidi Deccan | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 12:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}
''' Arijit Bagui ''' ({{langx|bn|অরিজিৎ বাগুই}}; born 29 August 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan.
==Career== Arijit started his football career with Kalighat MS. He played for the club in 2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division. On 9 September 2013, he scored a goal against East Bengal in the 57 minute of their opening encounter of the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calcutta Premier Division: East Bengal opener abandoned|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/calcutta-premier-division-east-bengal-opener-abandoned|work=sportskeeda.com |access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref>
He played for them in 2014 I-League 2nd Division.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wahingdoh prove 'two' good for Kalighat MS|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/stateassociation_newsdetails.htm?id=5601|work=aiff.com|accessdate=15 July 2019}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kalighat drub United Sikkim|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=mar3014/sports07|work=assamtribune.com|access-date=15 July 2019}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2016, he joined Peerless SC and played for them in the 2016 CFL Premier Division.<ref>{{cite web|title=Md. Sp. held by Peerless|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/md-sp-held-by-peerless/cid/1349292|work=telegraphindia.com |access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref> He used to play as a winger, both left and right flank at Kalighat MS and was then converted into a right-back at Peerless.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan's Arijit Bagui - Can't repeat I-League mistakes in Super Cup|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/mohun-bagan-arijit-bagui-i-league-super-cup-2017-18/1sfeayma5kvg11jt4zxr92epha|work= goal.com|access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref>
===Mohun Bagan=== In July 2017, Mohun Bagan signed him for the 2017 CFL Premier Division and 2017–18 I-League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan bolsters squad by accommodating ISL draft rejects|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/mohun-bagan-bolsters-squad-by-accommodating-isl-draft-rejects/article19365468.ece|work=sportstar.thehindu.com |access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan defender Arijit Bagui - Jersey No. 14|url=https://www.facebook.com/MohunBaganAthleticClub1889/posts/mohun-bagan-defender-arijit-bagui-jersey-no-14/1608364119231508/|work=Facebook.com |access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref> He won the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup in October 2017 with the club.<ref name="interview"/>
====2017–2018 season==== Sarthak Golui who was to be the first-choice right-back was loaned out to FC Pune City and suddenly Bagui was competing for a spot in the playing eleven with Gurjinder Kumar at the start of the I-League in November 2017.
It was no surprise that Sanjoy Sen decided to go with the more experienced of the two for the first game of the season. Kumar was at fault for the late equaliser Minerva Punjab scored to draw the match 1-1 and was dropped. In came Arijit Bagui in the lineup for the next game – the Kolkata derby against East Bengal. A 1–0 win followed and Sen seemed to have found his replacement for Pritam Kotal, who left for Delhi Dynamos.<ref name="interview"/>
He was stretchered off in the next game itself where he injured his ankle after a tackle by a Churchill Brothers player in an off-the-ball incident. During that three-week layoff, Mohun Bagan experienced one of their most tumultuous periods in recent history. Sen resigned following three draws and after suffering his first league home defeat in three years with the club were languishing in the sixth spot.<ref name="interview"/>
The Dankuni resident made his comeback coincidentally on the day Sankarlal Chakraborty took full-time charge - in a 2–0 win over Aizawl FC. After winning 21 points from 11 matches thereafter, Chakraborty kept Bagan in the title race till the last day of the league. They turned around the season to finish third, four points behind champions Minerva Punjab and Bagui played in each of the final eleven games.<ref name="interview"/>
====2018–19 season==== He won the 2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division with the club. He made a total of 16 appearances for the club in the 2018–19 I-League.
====2019–20 season==== On 25 May 2019 Mohun Bagan retained him along with seven other players for the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Welcomes the Retained Players|url=https://themohunbaganac.com/mohun-bagan-announces-retained-players-list-so-far/|work=themohunbaganac.com |access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref> On 22 July 2019 it was announced that The Best Footballer award for last season was conferred to Arijit Bagui for his excellent performance as a right back.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Awards Announced At The Executive Committee Meeting|url=https://themohunbaganac.com/mohun-bagan-awards-announced-at-the-executive-committee-meeting/|work=themohunbaganac.com |access-date= 15 July 2019}}</ref>
== Career statistics == === Club === {{updated|9 December 2023}}<ref>{{soccerway|muthu-irulandi/579995}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="4" |Mohun Bagan |2017–18 | rowspan="3" |I-League |13||0||3{{efn|name=SuperCup|Appearance(s) in Super Cup}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||16||0 |- |2018–19 |16||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||16||0 |- |2019–20 |0||0||1{{efn|name=DurandCup|Appearance(s) in Durand Cup}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !29!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!33!!0 |- | rowspan="1" |Bhawanipore |2020 | rowspan="1" |I-League 2nd Division |4||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||4||0 |- | rowspan="1" |Mohammedan |2020–21 | rowspan="1" |I-League |4||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||4||0 |- | rowspan="3" |Sreenidi Deccan |2021–22 | rowspan="2" |I-League |7||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||7||0 |- |{{nowrap|2022–23}} |20||0||4{{efn|name=SuperCup}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||24||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !27!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!31!!0 |- | rowspan="1" |Bhawanipore |2023–24 | rowspan="1" |I-League 3 |4||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||4||0 |- | rowspan="1" |Sreenidi Deccan |2023–24 | rowspan="1" |I-League |0||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !68!!0!!8!!0!!0!!0!!76!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== ===Club===
'''Mohun Bagan''' *Calcutta Football League: 2018–19<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/football/mohun-bagan-win-calcutta-football-league-after-eight-years-1915623|work= sports.ndtv.com|accessdate= 15 September 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sreenidi Deccan FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagui, Arjit}} Category:Indian men's footballers Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Footballers from West Bengal Category:Men's association football defenders Category:I-League players Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Category:Calcutta Football League players Category:I-League 2 players Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen Category:Bhawanipore Club players Category:Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Category:Sreenidi Deccan FC players Category:Peerless SC players