M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
2021 🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #960 |
Midfielder
Previous Player | Next Player |
|---|---|
M Mamadou Dialla Sylla | 🇪🇸 | #959 | | CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | #961 | |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Arjan Singh Raikhy
Personal Profile
Birth Date | Birthplace | Birth Country | Citizenship | Height | Foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 October 2002 | Wolverhampton 🏴 | England 🏴 | England 🏴
India 🇮🇳 | (6 ft 0 in) 1.83 m | Right |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Villa Youth Record
2015-23 Aston Villa Youth
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Previous Clubs
- 2015 West Bromwich Albion Youth 🏴
Premier League, Championship
2015-16 Aston Villa Youth 🏴
Premier League
2016-18 Aston Villa Under 18s 🏴
Championship
2018-22 Aston Villa Under 23s 🏴
Championship, Premier League
2022-23 Aston Villa Under 21s 🏴
Premier League
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Transfer In
July 2015: Aged 12, Signed from West Bromwich Albion to join Villa's Youth set up
July 2019: Aged 16, Promoted from Villa Youth to the u18s
July 2021: Aged 18, Promoted from u18s to the u23s
August 2021: Aged 18, Loaned to Stockport for the remainder of 2021
January 2022: Aged 19, Loaned to Grimsby for the remainder of the 2021-22 season
August 2023: Aged 20, Released from the Villa Youth set up
Season | Joined Date | Aged | Fee | From | From | Signed Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019-20 | 1 July 2015 | 12 | Youth | Aston Villa Youth 🏴 | Dean Smith 🏴 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Villa Career
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 |
Aston Villa 2021 | Youth |
Premier League |
🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #960 |
🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |
Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Played Under
Mark Delaney 🏴 2021 🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Career Summary
🗓️ | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🟩 % | 🟨 % | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Competition Record
🕒 League | 🕒 FA Cup | 🕒 League Cup | 🕒 Europe | 🕒 European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
⚽ League | ⚽ FA Cup | ⚽ League Cup | ⚽ Europe | ⚽ European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
🔥 League | 🔥 FA Cup | 🔥 League Cup | 🔥 Europe | 🔥 European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League Gi | FA Cup Gi | League Cup Gi | Europe Gi | European Cup Gi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League GPG | FA Cup GPG | League Cup GPG | Europe GPG | European Cup GPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
League GPGi | FA Cup GPGi | League Cup GPGi | Europe GPGi | European Cup GPGi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Season by Season Record
🗓️ | 🎂 | 〽️ | 🏆 | 🕒 | ✅ | 🔁 | 🇺 | PPG | 🟩 | 🟩 % | 🟨 | 🟨 % | 🟥 | 🟥 % | ⚽ | 🔥 | Yellow | Red | GI | GPG | GPGi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 | 17 | PL | 11th | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
0 |
Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Goalkeeping Record
🗓️ | 🕒 | 🥅 | CPG | ⛔ | ⛔ % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 |
Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Honours
Played for the Villa
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Debuts & Dates
Season | First Squad | Manager |
|---|---|---|
2020-21 | 🟥 8 January 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park. | Mark Delaney 🏴 |
Season | Debut | Aged | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 | 🟥 8 January 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park. | 18 | Mark Delaney 🏴 |
Game # | First Goal | Scorer(s) |
|---|---|---|
Did not Score |
Season | Final Game | Aged | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 | 🟥 8 January 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park. | 18 | Mark Delaney 🏴 |
Season | Final Squad | Manager |
|---|---|---|
2020-21 | 🟥 8 January 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park. | Mark Delaney 🏴 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Loans Out
2021-22 Stockport County 🏴
20 Aug 2021 to 3 Jan 2022
National League, 🕒 8 | 5 (3) | ⚽ 0 |
2022 Grimsby Town 🏴
25 Jan 2022 to 31 May 2022
National League, 🕒 9 | 5 (4) | ⚽ 0 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Transfer Out
July 2015: Aged 12, Signed from West Bromwich Albion to join Villa's Youth set up
July 2019: Aged 16, Promoted from Villa Youth to the u18s
July 2021: Aged 18, Promoted from u18s to the u23s
August 2021: Aged 18, Loaned to Stockport for the remainder of 2021
January 2022: Aged 19, Loaned to Grimsby for the remainder of the 2021-22 season
August 2023: Aged 20, Released from the Villa Youth set up
Season | Date | Aged | Fee | To | To | Left Under |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023-24 | 17 August 2023 | 20 | Free | Leicester City 🏴 | Unai Emery 🇪🇸 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Subsequent Clubs
2023- Leicester City 🏴
Championship, 🕒 3 | 1 (2) | ⚽ 0 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Quotes
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Biography
Player #960 for Aston Villa, Arjan Raikhy has played as a midfielder for the club since the 2020-21 season.
Arjan was born on 20 October 2002 in Telford, Shropshire.
Raikhy was promoted to Sean Verity’s Under 18 Premier League squad and proved himself to be a burgeoning goalscoring midfielder having already in the 2020-21 league season hit an audacious goal against Chelsea, taking the ball 40 yards from goal before sending a looping half volley past the ‘keeper.
His impressive performances saw Mark Delaney promote Raikhy to the first team squad before giving him his first team debut in the 2020-21 season aged 18 in the 1-4 FA Cup defeat to Liverpool on Friday, 8 January 2021.
Raikhy was part of the youngest ever team to ever take the field for Villa in a professional game - aged 18.8 years on average - after the first team squad was forced into isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic which had seen a raft of players and staff testing positive for the virus in the week preceding the game.
Raikhy was also one of 16 debutants in the game - the most in a single game in Villa’s history and was also part of the starting XI made up of 11 debutants, the first time this had happened since Villa’s first professional fixture - also in the FA Cup - on Saturday, 13 December 1879 against Stafford Road. Raikhy made his debut appearance under caretaker manager Mark Delaney following Dean Smith having to join the first team in isolation.
The Birmingham Mail described Raikhy’s debut thus:
“Raikhy was excellent. Pinched possession off Liverpool on numerous occasions to start attacks and worked tirelessly for the team. A proper No8 this kid is who’s still playing for Villa’s under-18s. A proud night for him and his family, that’s for sure. The teenager’s got a great future in the game.”
Raikhy joins Villa left back Neil Taylor as one of the few British Asians in professional football. Raikhy, a Punjabi who excels at the pressing game, is passionately supported by the characterful Punjabi Villains who have brought so much to the atmosphere of the club in recent years and continues a proud tradition for Villa in breaking cultural boundaries.
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Appearances
1
Game | Matchday Summary | Match Squad |
|---|---|---|
Game #5564 | 🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park | Starting XI:
GK Ákos Ónodi | 🇭🇺 |
LB Callum Rowe | 🏴 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 |
CB Mungo Bridge | 🏴 |
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 |
RB Jake Walker | 🏴 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 |
M Ben Chrisene | 🏴 |
M Mamadou Dialla Sylla | 🇪🇸 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 |
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 |
Subs:
CF Brad Young | 🏴 |
M Harrison Sohna | 🏴 |
M Hayden Lindley | 🏴 |
D Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 |
M Teddy Rowe | 🏴 | |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Starts
1
Game | Matchday Summary | Line Up |
|---|---|---|
Game #5564 | 🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park | GK Ákos Ónodi | 🇭🇺 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
LB Callum Rowe | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
CB Mungo Bridge | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
RB Jake Walker | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Mamadou Dialla Sylla | 🇪🇸 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ | |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Substitute Appearances
0
Game | Matchday Summary | Substitutes |
|---|
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Unused Substitute Appearances
0
Game | Matchday Summary | Unused Substitutes |
|---|
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Goals Scored
0
Game | Matchday Summary | Scorer(s) |
|---|
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Assists Made
0
Game | Matchday Summary | Assist(s) |
|---|
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Cards Received
🟨
0
🟥
0
Game | Matchday Summary | Villa Cards |
|---|
International Record
International Career | Caps with Villa |
|---|---|
FA | Caps with Villa | Scorers |
|---|
FA | International Goals with Villa | Scorers |
|---|
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
Matches
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #960 |
🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Game #5564
Manager: Mark Delaney (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Haverfordwest, 2021
Referee: Craig Pawson | 🏴 | Sheffield & Hallam, 2008-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Season | 2020-21 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Friday, 8 January 2021
FA Cup
Scorer(s) | Louie Barry | 41' |
Assist(s) | Callum Rowe | 41' |
Teams
Starting XI
GK Ákos Ónodi | 🇭🇺 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
LB Callum Rowe | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CB Dominic Revan | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
CB Mungo Bridge | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
RB Jake Walker | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Mamadou Dialla Sylla | 🇪🇸 | 🟢 | 🔴 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 CF Brad Young | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for M Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | 61' |
🔁 M Harrison Sohna | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | 65' |
🔁 M Hayden Lindley | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔴 | for CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 66' |
🔁 CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | 🟢 | for LB Callum Rowe | 🏴 | 75' |
🔁 M Teddy Rowe | 🏴 | 🟢 | for RB Jake Walker | 🏴 | 75' |
Unused Substitutes
GK Oliwer Zych | 🇵🇱 |
RB Frankie Ealing | 🏴 |
M Taylor Jay-Hart | 🏴 |
M Michael Tait | 🏴 |
Starting XI
GK Caoimhin Kelleher | 🇮🇪 |
RB Neco Williams | 🏴 |
CB Rhys Williams | 🏴 |
M Fabinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Georginio Wijnaldum | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M James Milner (ex) | 🏴 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Curtis Jones | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Takumi Minamino | 🇯🇵 | 🔁 |
W Sadio Mané | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Thiago Alcántara | 🇪🇸 | for M Jordan Henderson | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | F Roberto Firmino | 🇧🇷 | for M Curtis Jones | 🏴 | 61’ |
🔁 | W Xherdan Shaqiri | 🇨🇭 | for W Takumi Minamino | 🇯🇵 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 🏴 | for W Sadio Mané | 🇸🇳 | 74’ |
🔁 | CF Divock Origi | 🇧🇪 | for W Mohamed Salah | 🇪🇬 | 74’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Alisson | 🇧🇷 |
RB Trent Alexander-Arnold | 🏴 |
LB Andrew Robertson | 🏴 |
CB Nathaniel Phillips | 🏴 |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ákos Ónodi, Callum Rowe, Dominic Revan, Mungo Bridge, Lamare Bogarde, Jake Walker, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ben Chrisene, Mamadou Dialla Sylla, Arjan Raikhy, Louie Barry
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Sadio Mané
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-1, Louie Barry, Assist by Callum Rowe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Georginio Wijnaldum
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Ben Chrisene, Sub on, Brad Young 🟢 🔴
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), Sadio Mané
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-4, (Liverpool), Mohamed Salah
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Arjan Raikhy 🔴, Sub on, Harrison Sohna 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Hayden Lindley 🟢 🔴
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Callum Rowe 🔴, Sub on, Sil Swinkels 🟢
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Jake Walker 🔴, Sub on, Teddy Rowe 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool
On This Day
Villa hand starting debuts to 11 players for only the second time in their history with the first having come in their first ever FA Cup game on Saturday, 13 December 1879 against Stafford Road.
Villa handed debuts to 16 players in total - their most ever in a single professional fixture.
Villa fielded their youngest ever side with the starting line up having an average age of 18.80 years.
Ákos Ónodi, 19, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 951st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Ónodi was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 20.
Dominic Revan, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 952nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Revan was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 21.
Mungo Bridge, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 953rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Bridge was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 21.
Lamare Bogarde, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 954th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Kaine Kesler-Hayden, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 955th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Jake Walker, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 956th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Walker was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.
Callum Rowe, 21, contributes an assist on his sole appearance in a Villa shirt and becomes the 957th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Rowe was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.
Ben Chrisene, 16, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 958th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Chrisene was sold to Norwich City in July 2024 for €1.80m / £1.53m.
Mamadou Dialla Sylla, 17, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 959th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Sylla was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 18.
Arjan Raikhy, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 960th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Raikhy was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2023 aged 20.
Louie Barry, 17, makes a goalscoring Villa debut to become the 961st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Brad Young, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 962nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Young was released from the Villa Youth set up in September 2023 aged 20.
Harrison Sohna, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 963rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Sohna was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 19.
Hayden Lindley, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 964th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Sil Swinkels, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 965th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Teddy Rowe, 17, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 966th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Rowe was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.
Michael Tait, 19, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Tait was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.
Taylor-Jay Hart, 17, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Hart was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.
Oliwer Zych, 16, makes his first squad appearance for Villa.
Frankie Ealing, 16, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Ealing was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.