Appearances:
1 |
Starts:
1 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
0.00 |
Assists:
0 |
Goal Involvements:
0 |
Player #960
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/november/U18s-Chelsea-2-4-Aston-Villa/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/november/U18s-Chelsea-2-4-Aston-Villa/
Born:
Citizenship:
Position:
From:
To:
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🏴 🇮🇳
Midfielder
2020-21
2020-21
1
0 |
0 |
Arjan Raikhy
Arjan Raikhy
Seasons Quick-View
2021 | 🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #960 |
Season
2020-21 |
Age
17 |
Division
PL |
Squad #
#67 |
Appearances
1 |
Starts
1 |
Subs
0 |
Unused
0 |
Goals
0 |
Assists
0 |
Bookings
0 |
Red Cards
0 |
Games / Goals
0.00 |
Goal
Involvements
0 |
Injury
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
Appearances
Conceded
per Game
Clean Sheets
Clean Sheet %
2020-21 |
1 |
Arjan Singh Raikhy
Birth Date
20 October 2002
Birth Place
Wolverhampton
Birth Country
England
🏴
🏴 🇮🇳
Citizenship
England
India
Villa Youth
2015-23 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams
- 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
Transfer In
Aged
12
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
1 July 2015
Under
Dean Smith 🏴
Transfer Notes
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
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
n/a
Under
n/a
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 |
Transfer Out
Aged
To
For
On
Under
20
Leicester City
Free
17 August 2023
Unai Emery 🇪🇸
Subsequent Clubs
2023- Leicester City
Championship, 🕒 3 | 1 (2) | ⚽ 0 |*
Arjan Raikhy
Villa Career
2021 | Youth | 🏴 |
Premier League,
🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #960 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
1
0
Goals
0
Played Under
Mark Delaney 🏴 2021
First Squad
8 January 2021
Manager
Mark Delaney 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
2020-21
8 January 2021
Liverpool (h), FA Cup
18
Mark Delaney 🏴
Appearances
Goals
1
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
2020-21
8 January 2021
Liverpool (h), FA Cup
18
Mark Delaney 🏴
(Final Squad)
8 January 2021
Manager
Mark Delaney 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(6 ft 0 in) 1.83 m
Foot
Right
International Record
National Team
England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Arjan Raikhy
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/november/U18s-Chelsea-2-4-Aston-Villa/
Source: AVFC.co.uk/news/2020/november/U18s-Chelsea-2-4-Aston-Villa/
Player #959 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.