Holicharan Narzary

Youth career

He was born in Kokrajhar, BTR, Assam to a Bodo family. Narzary first started playing football in his village of Kokrajhar, Assam, where he represented his school team. After impressing in the school leagues, he was called to attend a trial at a SAI hostel nearby. Having made the cut there, he went on to represent Assam at the U-16 National Championships in Mahilpur. His talent was spotted by scouts at the tournament and he earned a call up to the India U16 squad, from where he graduated to the India U19 team.

Pailan Arrows

Narzary joined Pailan Arrows (then AIFF XI and current Indian Arrows) for the 2010–11 I-League season. Narzary made his professional debut on 15 May 2011 Salgaocar as a substitute, where he scored his first goal at professional level, but could not prevent the Arrows from losing 1–3. During the 2011-12 I-League season, Narzary was not considered in the plans of the new coaches of Pailan Arrows, Sukhwinder Singh and Sujit Chakravarty, and he only made seven I-League appearances and he did not appear in the 2011 Federation Cup. However, in Pailan's first match of the 2012–13 overall season, on 25 August 2012 in the 2012 Durand Cup, Narzary scored against Delhi United, which ended in a 2–2 draw after the final whistle. Narzary started in the 2012 Federation Cup match against Dempo on 19 September 2012 in group stage, where he scored a goal to give Pailan Arrows the lead in the 52nd minute, however the match ended 1–1 after…

Narzary represented India U19s and made his debut on 31 October 2011 in a match against Turkmenistan U19, which India U19s won 3–1. He made his debut for the India U23s in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualifiers on 25 June 2012 by coming in as a 39th-minute substitute for Jeje Lalpekhlua against Iraq U23, which India U23 were vanquished by the score 2–1. Narzary was called-up for the India national football team to make his senior debut by representing them in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He made his debut on 12 March 2015 as an injury time substitute for Robin Singh against Nepal in a 2-0 win at Guwahati. Narzary was included in the Indian squad to take part in the 2015 SAFF Championship. He played in the final on 3 January 2016 against Afghanistan, which India emerged victorious by a score of 2–1, thereby winning his first international trophy. He scored his national debut goal in the friendly match against Bhutan on 13 August 2016, which ended in a comfortable 0–3 victory for India. He was included in the Indian squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, and also played in the last qualifying match of India against Kyrgyzstan on 27 March 2018, which India eventually lost 2–1 but topped the group table, thereby automatically qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup after the match against Macau after missing out the 2015's edition. Narzary was called-up for the Indian squad for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup. India qualified and met Kenya in final match, where Narzary…

Narzary is a left winger. A skillful left-footed player, he can also operate as a right winger, cutting inside onto his left foot. He has the ability to drive past defenders with his pace and deliver crucial crosses in the final third. He is also considered to be one of the best young players in the country.

Narzary was born in Kokrajhar, Assam. During an interview, he said that his father trained him in his first step's to football. He also played football for his school team during his childhood. His father died while he was young and his mother did small chores. On 2 October 2019, Narzary married Geetanjali Deori of Barpeta as per the Bodo tradition at Batabari village in Kokrajhar district of Assam.