Sanju Pradhan

Early career

Hailing from a Nepali Newar family, Pradhan was born to D.B. Pradhan and Sarda Pradhan on 11 March 1989 in the village of Sombaria which is located in the West Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim which is located in North East India. Pradhan gained a liking to football at a young age through watching people in his village play the game in their free time. During his child years Pradhan had to play at the school level but because his school did not have a team he had to play for other teams. He then attended the trials for the "Search for more Bhaichungs" at the West Sikkim district headquarters. After impressing Pradhan was selected to attend the statewide trials for the program in Gangtok where he passed as well and was one of 30 boys selected from the trial. In April 1999 the boys were sent to the Namchi Sports Hostel Football Academy where they participated in the Subroto Cup every year. Pradhan was also selected by the Sikkim football team at junior level. In 2006 Pradhan joined the Sports Academy of Sikkim after he and the other boys were sent there. That same year Pradhan, along with teammate Nirmal Chettri, was invited for a trial with Prayag United S.C. of Kolkata but neither player passed the trial. Then in October 2006, after a great performance in the All India Governors Gold Cup Football Tournament for the Sports Academy of Sikkim, Pradhan was scouted by then Air India FC coach Bimal Ghosh and was offered a chance to join the…

International

As of 28 November 2015

East Bengal

Federation Cup: 2009–10, 2012 Indian Super Cup: 2011 IFA Shield: 2012 Calcutta Premier Division: 2010, 2011 Atlético de Kolkata

Indian Super League 2014 Bhawanipore

Naihati Gold Cup: 2022 CFL Premier Division A runner-up: 2022 India

SAFF Championship: 2015 Nehru Cup: 2012