Raju Gaikwad
Raju Eknath Gaikwad
Defender
Bio
East Bengal's Raju Eknath Gaikwad has not appeared in the majority of the side's Indian Super League matches in 2020/2021, making seven appearances overall and playing 594 minutes. He has been selected in the starting XI in all seven of these appearances across their 20 fixtures. Gaikwad last featured in an Indian Super League game on February 23, playing 71 minutes for East Bengal versus NorthEast United in a 2-1 defeat. Unfortunately for both Gaikwad and East Bengal, he was sent off in this match. He has been shown a yellow card twice, as well as sent off once. In last season's Indian Super League, Gaikwad played in 12 games for Kerala Blasters. Gaikwad switched to East Bengal in January 2021 from Jamshedpur, for whom he made five league appearances in total, scoring one goal.