Lara Sharma
{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lara Sharma
| image =
| image_size =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|1}}
| birth_place = Punjab, India{{Cite web |title="Pushing myself as I want to play more" - Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Lara Sharma flying high on confidence after breakout ISL season |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-pushing-i-want-play-more-bengaluru-fc-goalkeeper-lara-sharma-flying-high-confidence-breakout-isl-season |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Sportskeeda }}
| height = 1.92 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Goa
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs1 = Tata Football Academy
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Indian Arrows
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = ATK B
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years4 = 2020–2024
| clubs4 = Bengaluru
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023–2024
| clubs5 = → Kerala Blasters (loan)
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Goa
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2018
| nationalteam1 = India U19
| nationalcaps1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 12:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
}}
Lara Sharma (born 1 October 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Goa.
Club career
Lara is a product of the Tata Football Academy. He signed for Indian Arrows in 2017. In 2018, he made a move to ATK and played for their reserve team. In 2020, he was signed by Bengaluru FC.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=ISL Transfer News: Lara Sharma Joins Kerala Blasters on a Year-Long Loan Deal |url=https://www.news18.com/football/isl-transfer-news-lara-sharma-joins-kerala-blasters-on-a-year-long-loan-deal-8474239.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=News18 |language=en}} Lara was the second-choice goalkeeper for Bengaluru and did not get much playing time there. He won the 2022 Durand Cup with the club. For three seasons, he only made five league appearances for the club. In 2023, Lara was loaned to Kerala Blasters until the end of the 2023-24 season.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Three reasons why move to Kerala Blasters will benefit Lara Sharma |url=https://khelnow.com/football/2023-08-indian-football-isl-lara-sharma-kerala-blasters-move-analysis |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Khel Now |language=English}}
Career statistics
= Club =
{{updated|19 June 2024}}{{soccerway|-lara/530521}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|AFC !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Indian Arrows
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3" |ATK B
|rowspan="2"|I-League 2nd Division |2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|8 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 8 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4" |Bengaluru
| rowspan="3"|Indian Super League |0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|5 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 5{{efn|name=DurandCup|Appearance(s) in Durand Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1{{efn|name=DurandCup}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bengaluru B
|I-League 2nd Division |2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kerala Blasters (loan)
|rowspan="2"|Indian Super League |3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="1" |Goa
|0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
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Honours
Bengaluru