957
Legacy
Number
300
Youth
Promotion #
268
Youth
Debut #
1
Villa Appearances
0
Villa
Goals
0
Villa
Assists
0.00
Game
Per
Arjan Raikhy
Player #957
Midfielder
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 | #957 |
Arjan Singh Raikhy
20 October 2002
Wolverhampton 🏴
England 🏴
(6 ft 0 in) 1.83 m
Right
Transfer Notes
July 2015: Aged 12, Signed under Tim Sherwood to join Villa's Youth set up from West Bromwich Albion.
July 2019: Aged 16, Promoted from Villa Youth to the u18s.
July 2021: Aged 18, Promoted to Villa u23s.
August 2021: Aged 18, Loaned to Stockport County for the 2021-22 season.
January 2022: Aged 19, Recalled from loan at Stockport County.
January 2022: Aged 19, Loaned to Grimsby Town for the remainder of the 2021-22 season
August 2023: Aged 20, Released from the Villa Youth set up under Unai Emery.
Transfer In
Transfer In:
2019-20
Aston Villa Youth 🏴
Youth
1 July 2019
16
Dean Smith 🏴
Transfer Out
Transfer Out:
2023-24
Leicester City 🏴
Free
17 August 2023
20
Unai Emery 🇪🇸
Previous Clubs
Arjan Raikhy
Previous Clubs:
-2015 West Bromwich Albion Youth 🏴
Premier League, Championship
2015-19 Aston Villa Youth 🏴
Premier League
Subsequent Clubs
Arjan Raikhy
Subsequent Clubs:
2023- Leicester City 🏴
Championship, 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 (2) | ⚽ 1 |
2024-25 Tamworth 🏴 (L)
National League, 🕒 7 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 (6) | ⚽ 0 |
2025- Boston United 🏴
National League
2025-26 Morecambe FC 🏴 (L)
Progression
Arjan Raikhy
2019-21 Aston Villa u18s
2021-22 Aston Villa u23s
2021 Aston Villa First Team
2022-23 Aston Villa u21s
Appearance Record
Arjan Raikhy
Midfielder
2022-23 PL2 🕒 20 | ✅ 19 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | 🇺0 |
2021-22 PL2 🕒 3 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
2020-21 PL2 🕒 7 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
2022-23 PL Cup 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
2022-23 EFL Trophy 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
2020-21 EFL Trophy 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
2020-21 FA Youth Cup 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 4 | 🇺0 |
2019-20 FA Youth Cup 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |
2022-23 B’ham Senior Cup 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴 |
Aston Villa 2021 | Youth |
🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #957 |
🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |
Played Under
Arjan Raikhy
Mark Delaney 🏴 2021 🕒 1 | 1 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 |
Honours
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21 FA Youth Cup Winner
Debut Appearance
Arjan Raikhy
Debut Squad:
2020-21
🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney 🏴
Debut:
2020-21
🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney 🏴
18
Loans Out
Arjan Raikhy
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 |
Final Appearance
Arjan Raikhy
Final Appearance:
2020-21
🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney 🏴
18
Final Squad:
2020-21
🟥 8 Jan 2021, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Villa Park
Mark Delaney 🏴
Villa Career
Arjan Raikhy
Career Games
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0
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100%
0.00
Career Cards
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Career Goals
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0
Career Assists
Arjan Raikhy
0
Competition Record
Arjan Raikhy
League
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FA Cup
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0
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0.00
0.00
League Cup
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Europe
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Season Record
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21
Games
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0
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Results
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100%
0.00
Cards
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0
0
0.00
League Record
Premier League
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Championship
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Arjan Raikhy
First Division
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Second Division
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Third Division
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League Seasons
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21
Premier League
Games
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League Appearances
FA Cup Seasons
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21
FA Cup
Games
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1
1
0
Goals
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0
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0
League Cup Seasons
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21
League Cup
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0.00
League Cup Appearances
European Seasons
Arjan Raikhy
2020-21
n/a
Games
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European Appearances
Unused Substitute Appearances
Arjan Raikhy
Sendings Off
Arjan Raikhy
International Career
Arjan Raikhy
Full International Record
Villa International Record
Career Notes
Arjan Raikhy
July 2015: Aged 12, becomes the seventeenth player to be signed by Villa from West Bromwich Albion after Brad Young 🏴 (2015), Curtis Davies 🏴 (2007), Paul Crichton 🏴 (1997), Ugo Ehiogu 🏴 (1991), Jim Cumbes 🏴 (1971), Jimmy Dugdale 🏴 (1956), Vic Crowe 🏴 (1952), Davy Walsh 🇮🇪 (1951), Harry Hadley 🏴 (1905), Tom Perry 🏴 (1901), Chris Mann 🏴 (1899), Willie Groves 🏴 (1893), Jack Reynolds 🏴 (1893), Bob Roberts 🏴 (1892), Tommy Green 🏴 (1887) and Arthur Loach 🏴 (1886).
July 2015: Aged 12, becomes the fourth player acquired by Villa from West Bromwich Albion’s youth team set up after Brad Young 🏴 (2015), Ugo Ehiogu 🏴 (1991) and Vic Crowe 🏴 (1952).
January 2021: Aged 18, becomes the 300th Villa Youth player to graduate to the first-team squad.
January 2021: Aged 18, becomes the 960th player to play for Villa in first-team League or Cup football since the club’s first entry into the FA Cup in 1879.
January 2021: Aged 18, becomes the 268th Villa Youth player to play a first-team game for the club.
May 2021: Aged 18, won the 2020-21 Youth Cup Final with Villa.
Biography
Arjan Raikhy
Player #957 for Aston Villa, Arjan Raikhy played as a midfielder for the club in the 2020-21 season making his sole appearance in that season’s FA Cup.
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.
Arjan would be released from the Villa Youth set up under Unai Emery in August 2023, aged 20,