Tarryn Allarakhia

Tarryn Allarakhia
Personal information
Full name Tarryn Allarakhia[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Redbridge, London, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Wealdstone
Number 7
Youth career
Leyton Orient
0000–2015 Aveley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Aveley 9 (1)
2016–2017 Maldon & Tiptree 42 (6)
2017–2018 Colchester United 0 (0)
2018–2021 Crawley Town 41 (0)
2019 → Wealdstone (loan) 18 (4)
2021–2022 Woking 20 (0)
2022– Wealdstone 67 (10)
International career
2024– Tanzania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Tarryn Allarakhia (born 17 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a winger for Wealdstone. Born in England, he plays for the Tanzania national team.

Allarakhia's early career began at Leyton Orient, before continuing his development at Aveley. He joined Maldon & Tiptree in January 2016, before signing a development contract with Colchester United in July 2017. He was released after one year at Colchester and joined fellow League Two club Crawley Town. In August 2021, he joined Woking. In June 2022, he joined Wealdstone.

Career

Born in Redbridge, London,[2] Allarakhia is a former player in Leyton Orient's Academy.[4] He trained with Bournemouth during the summer of 2015 and also had a one week trial at Norwich City.[5] He was signed to Aveley's first-team from their youth system in 2015 where he played as a winger.[6] He made eight league appearances for Aveley between October and December and scored one goal, and also made one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup.[7]

In January 2016, Allarakhia became Steve Ball's first signing as manager of Maldon & Tiptree.[5] He scored one goal in 18 appearances during the second-half of the 2015–16 season,[8] and scored a further four goals in 37 appearances during his first full season with the Jammers.[9] During his first few months at the club, through Maldon & Tiptree's link-up with Colchester United, Allarakhia made appearances for the Colchester under-21 team.[4]

In July 2017, Allarakhia signed a one year development contract with Colchester United.[10] He was released by the club at the end of the season.[11]

On 1 August 2018, Crawley Town signed Allarakhia on a two-year contract.[12] He made his professional debut on 14 August in Crawley's EFL Cup match against Bristol Rovers.[13] Allarakhia was loaned out for 28 days to Wealdstone on 8 January 2019.[14] The deal was later extended to the end of the season. He made 18 appearances, scoring 4 times as Wealdstone reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.[3] He was released by Crawley Town in summer 2021.[15]

On 19 August 2021, Allarakhia joined National League side, Woking on a one-year deal following a short-term trial period.[16] He went onto feature twenty-two times for The Cards before leaving in July 2022 at the end of his contract.[17]

On 27 June 2022, Allarakhia rejoined Wealdstone following his departure from Woking.[18] Allarakhia scored his first goal back at the club on 16 August 2022, scoring the second goal in a 2-1 win away at Oldham Athletic.[19]

International career

Born to parents of Indo-Tanzanian heritage, Allarakhia is eligible to represent both Tanzania and England.[20] Allarakhia was part of the 25 man squad for the Tanzania national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[21] and made his senior international debut against Egypt. He played in the 2023 AFCON match against Morocco.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aveley 2015–16[23] Isthmian League Division One North 9 1 0 0 — 0 0 9 1
Maldon & Tiptree 2015–16[24] Isthmian League Division One North 13 2 — — — 13 2
2016–17[25] Isthmian League Division One North 29 4 2 0 — 3[a] 0 34 4
Total 42 6 2 0 — 3 0 47 6
Colchester United 2017–18[3] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crawley Town 2018–19[3] League Two 5 0 0 0 1 0 3[b] 0 9 0
2019–20[3] League Two 19 0 0 0 3 0 2[b] 0 24 0
2020–21[3] League Two 17 0 1 0 0 0 2[b] 0 20 0
Total 41 0 1 0 4 0 7 0 53 0
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19[3] National League South 18 4 — — 0 0 18 4
Woking 2021–22[3] National League 20 0 1 0 — 1[c] 0 22 0
Wealdstone 2022–23[3] National League 38 5 1 0 — 1[c] 0 40 5
2023–24[3] National League 19 4 0 0 — 0 0 19 4
Total 57 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 59 9
Career total 187 19 5 0 4 0 11 0 208 19
  1. ^ One appearance in the Alan Turvey Trophy, one in the FA Trophy, one in the Isthmian League Division One North play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ^ a b Appearance in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Crawley Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 22. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "FootballSquads - Colchester United - 2017/2018". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tarryn Allarakhia at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b Waldron, Jonathan (18 April 2016). "Colchester United's under-21s travel to play their Leeds United counterparts". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b Hayhurst, Mark (7 January 2016). "Maldon and Tiptree manager Steve Ball delighted to get first win in charge". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ^ Manktelow, Jamie. "Millers recruit from the youth". Aveley FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Fixture And Results". Aveley FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ^ Hudson, Matt (12 July 2017). "Tarryn Joins U's U23s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  11. ^ Hudson, Matt (18 May 2018). "Seven Move On From U23s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Crawley Town sign defender David Sesay and midfielder Tarryn Allarakhia". BBC Sport. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  14. ^ "ALLARAKHIA JOINS WEALDSTONE ON LOAN". Crawley Town F.C. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  15. ^ Pole, Matt (18 May 2021). "Crawley Town confirm club's retained list". Crawley & Horley Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Woking Football Club on Twitter". Woking F.C. Twitter. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  17. ^ O'Sullivan, Daniel (18 May 2022). "2021/22 Retained and Released List". Woking F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  18. ^ "NEW SIGNING | Allarakhia returns to Stones". 27 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Report - Oldham Athletic 1-2 Wealdstone". 16 August 2022.
  20. ^ "South Asians in Football Weekly: Wealdstone's Tarryn Allarakhia could face Liverpool's Mohamed Salah before Tanzania AFCON 2023 adventure". Sky Sports. 4 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Jina Tarryn lajumuishwa Taifa Stars kuelekea AFCON". TanzaniaWeb. 18 December 2023.
  22. ^ "AFCON: Tanzania international and South Asian heritage winger Tarryn Allarakhia becomes first Wealdstone footballer to play at tournament". Sky Sports. 17 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Tarryn Allarakhia". Aveley F.C. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2015-2016". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2016-2017". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.