FULL NAME: Prakash Naik (Nick name: Papu)
GENDER: Male
BORN: 4th September, 1998 in Cuttack
PARENTS: Ashok Naik (Father), Rajani Naik (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Harijan Sahi, Sutahat, Cuttack, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
PLAYING POSITION: Striker
HOME CLUB: Rohit Academy (Cuttack)
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Subash Chandra Behera, Amarendra Singh, Prafulla Mishra, Salim Akbar Pathan
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha Senior Men

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Played tournaments for Bhubaneswar-based Unit-VI Athletic Association.
*     Played FAO First Division League for Cuttack-based Azad Hind Club for two years.
*     Started playing competitive football from home club Rohit Academy.

NATIONAL:
*     He was part of the captain of the Odisha team that qualified for the final rounds of the 78th Senior Men National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, winning both of their league matches in Group-F against Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at GNDU Sports Complex in Amritsar on 21 and 23 Nov 2024.
*     He was part of the Odisha team that finished 5th in Group-A of the Final Round of 76th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, held in Bhubaneswar from 10-20 February 2023.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Graduated as a 13th batch cadet of Jamshedpur-based Tata Football Academy after completing a four-year-long residential training course in July, 2018.
*     Joined Tata Football Academy (TFA) as a junior trainee in July 2015.
*     He was spotted through Tata Steel`s nation-wide talent hunt campaign `Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars` in 2012, went to Italy on a 15-day exposure tour and represented India in a youth tournament in Milan. In the youth tournament, he scored a goal against America.
*     During the Italian tour, he met many great players including Dutch star Wesley Sneijder.
*     He was among 20 boys, who underwent a two-week-long training stint at TFA in 2015.
*     Honed his skills at Sambalpur-based Samaleswari Football Academy for three years.
*     Started playing football in the year 2007.
*     His father Ashok Naik works as a low-paid employee in Cuttack Municipal Corporation.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: July 18, 2015
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 23 November 2024