East Bengal took some time to sort out their investor problems and finally signed a deal with Emami. Following the completion of the deal with Emami, East Bengal has been very active in the transfer market.
After finishing at the bottom of the ISL table, East Bengal hopes to make amends to their mistakes and have appointed former Indian coach Stephen Constantine and have signed many talented footballers as well.
The 5 foreign signings East Bengal have already made are:
- Charalampos Kyriakou
- Ivan Gonzalez
- Alex Lima
- Cleiton silva
- Eliandro
Now, East Bengal have signed their 6th foreigner. The Kolkata club has signed 24-year-old Australian midfielder Jordan O’Doherty. He last played for Newcastle Jets in the A-League in the 2021-22 season. He has also played for the U-23 Australian national team.
The transfer news has been confirmed by Indian football transfer journalist Marcus Megulhao, East Bengal coach Stephen Constantine and the player bio has also been updated on Wikipedia.
Jordan O’Doherty career so far
| Youth career | |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Adelaide United |
| Senior career* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Adelaide Raiders | 53 | (7) |
| 2014 | → Melbourne Knights (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Adelaide United NPL | 16 | (6) |
| 2016–2018 | Adelaide United | 28 | (1) |
| 2018–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 35 | (2) |
| 2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | (0) |
| 2022 | East Bengal | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Australia U-23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2017
