Tarryn Allarakhia

Tarryn Allarakhia
Personal information
Full name Tarryn Allarakhia[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997[2]
Place of birthRedbridge, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Rochdale
Number 7
Youth career
Leyton Orient
–2015Aveley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016Aveley 9 (1)
2016–2017Maldon & Tiptree 42 (6)
2017–2018Colchester United 0 (0)
2018–2021Crawley Town 41 (0)
2019 → Wealdstone (loan) 18 (4)
2021–2022Woking 20 (0)
2022–2024Wealdstone 76 (11)
2024–Rochdale 62 (7)
International career‡
2024–Tanzania 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 January 2026‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 January 2026

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

Career

Early 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]

Maldon & Tiptree

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]

Colchester United

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]

Crawley Town

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 loan was later extended to the end of the season, during which he made 18 appearances, scoring 4 times as Wealdstone reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.[3] Following this, he spent a further two seasons at Crawley Town, before being released in summer 2021.[15]

Woking

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]

Wealdstone

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] He went on to score a total of 13 goals in 81 appearances over two full seasons at the club,[3] during which he also became the first ever Wealdstone player to make an appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations.[20]

In June 2024, it was announced that Allarakhia had left the club after failing to agree a new contract.[21]

Rochdale

On 10 June 2024, Allarakhia signed for Rochdale on a two-year deal.[22]

International career

Being British of mixed Indian and East African heritage, Allarakhia is eligible to represent Tanzania.[23] Allarakhia was named as part of the 25 man squad for the Tanzania national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations,[24] and made his senior international debut against Egypt on 7 January 2024.[25] He played in the 2023 AFCON match against Morocco.[26] Following the tournament, he remained part of the Tanzania set-up, and scored his first international goal in a 4–3 defeat against Kuwait in November 2025.[27]

Allarakhia was included in Tanzania's squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, and appeared in all four games at the tournament, as Tanzania progressed to the knockout stage for the first time in their history.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA CupLeague CupOther Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aveley2015–16[29]Isthmian League Division One North 9100—0091
Maldon & Tiptree2015–16[30]Isthmian League Division One North 132———132
2016–17[31]Isthmian League Division One North 29420—3[a]0344
Total 42620—30476
Colchester United2017–18[3]League Two0000000000
Crawley Town2018–19[3]League Two 5000103[b]090
2019–20[3]League Two 19000302[b]0240
2020–21[3]League Two 17010002[b]0200
Total 410104070530
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19[3]National League South184——00184
Woking2021–22[3]National League20010—1[c]0220
Wealdstone2022–23[3]National League 38510—1[c]0405
2023–24[3]National League 38610—2[c]2418
Total 76112000328113
Rochdale2024–25[3]National League 43420—7[d]1525
2025–26[3]National League 19300—4[d]0233
Total 6272000111758
Career total 26829804025330532
  1. ^One appearance in the Alan Turvey Trophy, one in the FA Trophy, one in the Isthmian League Division One North play-offs
  2. ^ abcAppearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ^ abcAppearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  4. ^ abIncludes FA Trophy and National League Cup

International

As of match played 4 January 2026[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tanzania202430
202561
202610
Total101

References

  1. ^"Notification of shirt numbers: Crawley Town"(PDF). English Football League. p. 22. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ ab"FootballSquads - Colchester United - 2017/2018". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ abcdefghijklmTarryn Allarakhia at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ abWaldron, Jonathan (18 April 2016). "Colchester United's under-21s travel to play their Leeds United counterparts". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ abHayhurst, 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. ^Trahan, Dev (17 January 2024). "AFCON: Tanzania international and South Asian heritage winger Tarryn Allarakhia becomes first Wealdstone footballer to play at tournament". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  21. ^"Allarakhia Departs the Stones". Wealdstone FC. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  22. ^"Allarakhia Is Fourth Summer Signing". 10 June 2024.
  23. ^"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.
  24. ^"Jina Tarryn lajumuishwa Taifa Stars kuelekea AFCON". TanzaniaWeb. 18 December 2023.
  25. ^ ab"Tarryn Allarakhia (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  26. ^"AFCON: Tanzania international and South Asian heritage winger Tarryn Allarakhia becomes first Wealdstone footballer to play at tournament". Sky Sports. 17 January 2024.
  27. ^Unwin, Will (22 December 2025). "From Rochdale to Rabat: the Lancashire duo at the forefront of Tanzania's Afcon bid". Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  28. ^"AFCON Round-Up Tarryn Allarakhia". Rochdale AFC. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  29. ^"Tarryn Allarakhia". Aveley F.C. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  30. ^"Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2015-2016". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  31. ^"Maldon & Tiptree – Appearances – Tarryn Allarakhia – 2016-2017". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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