Sukumar Samajpati (born 1939) was an Indian professional footballer.[1][2] He played predominantly as a forward, and was part of the Indian squad that finished runners-up at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup in Israel.[3]
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| Date of birth | 1939 (age 84–85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | |||||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | (45) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editStudied at the University of Calcutta,[4] Samajpati played for Chuni Goswami led Mohun Bagan AC in 1960,[5] before switching to East Bengal Club in domestic football. In Mohun Bagan, he was mentored by club legend Balaidas Chatterjee and participated in foreign tours.[6][7] He captained the "red and gold brigade" in 1965–66.[8][9][10] During his playing days in East Bengal, he was guided by Sushil Bhattacharya, club's first head coach.[11] He scored overall 46 goals with East Bengal between 1961 and 1968.
With India, he scored a goal in their 3–1 win over Hong Kong at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[12][13][14]
Honours
editMohun Bagan
- Durand Cup: 1960
- Calcutta Football League: 1960
- IFA Shield: 1960
India
- AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964[15]
Individual
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Football — the passion play in Kolkata". ibnlive.in. IBN Live. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Huge facelift for Howrah Union club". The Indian Express. Kolkata. Express News Service. 28 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023.
- ^ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Roy, Gautam; Ball, Swapan (2007). "East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players". www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ Mukherjee, Soham (30 April 2020). "1960–1965: When Chuni Goswami & co propelled Mohun Bagan to the zenith of success". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Balai Das Chatterjee is Mohun Bagan Ratna 2013". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Balaidas Chatterjee". themohunbaganac.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "East Bengal FC » Historical squads". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ Mitra, Atanu (19 July 2015). "Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away". www.goal.com. Kolkata: Goal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "RSSSF". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "100 years of East Bengal FC". Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kolkata football.com news 2008 December month". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Tel Aviv Asia Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "East Bengal and Mohun Bagan practice starts while East Bengal Day celebrated". KolkataFootball.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
- Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
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