Bhaskar Ganguly

Bhaskar Ganguly is a former Indian football goalkeeper from West Bengal.[1][2] He was the captain of India national football team which participated in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.[3]

Ganguly during his playing days

Ganguly is one of the few Indian players who went abroad, joining foreign clubs, when he along with Monoranjan Bhattacharya signed with Dhaka Abahani and appeared in tournaments in Bangladesh.[4][5][6]

Playing career

Ganguly served in Indian team in several International soccer tournaments with great success during his career in the club from 1976 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1992, and captained the team in 1984–85.[7][8][9] As one of the best Indian goalkeepers ever, he played under coaching of Sushil Bhattacharya.[10][11][12] He as goalkeeper and Monoranjan Bhattacharjee as stopper back made East Bengal defence absolutely impregnable.[13][14]

Honours

East Bengal

• Federation Cup: 1978–79

Individual

• East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2019[15]
• Shaan-e-Mohammedan: 2023[16]

See also

• List of India national football team captains
• List of Indian expatriate footballers

References

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10. 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.
11. Das, Debasmita (14 May 2019). "ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম পেশাদার কোচ, না পাওয়ার বাস্তবে এ এক অন্য তথ্যচিত্র!" [East Bengal's first professional coach, this is another documentary in reality!]. bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
12. Bhowmick, Mithun (15 December 2018). "ভারতীয় ফুটবলের অসুখসমূহ: পর্ব – ২" [Diseases of Indian football: Episode – 2]. bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: IE Bangla Sports Desk. Indian Express News Service. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
13. "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the Champions of Central Asia!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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15. "East Bengal to confer Kapil Dev with Bharat Gaurav award". Outlook. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
16. "মহামেডানের গ্যালারি গড়তে ৬০ লাখ টাকা দিলাম, পরের বছর আইএসএলে দেখতে চাই: মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়" [Gave 60 lakh rupees to build Mohammedan gallery, want to see the club in ISL next year: Mamata Banerjee]. thewall.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Wall Bureau. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

Further reading

• জনকণ্ঠ, দৈনিক. "ফুটবলার রণজিৎ সাহার আশির দশক" [The 1980s of legendary footballer Ranajit Saha]. dailyjanakantha.com (Daily Janakantha) (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

External links

• Where have all the boys gone?: Indian Express Article