Rajib Ghosh (footballer)

Rajib Ghosh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-07-12) 12 July 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	West Bengal, India
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Mohun Bagan
Youth career
2004–2006	Ballygunge AC
2006–2008	Calcutta Port Trust
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Kolkata Mohammedan
2009–2010	Dhaka Mohammedan
2010	Mohun Bagan
2010–2011	East Bengal
2011–2012	Pailan Arrows	14	(0)
2012–2013	Mohun Bagan	2	(0)
2013–2016	Bhawanipore
International career
2007–2008	India U19	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rajib Ghosh (born 12 July 1989) is an Indian former footballer who last played as a defender for Calcutta Premier Division side Bhawanipore. He also represented West Bengal in Santosh Trophy, winning the 2009–10 season.

Club career

Early career

Born in West Bengal, Ghosh started playing football very early, when he was 6–7 years old. He played Nursery League for the Avenue Lake Gardens team, where they finished runners-up.[2] He played as a midfielder in that tournament.

After that stint, he joined Ballygunge AC, a 5th Division team in Kolkata where he played as a stopper.[2] He then switched over to Milan Samity next season, where he played for two years. There also he played in centre-back.

He then moved to Kidderpore, where he spent two seasons. He played both as right back as well as defensive midfielder in that team. In his second season in Khidirpur (2005–06), they reached the Super Division (now Premier Division).[2]

Ghosh first played in the CFL Premier Division during 2006–07 season, when he joined Calcutta Port Trust. The team was managed by Alok Mukherjee, who used him as left back.[2] He got an offer to play for Mohammedan Sporting After that season, he got offer from Mohun Bagan and Salgaocar, but he had to stay in Mohammedan since he had two more years on his contract with them.

After that, he spent a year with East Bengal.[2]

Dhaka Mohammedan

In 2009, Ghosh moved to Bangladesh and joined Premier League side Mohammedan Sporting Dhaka.[3][4] He played there until 2010, before signing with Mohun Bagan.

Pailan Arrows

After his stint in Mohammedan, Ghosh joined Pailan Arrows in 2011.[5] They played under the coaching of Sukhwinder Singh.[6] Pailan participated in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup and finished second in group stages behind Salgaocar.[7] They then began their 2011–12 I-League campaign against Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium on 23 October 2012 in which they lost 1–3.[8][9] Towards the end of the season, Pailan managed to win two matches, one against Chirag United Club Kerala and another against HAL to finished the season in 13th place out of 14 teams and were not relegated being a developmental team.[10][11]

Mohun Bagan

Ghosh signed for Mohun Bagan AC of the I-League on 14 May 2012.[12] He played only 2 matches.

Bhawanipore

In 2013, he moved to Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore. In the I-League 2nd Division, the club achieved runners-up finish in 2014–15, with 17 points in 8 matches.[13][14][15] They later achieved third place in 2012–13.[16][17]

West Bengal

Ghosh also appeared with the West Bengal team in the 46th edition (2009–10 season) of Santosh Trophy.[2] In the final on 8 August 2010, they clinched the title edging past Punjab 2–1 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.[18][19][20]

International career

While Rajib was in Mohammedan Sporting, Colin Toal called him to the India U19 national camp in Goa.[21] He was also part of the team that participated in 2008 AFC Youth Championship qualification, where he appeared in five matches.[22]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 1 June 2013

Club	Season	League			Cup			AFC			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Pailan Arrows	2011–12	14	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	14	0	0
Mohun Bagan	2012–13	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	2	0	0
Career total		16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0

Honours

Mohun Bagan

• Federation Cup runner-up: 2010[23][24]

West Bengal

• Santosh Trophy: 2009–10[20]

See also

• List of Indian football players in foreign leagues

References

1. "Player profile: Rajib Ghosh". www.worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
2. "Interview of Rajib Ghosh". www.mohunbaganac.com. Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
3. "Player profile – Career – Stats: Rajib Ghosh". www.playmakerstats.com. Playmaker Stats. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
4. "Mohammedan Sporting Club Dhaka (2009–10 season): Summary – Squad – Nationalities". www.playmakerstats.com. Playmaker Stats. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
5. "Pailan Arrows 1-1 HAL – Hamza Wins A Point For The Away Side". goal.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
6. "Football coach Desmond Bulpin sacked by AIFF". Zee News. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
7. "Salgaocar beat Pailan Arrows to enter Federation Cup semis". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
8. lahiri, Debjit. "I-League: Pailan Arrows 1–3 Mohun Bagan AC – Odafa Okolie Hat-trick Powers A Second Half Bagan Rally". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
9. Bali, Rahul. "I-League: Sukhwinder Singh resigns from Pailan Arrows". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
10. Noronha, Anselm. "Chirag United Kerala 0–3 Pailan Arrows: CS Sabeeth's hat-trick sinks his former side into second division". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
11. Noronha, Anselm. "HAL Bangalore 1–2 Pailan Arrows: Allwyn scores late in his side's second successive win". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
12. Bhutani, Rahul. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 14th". The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
13. "2nd Division League Starts in February 14". Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
14. "2nd Div League: Teams Qualified". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
15. "ROYAL WAHINGDOH ARE SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONS". I-League. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
16. Fixtures, results and table of 2013 I-League 2nd Division final round Archived 27 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine indiafooty.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
17. "India 2012/13: I-League 2nd Division". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021.
18. "AIFF (The All India Football Federation) webpage". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
19. "AIFF webpage". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
20. "Bengal beat Punjab to win Santosh Trophy after 11 years". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
21. "Exclusive Interview With The Technical Director Of Indian Football – Colin Toal". www.goal.com. Goal. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
22. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2008). "2008 AFC U19 qualification results". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
23. "Player profile – Passport – Career – Trophies – Matches: Rajib Ghosh". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
24. "East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan to win 32nd Federation Cup and gets AFC ticket". Kolkata Football. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

External links

• Rajib Ghosh at Soccerway