Subrata Bhattacharya

Subrata Bhattacharya
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-03-03) 3 March 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Shyamnagar, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1990 Mohun Bagan 897[citation needed] (67[citation needed])
International career
1976–1988 India 41 (3)
Managerial career
2000–2003 Mohun Bagan
2003 Tollygunge Agragami
2007 East Bengal
2014–2018 Prayag United (technical director)
2018–2019 Bhawanipore
2019 Mohammedan (technical director)[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Subrata Bhattacharya (Bengali: সুব্রত ভট্টাচার্য; born 3 March 1953) is an Indian football manager and former professional footballer.[2][3][4] He primarily played as a defender for India national team and spent seventeen years playing for Mohun Bagan.[5][6][7][8] He was the stopper back for Mohun Bagan during 1975 IFA Shield final when East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 5–0, the biggest ever margin in the Kolkata Derby.[9][10][11] He won Indian National Football League for two times as a coach of Mohun Bagan. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in 1989.[12][13]

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  12. ^ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
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