Sushil Bhattacharya

Sushil Bhattacharya
Personal information
Date of birth 1924
Place of birth Bagdogra, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death 18 July 2015 (aged 90)
Place of death Kolkata, India
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Town Club
Vidyasagar College
Sporting Union
1945–1949 East Bengal
1950–1956 Eastern Railway
1951 → East Bengal (loan)
Managerial career
Eastern Railway
1961–1962 East Bengal
1971–1972 Tollygunge Agragami
1975 India women
1975–1977 Bengal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 – 18 July 2015) was an Indian professional football player and coach,[1] who is credited for becoming the first manager of the India women's national football team.[2][3][4] He was also the first head coach in history of East Bengal Club.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "How women's football in India lost its way". Live mint. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Gender and sport in India: aspects of women's football". indien-netzwerk.de. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ Taylor & Francis: Soccer and Society (2005). The gendered kick: Women's soccer in twentieth century India, Soccer & Society, 6:2–3, 270–284, DOI: 10.1080/14660970500106469.
  5. ^ Sportstar, Team (1 August 2020). "100 years of East Bengal: A timeline". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ The World Sports Today (1 August 2020). "100 years of East Bengal: A timeline of Kolkata giant's key milestones". The World Sports Today. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.