Sukumar Samajpati Explained

Sukumar Samajpati
Birth Place:Pabna, Bengal, British India
Position:Forward
Clubs1:Mohun Bagan
Clubs2:East Bengal
Goals2:45
Nationalteam1:India

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]

Career

Studied 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

Mohun Bagan

1960

1960

1960

India

Individual

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football — the passion play in Kolkata. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html. dead. 11 January 2012. ibnlive.in. IBN Live. 13 December 2011. 11 August 2014.
  2. News: Huge facelift for Howrah Union club. The Indian Express. Express News Service. Kolkata. 28 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20230606170326/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/huge-facelift-for-howrah-union-club/244373/. 6 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments. AIFF. Media Team. www.the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. en. New Delhi. 15 August 2022. 20 October 2022. 21 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220921011335/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/indian-football-down-the-years-looking-back-at-the-glorious-moments.
  4. Web site: Gautam. Roy. Swapan. Ball. 2007. East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players. 25 February 2009. www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072439/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers4.asp. 21 February 2009.
  5. Web site: Mukherjee . Soham . 1960–1965: When Chuni Goswami & co propelled Mohun Bagan to the zenith of success . Goal.com . 26 August 2020 . 30 April 2020 . 7 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207100844/https://www.goal.com/en/news/1960s-mohun-bagan-chuni-goswami-trophies-indian-football/1utzzq9j0icvgze2iw9ple0p1 .
  6. Web site: Balai Das Chatterjee is Mohun Bagan Ratna 2013. 26 February 2020. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226015358/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/Balai-Das-Chatterjeea/. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
  7. Web site: Balaidas Chatterjee. 26 February 2020. 26 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226015358/https://themohunbaganac.com/jarnail-singh-2/. themohunbaganac.com.
  8. Web site: Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News. kolkatafootball.com. 2019-02-11. 12 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011211/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/capeb.htm.
  9. Web site: East Bengal FC » Historical squads. worldfootball.net. 2019-02-11. 12 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011647/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/east-bengal-fc/20/.
  10. Web site: East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club. eastbengalclub.co.in. 2019-02-11. 8 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html.
  11. Web site: Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away. 19 July 2015. Kolkata. 22 July 2015. Atanu. Mitra. Goal. www.goal.com. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145235/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away. dead.
  12. Web site: RSSSF. 2021-02-21. 26 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226143449/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/64asch.html%20. live.
  13. Web site: 100 years of East Bengal FC. 2 July 2021.
  14. Web site: Kolkata football.com news 2008 December month. 2 July 2021. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182837/https://kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2008/december_month.html. live.
  15. Web site: Arunava . Chaudhuri . The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Tel Aviv Asia Cup . Indianfootball.de . 20 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002162221/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1964asiacup.html . 2 October 2011 . dead .
  16. Web site: East Bengal and Mohun Bagan practice starts while East Bengal Day celebrated. KolkataFootball.com. 19 December 2019. 28 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171228193844/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2011/august1stpart_2011.html.