Bimal Ghosh

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Bimal Ghosh
Personal information
Full name Bimal Prafulla Ghosh
Date of birth (1956-06-29) 29 June 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth India
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 ICL Payyade F.C.
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1994–2009 Air India
2010 Bengal Mumbai F.C.
2012–2014 Mumbai Tigers
2015-2017 Nagpur FC
2018–2019 Tollygunge Agragami
2022 Indian Heroes Daman
2023 D.K. Pharma
2023-Present ICL Payyade F.C.

Bimal Ghosh (born 29 June 1956) is an Indian former footballer and football manager, most notable for his 18-year tenure as the Head Coach of Air India Football Club in Mumbai.

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He is a recipient of the Dronacharya Award, which is given to those coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. He has also won the NFL Best Coach Award.

Bimal Ghosh is most notable for producing over 32 players for the Indian national football team and many more for the Indian national youth teams and players who have had successful professional careers in the Indian Super League and I-League.

Coaching career

Air India

During the first ever National Football League season in 1996–97, Ghosh was the coach the Air India FC. [1] [2]

Mumbai Tigers

In 2012, Ghosh became the first ever manager of Mumbai Tigers, a start-up team based in Mumbai in the I-League 2nd Division, then named Dodsal Football Club. [3] On 1 September 2012, in Dodsal's first ever tournament, the 2012 Durand Cup, Ghosh led his side to the final where they would face, and lose, to his former side Air India FC 3–2 on penalties. [4]

Nagpur

In February 2016, it was confirmed that Ghosh was coaching Nagpur Football Club during the YMFC Centennial All India Football tournament. [5]

Tollygunge Agragami F.C.

In August 2018, Ghosh was appointed as the head coach of Calcutta Football League side Tollygunge Agragami. [6]

Coach

As of 1 June 2013
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Mumbai Tigers 20122014211119052.38
Total211119052.38

Honours

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Old Boys Club: Bengal Mumbai FC". mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. The Mumbai Mirror. 2 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dodsal FC enters Durand Cup final". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Air India win Durand Cup". The Times of India . 2 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Nayse, Suhas (14 February 2016). "Nagpur FC to clash with ONGC in final". Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "CFL 2018: Bimal Ghosh replaces Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Tollygunge Agragami coach". Goal. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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