Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar

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Kuntala Ghosh
Personal information
Full name Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar
Date of birth (1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bengal
International career
1980–1983 India ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar (born 23 June 1962) is a former Indian women's football player. She captained the Indian team that played the 1981 World Cup. It does not count in statistics because at that time FIFA did not recognise the women's game. Some of the other players who played in the 1981 World Cup are Shanti Mullick, Minati Roy and Judy D'Silva. Kuntala later took up coaching [1] and also became a football referee. [2] She started 'Bandhu Collective' to coach the players from under-privileged families, including from the Red Light areas. [3]

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Early life

Kuntala home was near the Vivekananda Park and she used to go regularly to the park along with her uncle Sujit Ghosh Dastidar. When she was young, she got an offer from renowned Satyajit Ray to act as ‘Durga’ in a movie but encouraged by her uncle she preferred football and politely refused the offer. In June 1975, Arati Bannerjee, wife of PK Bannerjee, organised a football match for women for the first time and Kuntala was part of the 16-member team that was selected from the 150 that turned out that day. Many of them, including Kuntala, went on to play for the National team. She worked and played for Railways. [4]

Career

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References

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  2. ↑ "Kunatla Ghosh Dastidar: Former Captain and an Inspiration of Indian Women-Football - Different Truths". 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ↑ Saha, Rajdeep (2022-12-18). "A ghost of the past, World Cup captain Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar ignores the noise". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  4. 1 2 "আমার দুর্গা: কুন্তলা ঘোষ দস্তিদার". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
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