Rajendra Prasad Singh

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Personal information
Full name Rajendra Prasad Singh
Date of birth (1974-11-07) 7 November 1974 (age 48) [1]
Place of birth Cuttack, Odisha, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SAI Hostel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 SAI Hostel
1990–2005 Odisha
1997–2000 Bengal
1997–2004 Mohun Bagan
2002–2003 Mahindra United
2004–2005 State Bank Travancore
International career
2000–2002 India 17 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Odisha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rajendra Prasad "RP" Singh (born 7 November 1974) is an Indian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Mohun Bagan and the India national team. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Singh was born in Cuttack, Odisha and is the son of former Odisha state football team captain and international footballer Debendra Prasad Singh. [4] [5]

Club career

Singh started playing football for SAI Hostel in Odisha in 1990 and went to play for major division Indian clubs Mohun Bagan [6] and Mahindra United FC. [2] [7] He was part of the Mohun Bagan squad that won their first NFL title in the 1997–98 season. [8]

He represented the state teams of Odisha [9] and Bengal which played in the Santosh Trophy and was part of the Bengal team which won in the 1998 and 1999 editions. [2]

International career

Singh made his senior national team debut against Bangladesh in the MFF Golden Jubilee Tournament held at Maldives in 2000. [10] He played in the national team matches in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. [3] [11] [12] He was part of the national team squad that toured England in 2002 where India played against Jamaica. [13]

Coaching career

Singh was appointed the head coach of the Odisha team for the 2013–14 Santosh Trophy season. [9] [14]

Honours

Mohun Bagan

Bengal

Individual

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