Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 May 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Southern Samity (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | East Bengal | ||
International career | |||
1998–2007 | India | (12) | |
Managerial career | |||
2017 | Taltala Dipti Sangha | ||
2021 | Southern Samity (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | ARA (assistant) | ||
2022 | ARA (interim) | ||
2022–2023 | East Bengal | ||
2022– | West Bengal (state) | ||
2023–2025 | Sribhumi | ||
2025– | Southern Samity | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sujata Kar (born 13 May 1980) [1] is an Indian head coach and former professional women's footballer. [2] She served as the head coach of the East Bengal side in their maiden appearance in the Indian Women's League season. She also represented and served as the captain of the India women's national football team in 2007. [3]
In February 2000, she signed a contract with the German Bundesliga second division by TSV Crailsheim. [4] She trained for two months in Germany along with Alpana Seal, but lack of proper documentation denied her a chance to play in the foreign league.
In 2001, she captained the East Bengal club team which won the Kolkata Women's Football League. [5]
As a coach, she guided Sribhumi to their Indian Women's League 2 title in 2024.
East Bengal
Taltala Dipti Sangha
East Bengal
Sribhumi
2024: Best women's coach of the year awarded by AIFF. [9]