Sujata Kar

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Sujata Kar
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sreebhumi (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 East Bengal
International career
1998–2007 India ? (12)
Managerial career
2017 Taltala Dipti Sangha
2022 ARA
2022–2023 East Bengal Women
2022– West Bengal (state)
2023– Sreebhumi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sujata Kar (born 13 May 1980) [1] is an Indian football coach and former footballer, [2] who is currently the head coach of Sreebhumi. She also 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]

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Early life

Kar grew up in the Jadavpur area of Kolkata. [4]

Career

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]

Honours

Player

East Bengal

Manager

Taltala Dipti Sangha

East Bengal

Sreebhumi

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