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| Date of birth | 1939 (age 83–84) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bengal, British India | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | ||||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | (45) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||
| India | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||
Sukumar Samajpati (born 1939) was an Indian professional footballer. [1] [2] He played predominantly as a forward, and was part of the Indian squad that finished runners-up at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup in Israel. [3]
Studied at the University of Calcutta, [4] Samajpati played for Chuni Goswami led Mohun Bagan AC in 1960, [5] before switching to East Bengal Club in domestic football. In Mohun Bagan, he was mentored by club legend Balaidas Chatterjee and participated in foreign tours. [6] [7] He captained the "red and gold brigade" in 1965–66. [8] [9] [10] During his playing days in East Bengal, he was guided by Sushil Bhattacharya, club's first head coach. [11] He scored overall 46 goals with East Bengal between 1961 and 1968.
With India, he scored a goal in their 3–1 win over Hong Kong at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. [12] [13] [14]
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