Sukumar Samajpati

Sukumar Samajpati

Personal information
Date of birth	1939 (age 85–86)
Place of birth	Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mohun Bagan
	East Bengal		(45)
International career
	India
Medal record Men's football Representing   India AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 1964 Israel Team
*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]

Career

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]}

Honours

Mohun Bagan

• Durand Cup: 1960
• Calcutta Football League: 1960
• IFA Shield: 1960

India

• AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964 ^[15]

Individual

• East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2011 ^[16]

See also

• List of East Bengal Club captains
• History of the India national football team

References

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Bibliography

• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN   978-0-143-42641-7.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN   9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN   978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.