Tarun Dey

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Tarun Dey
Personal information
Place of birth India
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1994 East Bengal Club
International career
India 53 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tarun Dey is a retired Indian football defender who represented India at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for East Bengal Club and was awarded the Man of the tournament of the 1985 Coca-Cola Cup. [1] [2]

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Dey is also a qualified AFC coach and managed East Bengal youth team as assistant coach. [3]

Club career

He joined Calcutta Football League club East Bengal in 1982 and captained the team in 1986–87. [4] [5] [6] They later won Federation Cup and qualified for 1985–86 Asian Club Championship. [7] As part of Central Asia Zone (tournament was named "Coca-Cola Cup"), the club managed by legendary footballer and Olympian P. K. Banerjee, [8] [9] [10] defeated New Road Team by 7–0, Abahani Krira Chakra 1–0, Club Valencia 9–0. [11] Dey was awarded the Man of the Tournament award.

Honours

East Bengal

India

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