Prasanta Sinha
Prasanta Sinha was an Indian association football player. He was part of the team that finished as runners-up at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. He won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games football final by defeating South Korea 2-1.[1] In club football, he played for East Bengal FC, where he won Calcutta Football League once and IFA Shield three times. He played as a defender through out his entire career. He died at the age of 75 in 2015.[2]
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| Date of birth | 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bengal, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 September 2015 (aged 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-half | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1971 | East Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
References
- "Prasanta dies in hospital". Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- "Former Indian football player dies away". Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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