Subhash Bhowmick

Subhash Bhowmick (2 October 1950 – 22 January 2022) was an Indian football player and manager.[2] During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.[3][4] He also represented India in various international tournaments between 1970 and 1985.[2] He was popularly known as Bhombol in the football arena of the West Bengal.[5]

Subhash Bhowmick
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-02)2 October 1950
Place of birth English Bazar, Malda, West Bengal, India
Date of death 22 January 2022(2022-01-22) (aged 71)
Place of death Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 East Bengal 68 (40)
1970–1973 Mohun Bagan 45 (50)
1973–1976 East Bengal 67 (58)
1976–1978 Mohun Bagan 45 (35)
1978–1979 East Bengal 78 (67)
National team
1970–1985 India 24[1] (9)
Teams managed
1999–2000 East Bengal
2002–2005 East Bengal
2006 Mohammedan
2007–2008 Salgaocar
2008–2009 East Bengal
2010–2011 Mohun Bagan
2012–2013 Churchill Brothers (technical director)
2014 Mohun Bagan
Honours
Men's football
Representing  India
Asian Games
1970 BangkokTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Bhowmick joined East Bengal F.C. in 1969 and, after spending a season there, joined Mohun Bagan in 1970.[6] At the end of the 1973 season, he returned to East Bengal and represented them till 1976, after which he rejoined Mohun Bagan.

He was one of the prime faces of the East Bengal F.C. team which had demolished Mohun Bagan A.C. 5–0 in the 1975 IFA Shield final at Calcutta.[7] After the 1977–78 season, he returned to East Bengal and retired in 1979.[8] During his playing years, he was known as a powerful forward with good goal scoring abilities.[2][9] He scored 83 goals for East Bengal and 82 for the Mohun Bagan between 1969 to 1977 as Kolkata football's popularity was at its peak during that era.[7]

International career

Bhowmick represented India in various tournaments. He was a member of the Indian football team that won the Bronze medal in the Asian Games in 1970. He also represented India at the Merdeka Tournament and Pesta Sukan Cup.[2]

Coaching career

Subhash Bhowmick has been very successful as a coach for the East Bengal Club.[2] He had a forgettable first stint with the same club during the 1999–2000 season. During his second stint as coach, the club won a multitude of trophies including back to back NFL titles in 2002–03 and 2003–04, apart from Kolkata Football League, Durand Cup and IFA Shield victories.[10] East Bengal also won the ASEAN Club Championship in 2003 under his managership.[11][12] Bhowmick stepped down as coach of East Bengal in 2005 after being implicated in an alleged bribery scandal.[13]

He managed Mohammedan Sporting Club during the 2006 season, but was not as successful there as he was during his stint with East Bengal. In 2007, a relegation threatened Salgaocar SC appointed Subhash Bhowmick to be their technical director.[14] He remained as the Technical Director of the Goan outfit for the 2008 season also.[15] Towards the end of the 2008–09 I-League, a relegation threatened East Bengal Club appointed Bhowmick as their coach. He was retained as coach for the 2009–10 season, a particularly dismal season for the club. East Bengal lost all the matches they played, most of them against smaller clubs, in both the IFA Shield as well as the Durand Cup. Supporters and club officials fixed the blame squarely on Bhowmick, as he was essentially the only man responsible for team making and pre-season training for the 2009–10 season. Despite significant autonomy granted to Bhowmick by East Bengal administrators, as well as provision of extra training facilities, his team failed to perform.[16]

In the 2012–13 season, he coached Goan side Churchill Brothers SC as a technical director (as he did not hold an A-license, hence he could not officially be the coach of an I-League club), and led them to the top of the league standings in the I-League.

Controversy

On 2 December 2005, near Calcutta South Club, Bhowmick was caught red handed and arrested by the police for bribery case.[17][18] Bhowmick was a superintend of Central Excise and alleged to have accepted bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a businessman. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he had demanded the money from a Behala based businessman to settle his issue. In June 2018, the CBI Court found him guilty and sentenced Bhowmick to three years imprisonment.[19][5] His career was also marred after the Corruption controversy.[20]

Death

Bhowmick died in Ekbalpur on 22 January 2022, at the age of 71. He suffered from diabetes and kidney ailments prior to his death.[21][22][23]

Honours

As player
India
Bronze medal: 1970[24]
Third place: 1970[26]
Bengal[27]
East Bengal[28]
Mohun Bagan

As manager
East Bengal
Churchill Brothers

See also

References
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