Prasanta Sinha

Indian footballer

Prasanta Sinha

Personal information

Date of birth

1938

Place of birth

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

Date of death

22 September 2015 (aged 77)

Place of death

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Position(s)

Left-half

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

Eastern Railway^[1]

1964–1971

East Bengal

International career

India

Medal record

Men's football

Representing India
Asian Games
	1962 Jakarta	Team
AFC Asian Cup
Runner-up	1964 Israel	Team

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Prasanta Sinha was an Indian association football player who represented India internationally, and played club football for East Bengal.

Playing career

He was part of the India national team that finished as runners-up at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup in Israel. He won the gold medal with the Indian team managed by Syed Abdul Rahim,^[2] at the 1962 Asian Games football final, defeating South Korea 2–1.^[3] In club football, he played for East Bengal FC, where he won Calcutta Football League once and IFA Shield three times. Played as a defender throughout his entire career, Sinha captained the team in 1967–68.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Death

He died in Kolkata at the age of 75 in 2015.^[7]

Honours

India

Asian Games Gold medal: 1962
AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964^[8]
Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1964;^[9] third-place: 1965,^[10] 1966^[11]

Eastern Railway

Calcutta Football League: 1958^[12]^[13]

East Bengal

IFA Shield: 1970

Individual

East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2012^[14]^[15]

References

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^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1965 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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^ Bhowmick, Mithun (15 December 2018). "ভারতীয় ফুটবলের অসুখসমূহ: পর্ব – ২" [Diseases of Indian football: Episode – 2]. bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: IE Bangla Sports Desk. Indian Express News Service. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (13 September 2019). "আটান্নর মতো কড়া লড়াই দেখা যাচ্ছে এই লিগেও" [A tough fight like 1958 is also being witnessed in this season's league]. abandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Anandabazar Patrika. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022.
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