Bhaskar Ganguly
Bhaskar Ganguly is a former Indian football goalkeeper from West Bengal.[1] He was the captain of India national football team which participated in the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.[2]
Ganguly is one of the few Indian players who went abroad, joining foreign clubs, when he along with Monoranjan Bhattacharya signed with Dhaka Abahani and appeared in tournaments in Bangladesh.[3][4][5]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Ganguly served in Indian team in several International soccer tournaments with great success during his career in the club from 1976 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1992, and captained the team in 1984–85.[6][7][8] As one of the best Indian goalkeepers ever, he played under coaching of Sushil Bhattacharya.[9][10][11] He as goalkeeper and Monoranjan Bhattacharjee as stopper back made East Bengal defence absolutely impregnable.[12][13]
Honours
[edit | edit source]East Bengal
- Federation Cup: 1978–79
Individual
- East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2019[14]
- Shaan-e-Mohammedan: 2023[15]
See also
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Further reading
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External links
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- Footballers from West Bengal
- Indian men's footballers
- India men's international footballers
- Living people
- East Bengal Club players
- Abahani Limited Dhaka players
- Indian expatriate men's footballers
- Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games
- Asian Games footballers for India
- Indian football biography stubs