Dipendu Biswas

Indian footballer (born 1981)

Dipendu Biswas

Biswas in 2015

Personal information
Date of birth|  (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth|  Basirhat, West Bengal, India
Team information

Current team

|  Mohammedan

Dipendu Biswas

Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2016–2021
Preceded by| Samik Bhattacharya
Constituency| Basirhat Dakshin

Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is an Indian retired professional footballer,[1][2] who is the current team manager of the Indian Super League outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club.[citation needed]

## Playing career

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Biswas's father is from Bengal and mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur district. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996.[3] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.[3]

His earnings in 1998–99 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.[4] In 2011, he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels."[5]

In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress party, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly elections, he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 March 2021.[6]

## Honours

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East Bengal

* IFA Shield: 2000

Bengal

* Santosh Trophy: 1996–97, 1998–99[7]

## Achievements

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* Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005 to 2007 and rejoined the club in 2012
* Played for East Bengal FC as a forward between 2007 and 2008
* In July 2020, Biswas became the football secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club. In the 129-year history of the club, he is the first footballer who has been appointed a football secretary.

## References

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1. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (30 August 2001). "NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF August 2001 – The All India Football Federation released a list with probables for the upcoming Afro – Asian Games and the SAF Games". www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 7 November 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. ^ "মহামেডানের গ্যালারি গড়তে ৬০ লাখ টাকা দিলাম, পরের বছর আইএসএলে দেখতে চাই: মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়" [Gave 60 lakh rupees to build Mohammedan gallery, want to see the club in ISL next year: Mamata Banerjee]. thewall.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Wall Bureau. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. ^ a b Abhishek Ganguly (15 July 2012). "Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
4. ^ Paul Dimeo (1 September 2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. Psychology Press. p. 30\. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
5. ^ "Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
6. ^ Scroll Staff. "West Bengal polls: Five Trinamool Congress MLAs, another leader join BJP". scroll.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
7. ^ "Bengal lift record sixth crown". tribuneindia.com. The Tribune India. Press Trust of India. 5 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.