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Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is a retired Indian professional footballer,[1] who is currently technical director of the I-League outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club.^{[citation needed]} His father is from Bengal and his mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur district. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996.[2] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.[2]

Dipendu Biswas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth	Basirhat, West Bengal, India
Club information
Current team	Mohammedan

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

His earnings in 1998–1999 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.[3] 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."[4]

In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress party ticket, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate, Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly election he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes.

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 March 2021.[5]

Achievements

• 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.

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