Sukumar Samajpati (born 1939) was an Indian professional football player. He was part of the Indian squad that finished runners-up at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup in Israel.[1]
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Date of birth | 1939 (age 82–83) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bengal, British India | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
Mohun Bagan | ||||||||||||||||
– | East Bengal | (45) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
India | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Studied at the University of Calcutta,[2] Samajpati played for Chuni Goswami led Mohun Bagan AC in 1960,[3] before switching to East Bengal Club in domestic football. In Mohun Bagan, he was mentored by club legend Balaidas Chatterjee and participated in foreign tours.[4][5] He captained the "red and gold brigade" in 1965–66.[6][7][8] During his playing days in East Bengal, he was guided by Sushil Bhattacharya, club's first head coach.[9] He scored overall 46 goals with East Bengal between 1961 and 1968.
With India, he scored a goal in their 3–1 win over Hong Kong at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[10][11][12]
Mohun Bagan
India
Individual
India squad – 1964 AFC Asian Cup runners-up | ||
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