Prasanta Sinha

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

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

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]

See also

• List of East Bengal Club captains