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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Deba Singh
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Debendra Prasad Singh
|birth_date = 1943<ref name="dps" />
|birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], India
|death_date = 18 November 2024
|death_place =
|position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|years1 =
|clubs1 = Orissa Police
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|years2 =
|clubs2 = [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|caps2 =
|goals2 =
|nationalyears1 = 1967–1968
|nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Debendra Prasad "Deba" Singh''' (1943 – 18 November 2024) was an Indian [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Odisha football team|Orissa]] and the [[India national football team|India national team]].<ref name="dps" >{{Cite web |url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=Mzcz |title=Debendra Prasad Singh |website=Orisports |accessdate=22 March 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219100320/http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=Mzcz |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is the father of former Indian international footballer [[Rajendra Prasad Singh (footballer)|Rajendra Prasad Singh]].<ref name="rps" >{{Cite web |url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NDQ1 |title=Rajendra Prasad Singh |website=Orisports |accessdate=22 March 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219095512/http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NDQ1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh received the first OSJA (Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association) awards in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://odishatv.in/sports/purnima-hembram-deba-singh-receive-first-osja-awards-283497/amp |title=Purnima Hembram, Deba Singh receive first OSJA awards |website=Odisha TV |date=21 March 2018 |access-date=22 March 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322193919/https://odishatv.in/sports/purnima-hembram-deba-singh-receive-first-osja-awards-283497/amp |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh died on 18 November 2024, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=FootballOdisha |number=1858515889081176509 |title=The FAO expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Shri Debendra Singh, an esteemed former International Football Player, who left us today at the age of 82. Shri Singh proudly represented Odisha in the Santosh Trophy for several years. May his soul rest in peace. 💐🙏 |date=18 November 2024 |access-date=18 November 2024 }}</ref>

==Club career==
He played for Orissa Police<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/club/9469|title=Odisha Police|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=2022-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213175806/https://www.the-aiff.com/club/9469|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=Mjc3Mw== |title=Orissa Police bag FAO First Division League title |website=Orisports |accessdate=22 March 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322193941/http://orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=Mjc3Mw%3D%3D |url-status=live }}</ref> in the Cuttack Senior League domestically. Singh was part of the [[Odisha football team|Orissa]] team which was coached by [[Amal Dutta]] and captained the squad that reached the semi-finals in the 1967–68 edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/odisha-fa-expresses-grief-at-passing-away-of-amal-datta/articleshow/53155323.cms |title=Odisha FA expresses grief at passing away of Amal Datta |last1=Ganguly |first1=Abhishek |website=The Times of India |access-date=11 June 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322193928/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/odisha-fa-expresses-grief-at-passing-away-of-amal-datta/articleshow/53155323.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Santosh Trophy Winners |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=2022-03-22 |archive-date=2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918131806/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html |url-status=live }}</ref> by defeating [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19671017&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Orissa recover to win in extra time |date=17 October 1967 |access-date=24 February 2023 |publisher=The Indian Express }}</ref>

==International career==
Singh made his senior national team debut in his only appearance against [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] in an international friendly.<ref name="dps" /><ref>{{cite web |title=1967-68 |url=https://mealib.nic.in/?pdf2494?000 |website=mealib.nic.in |access-date=24 February 2023 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Cuttack]]
[[Category:Footballers from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:India men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]

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