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{{Short description|Indian footballer}}
{{For|the diplomat|P. K. Banerjee (Indian diplomat)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = P. K. Banerjee
| image = P. K. Banerjee at the Rome Olympics.jpg
| fullname = Pradip Kumar Banerjee
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|06|23|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/india-legend-pk-banerjee-dies-age-83-kolkata-illness-1657810-2020-03-20 | title=Indian football legend PK Banerjee dies aged 83 | publisher=India Today | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/players/pk-banerjee.html|title=P. K. Banerjee Profile - Indian Football Player Pradip Kumar Banerjee Biography - Information on PK Banerjee Indian Footballer|website=www.iloveindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/banerjee_pk.html|title=P.K. BANERJEE|website=www.indianfootball.de}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Jalpaiguri]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|03|20|1936|06|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
| height = 5ft 8{{Frac|1|2}} inches
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1951
| youthclubs1 = [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
| years1 = 1954
| years2 = 1955–1967
| clubs1 = [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
| clubs2 = [[Eastern Railway F.C.|Eastern Railway]]
| caps1 = 22
| caps2 = 224
| goals1 = 10
| goals2 = 91
| nationalyears1 = 1955–1966
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 45
| nationalgoals1 = 15
| manageryears1 = 1972–1976
| manageryears2 =
| manageryears3 = 1972–1981
| manageryears4 = 1985
| managerclubs1 = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Mohun Bagan]]
| managerclubs3 = [[India national football team|India]]<ref name="sportal" />
| managerclubs4 = [[India national football team|India]]
}}

'''Pradip Kumar Banerjee''' (23 June 1936 – 20 March 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/pk-banerjee-death-achievements-6297 | title=A footballing Goliath in India, PK Banerjee passes away at 83 | work=The Indian Express| date=20 March 2020 | access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> was an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|striker]] for the [[India national football team]]. He also captained the national team and later on became the coach of the national team.<ref>{{cite news |title=PK Banerjee: The Footballer & Coach Par Excellence |url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/football/pk-banerjee-dies-at-83-indian-football-captain-coach-obituary |access-date=21 March 2020 |work=The Quint |date=21 March 2020}}</ref> He represented India in 45 official matches and scored 15 official goals for the country.<ref name="caps goal"/> He was one of the first recipients of [[Arjuna Award]], when the awards were instituted in 1961. He was awarded the prestigious [[Padma Shri]] in 1990 and was named Indian Footballer of the 20th century by [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]]. In 2004, he was awarded the [[FIFA Order of Merit]], the highest honour awarded by [[FIFA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/pk-banerjee-gets-fifa-centennial-order-of-merit/230174|title=PK Banerjee gets FIFA centennial order of merit|website=Outlook India Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/legends-of-indian-football-p-k-banerjee|title=Legends of Indian football: P.K. Banerjee|date=8 February 2013|website=www.sportskeeda.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/06/23/24888512/celebrating-pkbanerjees-birthday-15-facts-you-must-know|title=Celebrating P.K.Banerjee's Birthday: 15 facts you must know about the legend | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>

Banerjee died on 20 March 2020 at 12:40 p.m. after suffering from age-related issues, having been on life support at a Kolkata hospital since 2 March. He also had an underlying history of Parkinson's disease, dementia and heart problems.

== Early life ==
Pradip Kumar Banerjee was born on 23 June 1936, in [[Jalpaiguri]] in [[Bengal Presidency]] (now [[West Bengal]]). He studied in Jalpaiguri Zilla School and completed his schooling from K.M.P.M. School in [[Jamshedpur]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://zeenews.india.com/football/legendary-indian-footballer-pradip-kumar-banerjee-aka-pk-critical-undergoing-treatment-in-kolkata-hospital-2269147.html | title=Legendary Indian footballer Pradip Kumar Banerjee aka PK critical, undergoing treatment in Kolkata hospital | publisher=Zee News | date=12 March 2020 | access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:1960 Olympics India football team.jpg|200px|thumb|right|alt=India national football team photo session before 1960 Olympics|Indian team at the [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics]], Coach Syed Rahim at the front row centre and captain P.K Banerjee on his right side.]]
At the age of 15, Banerjee represented Bihar in [[Santosh Trophy]], playing in the right wing. In 1954 he moved on to Kolkata and joined [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]. Later he moved on to represent [[Eastern Railway F.C.|Eastern Railway]].
He made his debut for the national team in the 1955 Quadrangular tournament in Dacca (presently [[Dhaka]]), [[East Pakistan]] (now capital of [[Bangladesh]]) at the age of 19.<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/FootballStudies/2002/FS0502f.pdf Rahim, Amal Dutta, P.K. and Nayeem: The Coaches Who Shaped Indian Football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603120235/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/FootballStudies/2002/FS0502f.pdf |date=3 June 2012 }}. Retrieved 12 November 2006.</ref>

He represented India in three Asian Games namely, the [[1958 Asian Games]] in [[Tokyo]], the [[1962 Asian Games]] in [[Jakarta]], where India clinched the gold medal in football and then the [[1966 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]]. He was part of the national team that played at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] where they reached the Semi Finals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/pk-banerjee-indian-football-loses-its-truest-devotee/articleshow/74739950.cms | title=PK Banerjee: Indian football loses its truest devotee | work=[[The Economic Times]] | author=Boria Majumdar | date=21 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/indian-football-legend-pk-banerjee-passes-away-at-the-age-of-83 | title=Indian football legend PK Banerjee passes away at the age of 83 | publisher=Indian Super League | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> He captained India at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]], where he scored an equalizer against [[France national football team|France]] in a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.in/football/blog-football-asia/story/4065954/pk-banerjeelegend-of-indian-footballdies-at-83 | title=PK Banerjee, legend of Indian football, dies at 83 | publisher=ESPN | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> He represented India thrice at the [[Pestabola Merdeka|Merdeka Cup]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], where India won a silver medal in 1959 and 1964 and a bronze medal in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/pk-banerjee-the-colossus-of-indian-football/article31122174.ece | title=P.K. Banerjee, the colossus of Indian football | work=The Hindu| author=Amitabha Das Sharma | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> Recurring injuries forced him to drop out of the national team and subsequently to his retirement in 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2020/mar/20/indian-football-legend-pk-banerjee-dies-aged-83-2119308.html | title=One of Indian football's greatest, PK Banerjee dies at 83 | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>

=== International statistics ===
FIFA "A" matches only<ref name="caps goal">{{Cite web |last1=Subrata Dey |first1=Roberto Murmud |title=Pradip Kumar Banerjee - Goals in International Matches |url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ind-banerjee-intlg.html |website=rsssf.com |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[India national football team|India national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| 1955||3||5
|-
| 1956||4||2
|-
| 1958||5||0
|-
| 1959||5||1
|-
| 1960||3||1
|-
| 1961||3||1
|-
| 1962||5||4
|-
| 1964||8||1
|-
| 1965||6||0
|-
| 1966||3||0
|-
!Total||45||15
|}

=== International goals ===
FIFA A international matches are listed.<ref name="caps goal" />
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition !! Goals
|-
| 18 December 1955 || rowspan="3"|[[Dhaka|Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]] || {{Fb|Ceylon}} || 4–3 || rowspan="3"|[[Colombo Cup|1955 Colombo Cup]] || 2
|-
| 22 December 1955 || {{Fb|Burma|1948}} || 5–2 || 2
|-
| 26 December 1955 || {{Fb|Pakistan}} || 2–1 || 1
|-
| 12 December 1956 || [[Sydney Sports Ground]], [[Sydney]] || {{Fb|Australia}} || 7–1 || [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] || 2
|-
| 8 September 1959 || [[City Stadium, Penang]] || {{Fb|South Korea}} || 1–1 || International Friendly || 1
|-
| 29 August 1960 || [[Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini|Stadio Olimpico Comunale]], [[Grosseto]], [[Italy]] || {{Fb|France}} || 1–1 || [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics]] || 1
|-
| 9 August 1961 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] || {{Fb|Malaya}} || 2–1 || [[Pestabola Merdeka|1961 Merdeka Tournament]] || 1
|-
| 28 August 1962 || rowspan="3"|[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium|Senayan Stadium]], [[Jakarta]] || {{Fb|Thailand}} || 4–1 || rowspan="3"|[[Football at the 1962 Asian Games|1962 Asian Games]] || 2
|-
| 29 August 1962 || {{Fb|Japan|1870}} || 2–0 || 1
|-
| 4 September 1962 || {{Fb|South Korea|1949}} || 2–1 || 1
|-
| 1 September 1964 || [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] || {{Fb|South Korea|1949}} || 2–1 || [[Pestabola Merdeka|1964 Merdeka Tournament]] || 1
|-
|}

== Managerial career ==
P. K. Banerjee's first managerial stint came with [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], joining the club as manager in 1972. Throughout Banerjee’s managerial career, he would frequently return to manage East Bengal.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/pk-banerjee-death-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-indian-football-career-olympics-rome-1960-melbourne-1956/article31097881.ece |title= Obit: The incomparable P. K. of Indian football |work=The Hindu|date=20 March 2021|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> In 1976, Banerjee joined [[ATK Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]], guiding the club to a historic feat, winning the IFA Shield, Rovers Cup and Durand Cup respectively to achieve their first-ever triple-crown triumph in one season. He became the national coach in 1972, starting with the qualifying matches of the 1972 Munich Olympics. He went on to coach the Indian Football Team till 1986.<ref name="sportal">[http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=618&moduleid=&maincatid=40&subid=0&comid=55 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324143657/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=618&moduleid=&maincatid=40&subid=0&comid=55 |date=24 March 2007}}. Retrieved 12 November 2006</ref> He joined the Tata Football Academy at Jamshedpur and served as its Technical Director from 1991 to 1997.<ref>[http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/ex-directors.asp Tata Football Academy Website]. Retrieved 12 November 2006.</ref> He was awarded the player of the Millennium in 2005 by FIFA. He had also won the International Fair Play Award from the Olympic Committee, a feat that is yet to be repeated by any Indian footballer.
In 1999, Banerjee again took up the post of the technical director of the Indian Football team.<ref>[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]. (29 July 1999). ''PK in the Dark about TD for [[Mauritius]] Trip.''</ref>

== Death ==
P.K.Banerjee died on 20 March 2020 in a hospital in Kolkata. He was suffering from chest infection for a few weeks. He is survived his two daughters Paula and Purna.His wife Smt. Arati Banerjee died on 2003. <ref name="India Today PK">{{cite news |title=Indian football legend PK Banerjee dies aged 83 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/india-legend-pk-banerjee-dies-age-83-kolkata-illness-1657810-2020-03-20 |access-date=20 March 2020 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== India ===
* Asian Games Gold Medal — [[1962 Asian Games]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/giving-wing-to-dreams/cid/1756274 | title=Giving wing to dreams | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] | work=Angshuman Roy | access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Pestabola Merdeka|Merdeka Tournament Silver Medal]] — 1959, 1964<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/pk-banerjee-death-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-indian-football-career-olympics-rome-1960-melbourne-1956/article31097881.ece | title=The incomparable P. K. of Indian football | publisher=SportsStar | work=Amitabha Das Sharma. | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Bharat Nirman Awards]] — Lifetime Achievement 2011<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bharatnirmanawards.com/awards.html | title=Bharat Nirman Awards | publisher=Bharat Nirman Awards | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

=== Individual ===
* Received [[Padma Shri]] in 1990<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* Received [[Arjuna Award]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ajay-devgn-mourns-the-demise-of-football-legend-pk-banerjee/1774541 | title=Ajay Devgn mourns the demise of football legend PK Banerjee | publisher=Outlook | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref>
* Listed as ''Indian Footballer of 20th Century'' by [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]].
* [[FIFA Order of Merit]] (Centennial), highest honour by [[FIFA]] in 2004<ref name="hindu1">[https://archive.today/20130125151210/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/23/stories/2004062309591800.htm The Hindu Article] ''dated'' 23 June 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2006.</ref>
* Banerjee is the only footballer from Asia who has been awarded the FAIR PLAY Award.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/pk-banerjee-dies-indian-football-olympics-rome-1960-melbourne-1956/article30971879.ece | title=Olympian P. K. Banerjee passes away | publisher=SportsStar | work=Y. B. SARANGI | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Arjuna Award#Arjuna Awardees in Football|Arjuna award recipients among Indian footballers]]
* [[India national football team at the Olympics]]
* [[Football at the Asian Games]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{FIFA player|212513|Pradip Kumar Banerjee}}
* [https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/pk-banerjee-death-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-indian-football-career-olympics-rome-1960-melbourne-1956/article31097881.ece/ Obituary: The incomparable P. K. of Indian football] ''Sportstar''

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