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{{short description|Indian footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sayan Banerjee
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|01|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Asansol]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| currentclub = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| clubnumber = 84
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| youthyears1 = 2023
| youthclubs1 = [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat MS]]
| years1 = 2022
| clubs1 = [[Goalorious Mother SC]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = City FC
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2023
| clubs3 = [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC]]
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2023–
| clubs4 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| caps4 = 38
| goals4 = 10
| club-update = 19:55, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Sayan Banerjee''' ({{langx|bn|সায়ন ব্যানার্জি}}; born 14 January 2003), is an Indian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]].

== Club career ==
=== GMSC ===
Sayan scored four goals and made three assists for [[Goalorious Mother SC]] playing in the [[2021–22 MFA Elite Division]].<ref name="parallel">{{cite web |url=https://parallelsports.in/news/the-53-second-goal-inspires-sayan-to-score-more-goals-follows-neymar-to-develop-the-speed-work |date=3 August 2023|title=The 53-second Goal Inspires Sayan to score more Goals, Follows Neymar to Develop the Speed-Work |website=ParallelSports.in |first=Sudeep |last=Pakrashi |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref>

=== City FC===
The following season, Sayan signed for City FC, a club of Senior Division League, second tier of [[Delhi Football League]]. He scored four goals in nine games.<ref name="parallel"/>

=== Kalighat MS ===
Sayan joined [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC]] for [[2023 CFL Premier Division]]. He had a brilliant season and scored three goals in eleven games. He scored a brace against [[Dalhousie AC]] where he also scored the fastest goal of the season in 53 seconds.<ref name="parallel"/>

=== East Bengal ===
Sayan signed for [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] in 2023 on a three-year contract after impressing in the [[2023 CFL Premier Division]] for [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat Milan Sangha]].<ref name=sayankalighatms>{{cite web|date=26 January 2024|url=https://kolkata24x7.in/sports-news/sayan-banerjee-quits-job-sets-sights-on-national-team-with-east-bengal-football/|title=Sayan Banerjee: চাকরি ছেড়ে ফুটবলকে বেছে নিয়েছেন ইস্টবেঙ্গলের সায়ন|trans-title=Sayan Banerjee: East Bengal's Sayan Banerjee left his job and chose football|language=bn|work=Kolkata 24x7|accessdate=15 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215183426/https://kolkata24x7.in/sports-news/sayan-banerjee-quits-job-sets-sights-on-national-team-with-east-bengal-football/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sayan was registered into the East Bengal squad for the [[2024 Indian Super Cup]] and made his debut for the club on 19 January 2024 in the [[Kolkata Derby]] against [[Mohun Bagan SG]] in a 3–1 victory when he came in as a substitute for [[Nandhakumar Sekar]] in the 97th minute of the match.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 January 2024|url=https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=26083|title=Kalinga Super Cup 2024 - Mohun Bagan Super Giant 1 - 3 East Bengal FC|work=i-league.org|accessdate=15 February 2024|archive-date=14 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114122611/https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=26083|url-status=live}}</ref> Sayan also made an appearance in the final as East Bengal became champions of the 2024 Indian Super Cup defeating [[Odisha FC|Odisha]] 3–2.<ref name=kalingasupercup2024>{{cite web|date=28 January 2024|url=https://i-league.org/12-years-of-pall-of-gloom-lifted-east-bengal-win-a-spine-chiller-to-take-home-kalinga-super-cup/|title=12 years of pall of gloom lifted: East Bengal win a spine-chiller to take home Kalinga Super Cup|work=I-League|accessdate=29 January 2024|archive-date=28 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128195055/https://i-league.org/12-years-of-pall-of-gloom-lifted-east-bengal-win-a-spine-chiller-to-take-home-kalinga-super-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sayan made his [[Indian Super League]] debut on 3 February 2024 in the Kolkata Derby once again against Mohun Bagan SG, when he came in as a substitute for [[Vishnu Puthiya Valappill|P. V. Vishnu]] in the 63rd minute of the match.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 February 2024|url=https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=20865|title=Indian Super League 2023-24 - Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2 - 2 East Bengal FC|work=i-league.org|accessdate=15 February 2024|archive-date=7 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207003557/https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=20865|url-status=live}}</ref> Sayan made his first start on 10 February 2024 against [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]].<ref>{{cite web|date=10 February 2024|url=https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=27536|title=Indian Super League 2023-24 - NorthEast United FC 3 - 2 East Bengal FC|work=i-league.org|accessdate=15 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215183427/https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=27536|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|26 August 2025}}<ref name=soccerway>{{soccerway|sayan-banerjee/950081}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[AFC Cup|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Goalorious Mother SC|GMSC]]
|[[2021–22 MFA Elite Division|2021–22]]
|[[Mumbai Football League#Elite Division (Premier League)|MFA Elite Division]]
|?||4||colspan=6 | – ||?||4
|-
|City FC
|[[2022–23 Indian State Leagues|2022–23]]
|[[Delhi Football League#Senior Division League|Senior Division League]]
|9||4||colspan=6 | – ||9||4
|-
|[[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat MS]]
|[[2023 CFL Premier Division|2023–24]]
|[[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division]]
|11||3||colspan=6 | – ||11||3
|-
|rowspan=4 |[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|{{nowrap|[[2023–24 East Bengal FC season|2023–24]]}}
|rowspan=3 |[[Indian Super League]]
| 7 || 1 || 3{{efn|name=Super Cup|Appearances in the [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]].}} || 0 || colspan=4 | – || 10 || 1
|-
|[[2024–25 East Bengal FC season|2024–25]]
| 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||colspan=2 | – || 12{{efn|name=CFL|Appearances in the [[Calcutta Football League]]}} || 5 || 20 || 5
|-
|[[2025–26 East Bengal FC season|2025–26]]
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||colspan=2 | – || 9{{efn|name=CFL}} || 5 || 9 || 5
|-
!colspan=2 |'''East Bengal total'''
! 15 !! 1 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 21 !! 10 !! 39 !! 11
|-
!colspan=3 |'''Career total'''
! 35 !! 12 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 21 !! 10 !! 59 !! 22
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

== Honours ==
''' East Bengal'''
* [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]: [[2024 Indian Super Cup|2024]]<ref name=kalingasupercup2024/>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{soccerway|sayan-banerjee/950081}}
{{East Bengal FC squad}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Footballers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]

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