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| birth_place    = [[Bangalore]], [[British India]]<ref>http://www.kolkatafootball.com/bangalore_football/index.html</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Bangalore]], [[British India]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/bangalore_football/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 September 2011 |archive-date=15 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204936/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/bangalore_football/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| death_date    = 11 January {{death year and age|1991|1920}}<ref name="Death">[https://books.google.ca/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&dq=%22Sarangapani+Raman%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjywKbKtantAhUeJTQIHaScDyoQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Sarangapani%20Raman%22&f=true Mention of Sarangapani Raman's death]</ref>
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'''Sarangapani Raman''' (1920 &ndash; 11 January 1991) was an [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]], who played for the Mysore State Police football team.<ref>http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1948_LONDON_SQUADS.htm</ref>  He is best known for playing in the [[Indian national football team]]'s first ever match and scoring the first ever Indian international goal ever in the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]] against [[France national football team|France]]. The match ended 2-1 in favor of France. This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/matches/match=32358/report.html FIFA]</ref>
'''Sarangapani Raman''' (1920 &ndash; 11 January 1991) was an Indian [[association football|footballer]], who played for the Mysore State Police football team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1948_LONDON_SQUADS.htm |title=Olympic Football Tournament 1948 (National Squads) |access-date=5 November 2014 |archive-date=27 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027113228/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1948_LONDON_SQUADS.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>  He is best known for playing in the [[Indian national football team]]'s first ever match and scoring the first ever Indian international goal ever in the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]] against [[France national football team|France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25826 |title=Sarangapani Raman |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> The match ended 2-1 in favor of France. This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/matches/match=32358/report.html |title=FIFA |access-date=31 October 2017 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065432/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/matches/match=32358/report.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{sports links}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dhanraj-raman-1.html Sarangapani Raman's profile at Sports Reference.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/dhanraj-raman-1.html Sarangapani Raman's profile at Sports Reference.com]



Latest revision as of 02:58, 28 December 2021

Sarangapani Raman
Personal information
Date of birth 1920
Place of birth Bangalore, British India[1]
Date of death 11 January 1991 (aged 70–71)[2]
Position(s) Forward
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948 India 1 (1)

Sarangapani Raman (1920 – 11 January 1991) was an Indian footballer, who played for the Mysore State Police football team.[3] He is best known for playing in the Indian national football team's first ever match and scoring the first ever Indian international goal ever in the 1948 Olympics against France.[4] The match ended 2-1 in favor of France. This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.[5]

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Mention of Sarangapani Raman's death. 15 August 2020. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament 1948 (National Squads)". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sarangapani Raman". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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