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'''Prasun Banerjee''' is a retired international [[soccer|football]]er and an [[Arjuna Award]] Winner (1979) from [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Younger brother of the [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]], Prasun had also captained the [[India national football team]] in international tournaments.<ref name=NDTV>{{cite web|title=Former India football captain Prasun Banerjee hospitalised|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/183259-former-india-football-captain-prasun-banerjee-hospitalised|publisher=NDTV|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

Banerjee was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan Club as a Central Defensive Midfielder.<ref name=Goal>{{cite web|title=<!--ACTUAL ARTICLE TITLE BELONGS HERE! original text: www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi-->|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi|publisher=Goal|access-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> He was only the second Indian to play for Asian All-star XI. He also played two matches against Brazil for Asian All-star XI and played against Zico, Eder, Falcao, Socretes and others. He was included in the Limca book of record for representing India in 100 football matches.<ref name=prasunbanerjee>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.prasunbanerjee.in/|publisher=Prasun Banerjee|access-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320005827/http://www.prasunbanerjee.in/|archive-date=20 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, he won the bypoll to the [[Howrah|Howrah Sadar]] parliamentary constituency on a [[Trinamool Congress]] ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member of [[Parliament of India|Parliament, India]] ([[Lok Sabha]]). He won the seat defeating his adversary, [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front's]] Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes.<ref name=indexp>{{cite web|title=Trinamool Congress' Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah bypoll, CPM blames BJP, 'terror'|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/trinamool-congress-prasun-banerjee-wins-howrah-bypoll-cpm-blames-bjp-terror/1125374/|agency=Press Trust of India|work=The Indian Express|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=IBN>{{cite web|title=West Bengal: TMC's Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah by-poll by 27,000 votes|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/west-bengal-counting-for-howrah-bypoll-begins-tmc-leads/396384-3-231.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605212711/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/west-bengal-counting-for-howrah-bypoll-begins-tmc-leads/396384-3-231.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2013|publisher=IBN Live|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> He was re-elected to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] in 2014.<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS256.htm|title = General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 11 June 2014 }}</ref>

Prasun is the younger brother of India's player of the 20th century and former national coach, [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee|P.K. Banerjee]]. He is a graduate of the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=MyNeta>[http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=6048 MyNeta link]</ref>

Prasun Banerjee has also coached Mohun Bagan for two months in the 1990–91 season.<ref name=MohunBagan>{{cite web|title=McDowell's Mohun Bagan Ex-Captain, Member of Parliament Prasun Banerjee felicitated by AIFF|url=http://www.mohunbaganac.com/news-detail/mcdowells-mohun-bagan-ex-captain-member-of-parliament-prasun-banerjee-felic|publisher=Mohun Bagan|access-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>