Dipendu Biswas

Dipendu Biswas
Dipendu Biswas
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2016–2021
Preceded by	Samik Bhattacharya
Constituency	Basirhat Dakshin

Dipendu Biswas
Personal information
Date of birth	29 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Basirhat, West Bengal, India
Club information
Current team	Mohammedan

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Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is a retired Indian professional footballer, who is currently technical director of the I-League outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club.^{[citation needed]} His father is from Bengal and his mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur district. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996.^[1] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.^[1]

His earnings in 1998–1999 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.^[2] In 2011, he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels."^[3]

In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinmool Congress party ticket, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janatha Party's candidate, Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly election he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes.

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 March 2021.^[4]

Achievements[edit]

Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005-2007 and rejoined the club in 2012
Played for East Bengal FC as a forward between 2007 and 2008
In July 2020, Biswas became the football secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club. In the 129-year history of the club, he is the first footballer who has been appointed as a football secretary.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Abhishek Ganguly (15 July 2012). "Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
↑ Paul Dimeo (1 September 2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. Psychology Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
↑ "Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
↑ Scroll Staff. "West Bengal polls: Five Trinamool Congress MLAs, another leader join BJP". scroll.in. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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[TOI-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Abhishek Ganguly (15 July 2012). "Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[Dimeo2001-2] Paul Dimeo (1 September 2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. Psychology Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[Plot-3] "Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[ScrollWest-4] Scroll Staff. "West Bengal polls: Five Trinamool Congress MLAs, another leader join BJP". scroll.in. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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