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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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Mention of Sarangapani Raman's death. 15 August 2020. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Tournament 1948 (National Squads)". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sarangapani Raman". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Lua error in Module:External_links at line 369: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sarangapani Raman's profile at Sports Reference.com
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