Debjit Ghosh

Debjit Ghosh (born 23 February 1974) is a former Indian football player. During his playing days, Ghosh played for Mohun Bagan, Mahindra United, East Bengal, and Mohammedan in the National Football League from 1996 to 2007. He also represented India from 1997 to 2006. He is widely known for scoring India's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup, against Germany at the 2006 edition.

Debjit Ghosh
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-02-23) 23 February 1974
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 East Bengal (Assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Mohun Bagan
2002–2003 Mahindra United
2003–2006 East Bengal
2006–2007 Mohammedan
National team
1997–2006 India 56 (3)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Bhawanipore
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Ghosh started his playing career with Kolkata football giants Mohun Bagan in 1996.[1] He stayed at the club until 2002, becoming captain for one year in 2001.[2] He moved to Mumbai-based side Mahindra United for one season before moving to Mohun Bagan Kolkata rivals, East Bengal. He stayed at the club until 2006 before moving to the third Kolkata football giant, Mohammedan. He stayed at the club for one season before retiring.

2003 collapse

On 21 July 2003, during an 2003 ASEAN Club Championship quarter-final match for East Bengal against Persita Tangerang of Indonesia, Ghosh was knocked-out unconscious by the elbow of Tangerang player Zaenal Arief. It took five minutes before the East Bengal club doctor was able to aide Ghosh as the players and the 8,000 spectators at the stadium feared the worst. Eventually Ghosh was stretched onto an ambulance and taken to Mintohardjo NAVY Hospital with a concussion. He managed to recover and was released from the hospital that same night at 9 pm.[3]

The collapse was described to be similar to the collapse of Cameroonian international Marc-Vivien Foé who died after a heart-related collapse during the Confederations Cup only a month before.[3]

International

Ghosh represented the India national football team from 1997 to 2006.[4] In May 2006, he was included in Bob Houghton's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. On 14 June 2006, Ghosh scored the first India goal in a World Cup match in the 1–3 loss against the host nation Germany. [5]

International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 January 2003Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Afghanistan3–04–02003 SAFF Cup
218 February 2004Fatorda Stadium, Margao, India Singapore1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
314 June 2006FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich, Germany Germany1–31–32006 FIFA World Cup

Coaching career

Bhawanipore: 2014–2015

In 2014 it was confirmed that Ghosh was the new head coach of Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore.[6] After a year with the club, Ghosh left to sign as an assistant coach at his former club, East Bengal.[7]

References
  1. "PK Banerjee vs Amal Dutta : The Battle Royale". Football Maidan. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. "SQUAD DATABASE". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. Abhiseka, Arya (22 July 2003). "Near repeat of Foe tragedy mars LG Cup". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. "Debjit Ghosh". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. "Debjit to lead football team". Tribune India. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. "Bhawanipore FC Started Pre-Season Training". THIF-Live. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. "Ghosh Assistant Coach". Kolkata Football. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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