21 Facts About Amal Dutta

Amal Dutta was a former Indian footballer, coach and football manager.

Amal Dutta began his playing career in Friends Club of Jorasanko.

Amal Dutta then went on to play for numerous clubs of lower divisions, Subarnon, Sporting Union, Aryans and Bengal Nagpur Railway respectively.

Amal Dutta made his full-time professional club football debut in the CFL, in early 1950s, appeared with East Bengal in three consecutive seasons from 1953 to 1956.

Amal Dutta played for Mohun Bagan, arch-rival of East Bengal, for a short period of time and represented the club in Rovers Cup.

On 25 October 1953, Amal Dutta made his national team debut against Pakistan in Rangoon during the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament, which was his only appearance for India.

Amal Dutta was a member of Indian squad in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila.

Amal Dutta then went to England for a one-year FA coaching course paid for from his own finances, where he was taught by renowned football administrator Walter Winterbottom, who was first manager of England.

Amal Dutta later managed Calcutta Football League club Aryan from 1960 to 1962 and guided players like Asim Moulick.

Amal Dutta remained as coach of East Bengal in 1964 but a year later, after gaining coaching course abroad, the first-ever in India and a feat for which, he received little recognition.

Amal Dutta coached all the three big clubs of the Kolkata Maidan.

Amal Dutta had more success with Mohun Bagan whom he coached to 4 Calcutta Football League titles, 4 IFA Shield titles, 3 Federation Cups, 2 Durand Cups and wins in DCM Trophy, All Airlines Gold Cup, Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup and Nehru Trophy.

Amal Dutta guided the team clinching Rovers Cup consecutively from 1970 to 1972 while players like Bhabani Roy were flourished under his tenure.

At the 1997 Federation Cup, one of the most anticipated matches in Indian football history, Amal Dutta managed the club against Banerjee's East Bengal in front of the recorded 131,000+ spectators at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

Amal Dutta has managed another Kolkata-based NFL side Tollygunge Agragami from 1999 to 2000.

Amal Dutta helped the team reaching final of the 105th edition of IFA Shield in November 1999.

In September 2006, Amal Dutta was roped in as head coach of Chirag United in place of Belgian manager Philippe De Ridder.

Amal Dutta was renowned for his bold and innovative tactics and formation, Diamond system.

Amal Dutta is India's first ever licensed coach, who is credited to have employed modern methods in domestic football, before those became popular in the country.

Amal Dutta was born in Calcutta, brought up in Shikdarpara Lane.

Amal Dutta worked in Rifle Factory Ishapore, coached the institution's football team.