Sushil Bhattacharya was an Indian professional football player and coach, who is credited for becoming the first manager of the India women's national football team.
17 Facts About Sushil Bhattacharya
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Sushil Bhattacharya was the first head coach in history of East Bengal Club.
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Sushil Bhattacharya began his playing career with Town Club in Berhampur, representing the team in IFA Shield.
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Sushil Bhattacharya then appeared with Vidyasagar College and Sporting Union, before signing with East Bengal in 1945.
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Sushil Bhattacharya spent four seasons for the "red and gold brigade", played until 1949, refusing Gostha Pal and Abhilash Ghosh's offers of joining Mohun Bagan.
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Sushil Bhattacharya moved to Eastern Railway in 1949, returning briefly to East Bengal on loan in 1951, for the Durand Cup.
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Sushil Bhattacharya appeared with George Telegraph in Calcutta Football League.
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Sushil Bhattacharya was deputy of Bagha Shome at the club, which was then consisting players like P K Banerjee, Pradyut Barman, Prashanta Sinha, Nikhil Nandy, Pakhi Sen and others.
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Sushil Bhattacharya later became the first-ever permanent "head coach" coach of East Bengal.
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Sushil Bhattacharya won the IFA Shield and Calcutta League with East Bengal in 1961.
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Sushil Bhattacharya managed Tollygunge Agragami and helped the team gaining promotion to the CFL first division.
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Sushil Bhattacharya then took charge of different age group teams of Bengal alongside the Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission College football team and Kolkata Veterans Club.
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Sushil Bhattacharya is credited for nurturing Indian women talents like Shanti Mullick, the first ever Padma Shri awardee.
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Sushil Bhattacharya managed Indian women's team when, from 1975 to 1991, the administration was in hands of the Women's Football Federation of India and the Asian Ladies' Football Confederation.
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Sushil Bhattacharya was in charge of India S at the 1980 AFC Women's Championship in Calicut, in which they achieved second finish.
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Sushil Bhattacharya guided Bengal in Junior, Sub-Junior, Senior Women's National Football Championship and National Games, achieving nationwide success.
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Sushil Bhattacharya died of cancer at his home in Tollygunge, Kolkata, on 18 July 2015, aged 90.