Bhaskar Ganguly is a former Indian

football goalkeeper The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from ...

from

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. He was the captain of

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which participated in the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games (), also known as Delhi 1982 (), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olymp ...

held in New Delhi. Bhaskar Ganguly

Ganguly is one of the few Indian players who went abroad, joining foreign clubs, when he along with

Monoranjan Bhattacharya Monoranjan Bhattacharya, nicknamed ''Mona'', is a retired Indian professional footballer and football manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India ...

signed with

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and appeared in tournaments in

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Playing career

Ganguly served in Indian team in several International soccer tournaments with great success during his career in the club from 1976 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1992, and captained the team in 1984–85. As one of the best Indian goalkeepers ever, he played under coaching of

Sushil Bhattacharya Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 – 18 July 2015) was an Indian professional football player and coach, who is credited for becoming the first manager of the India women's national football team. He was also the first head coach in history of East Ben ...

. He as goalkeeper and Monoranjan Bhattacharjee as stopper back made

East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

defence absolutely impregnable.

Honours

East Bengal * Federation Cup: 1978–79 Individual * East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2019 * Shaan-e-Mohammedan: 2023

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Where have all the boys gone?: Indian Express Article
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Playing career

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