Biswajit Saha (; born 15 December 1987) is an Indian

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who plays as a

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Career

After becoming Champions, he joined Milan Samity in 2006 and played in Calcutta Football League 1st Division B group. Then he joined George Telegraph S.C. where he played for a couple of seasons. While in George, he was settled down nicely in the

position by coach Raghu Nandy. In 2007, George Telegraph defeated

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3–1. Saha played a vital role in that match. The next year, they defeated both

and Mohammedan S.C. in

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to finish in 3rd position. He also represented

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. Where they finished runners up, losing to

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in tie-breaker.

Mohun Bagan

He joined

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in 2009. Since he had a very good season in George Telegraph, he got an offer from Mohun Bagan,

and Chirag United, but he chose to join Mohun Bagan, because all his family members were supporters of the club. He first played for Mohun Bagan in the semi-final of the 2009 IFA Shield against Chirag United. They were down to 10 men within the first 10 minutes and eventually won the match in the tie breaker. He came as a replacement for

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in the extra time.

Salgaocar

He got a good offer from

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Also

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being the coach of Salgaocar prompted him to leave

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. 2011 was definitely the best year of his career so far. Salgaocar won the Federation Cup after 14 years. He was the only Bengali player in that team. The last time when Salgaocar won the Federation Cup,

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was the only Bengali player in their team. Incidentally, in the year 1987, Salgaocar defeated

2–1 to lift the title whereas in 2011 they defeated the same team 3–1 to win the

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Mohun Bagan

In 2012, he re-joined

. He played 20 Matches for Mohun Bagan in the

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Eagles

On 5 December 2013 it was announced that Biswajit has signed up with

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on loan for 2013–14 season along with

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, Bijendra Rai, Avinabo Bag, Jagroop Singh, Bisheshwor Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Govin Singh. Moreover, IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the proposed IPL-style football tournament Indian Super League, and

will facilitate a two to six week training stint for the eight players with UK based

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Academy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saha, Biswajit Indian men's footballers 1984 births Living people I-League players People from Hooghly district Footballers from Kolkata Salgaocar FC players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen ATK (football club) players Men's association football fullbacks Calcutta Football League players