Debjit Ghosh (born 23 February 1974) is a former Indian

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player. During his playing days, Ghosh played for

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

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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 ...

, and

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in the

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from 1996 to 2007. He also represented

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between 1997 and 2006.

Club career

Born in

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, Ghosh started his playing career with Kolkata football giants

in 1996. He Joined Mohun Bagan in the Year 1997.He stayed at the club until 2002, becoming captain for one year in 2001. He moved to Mumbai-based side

for one season before moving to Mohun Bagan Kolkata rivals,

. He stayed at the club until 2006 before moving to the third Kolkata football giant,

. He stayed at the club for one season before retiring.

2003 collapse

On 21 July 2003, during a

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quarter-final match for East Bengal against

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of Indonesia, Ghosh was knocked-out unconscious by the elbow of Tangerang player

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. 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. The collapse was described to be similar to the collapse of Cameroonian international

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who died after a heart-related collapse during the

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only a month before.

International

Ghosh represented the

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from 1997 to 2006. He captained the side in 2003 during the

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Coaching career

Bhawanipore: 2014–2015

In 2014 it was confirmed that Ghosh was the new head coach of

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side

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. After a year with the club, Ghosh left to sign as an assistant coach at his former club, East Bengal.

Honours

India *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

; third place:

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

India U23 * LG Cup: 2002 East Bengal * Federation Cup:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Individual *''IndianFootball.com'' 'player of the Year': 2003 (with Mahindra United)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Debjit 1974 births Living people Footballers from Kolkata Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Mahindra United FC players East Bengal Club players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Men's association football defenders Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers India men's youth international footballers Indian football managers Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for India