Samad Ali Mallick (born 30 September 1994) is an Indian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for

Bhawanipore Bhowanipore (also Bhowanipur; ) is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History In 1717, the East India Company obtained the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement from ...

Career

Mallik started his career with then

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by the Indian Football Association (WB) as part of the state leagues. It is the oldest football league in Asia. The CFL ...

third division side, NBP Rainbow, before signing for

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 ...

He played for East Bengal in the

. He made his professional debut for the club on 10 January 2016 in the

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

against Sporting Goa. He started the match and played the full match as East Bengal won 3–1.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

India U23 *

South Asian Games The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia. The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, governs it. The Games consist of seven countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, N ...

Silver medal:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Mohammedan *

: 2023–24

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallick, Samad Ali Living people People from Hooghly district Indian men's footballers India men's youth international footballers East Bengal Club players Men's association football defenders Footballers from West Bengal I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen 1994 births Punjab FC players Sreenidi Deccan FC players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in football