Snehasish Chakraborty (born 16 February 1989) is an Indian

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player. He most notably played for Prayag United in the

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as a

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Career

Early career

While living in Icchapur, he used to attend a coaching camp. In

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, he used to practice under Jahar Biswas who used to come all the way from

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. When he was in Class 7, he played in

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Nursery League along with players like

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who is his childhood buddy. In the year 2004-05, he moved to Eveready where he played under the coaching of Aloke Mukherjee. After staying 1 year in Eveready, he played 2 years for

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before changing over to Chirag United.

Mohun Bagan

Chakraborty started his football career with

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in 2009-10. In his first season, he played eight games and scored one goal. He spent four seasons with them.

Prayag United

For the 2013-14 season he signed for

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He made his debut in the

on 6 October 2013 against

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at the

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in which he came on as a substitute for Shouvik Chakraborty in 61st minute as Prayag United lost the match 1-0.

International

Chakraborty was first selected for the India U23 team in June 2011 for the

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qualifiers against Qatar U-23 but he did not feature in each of the two matches for India.

References

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External links

* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/34121/snehasish-chakrabarty * https://archive.today/20110714111454/http://mohunbaganac.com/SEPT08/playerdetails.php?playerId=102 Indian men's footballers 1989 births Living people People from North 24 Parganas district Footballers from West Bengal East Bengal Club players United SC players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Calcutta Football League players I-League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders {{India-footy-midfielder-stub