Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury (; born 31 May 1948) is a former Bangladeshi

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who played as a striker. He was a member of the first Bangladesh national team in 1973.

Club career

Sunil began his football career in the Chittagong First Division League in 1965, playing for Towns Club, Customs, and Port Trust in Chittagong. He then joined

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in the Dhaka First Division League in 1968. Subsequently, Sunil took up a job at the

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, where he spent the remainder of his career playing for both Dhaka and Chittagong-based

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. At the peak of his career, he rejected an offer to join Mohammedan SC as he was an employee of the parent corporation, WAPDA.

International career

In 1973, Sunil was selected by coach

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for the first

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. He traveled with the team to participate in Malaysia's 1973 Merdeka Tournament, during which he assisted Bangladesh's first international goal, scored by Enayetur Rahman Khan, during the country's inaugural game against

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Post-playing career

Following his retirement from playing, Sunil coached WAPDA to three Chittagong First Division League titles. In 2006, Sunil retired from all football activities as the senior assistant director of WAPDA. In 2015, served as the general secretary of the National Sportsmen's Welfare Association in the Chittagong division.

Honours

Individual * National Sports Award: 2008

References

Bibliography

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dey Chowdhury, Sunil Krishna Living people 1948 births Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Bangladeshi Hindus People from Cox's Bazar District Footballers from Chittagong Division Men's association football forwards Bangladeshi football managers Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award 20th-century Bangladeshi sportsmen 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen