Prasun Banerjee

Prasun Banerjee is a retired international footballer and an Arjuna Award Winner (1979) from Kolkata, India. Younger brother of the Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments.[1]

For the Hindustani classical vocalist, see Prasun Banerjee (singer).

Prasun Banerjee
Personal information
Full name Prasun Banerjee
Date of birth (1955-04-06) 6 April 1955
Position(s) CM, CDM, Left-half back
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1985 India 49 (3)
Prasun Banerjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
June 2013
Preceded byAmbica Banerjee
ConstituencyHowrah
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta -(BSc)

Banerjee was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan Club as a Central Defensive Midfielder.[2] He was only the second Indian to play for Asian All-star XI. He also played two matches against Brazil for Asian All-star XI and played against Zico, Eder, Falcao, Socretes and others. He was included in the Limca book of record for representing India in 100 football matches.[3]

In 2013, he won the bypoll to the Howrah Sadar parliamentary constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member of Parliament, India (Lok Sabha). He won the seat defeating his adversary, Left Front's Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes.[4][5] He was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014.[6]

Early life

Prasun is the younger brother of India's player of the 20th century and former national coach, P.K. Banerjee. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.[7]

Career statistics

Indian National Team

Debut: 26 July 1974 vs Malaysia, in Merdeka Cup at Kuala Lumpur (Prasun Banerjee came in as a substitute for Gautam Sarkar).
No of Matches Played – 49
No of Matches played as a Captain – 5
Goals Scored – 3

International tournaments

Asian Games – 1974, 1978, 1982.
Merdeka Cup (Kuala Lumpur) – 1974, 1981, 1982.
Pre Olympics – 1980 (Captain).
Nehru Cup – 1982.
Kings Cup (Bangkok) – 1977, 1981.
Presidents Cup (Seoul) – 1982.
Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka) – 1977.

Other Achievements

Prasun Banerjee was the Joint Captain of the Indian Youth Team along with Sabbir Ali which became Joint Champions with Iran in Asian Youth Soccer Tournament at Bangkok.

Bengal

Santosh Trophy – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain), 1982.
Goals Scored – 3
Championships Won – 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain) and 1982 (Joint) – 6 times

Clubs
  • Mohun Bagan – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (Captain), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983.

Goals Scored – 24 goals (CFL – 14, Bordoloi Trophy – 4, IFA Shield – 1, Durand Cup – 1, Rovers Cup – 1, Federation Cup −2, Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1).

Trophies Won -

Calcutta Football League (4) – 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983.
IFA Shield (5) – 1976 (Joint), 1977, 1978 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Durand Cup (5) – 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (Joint).
Rovers Cup (2) – 1976, 1977.
Federation Cup (3) – 1978 (Joint), 1980 (Joint), 1982.
Bordoloi Trophy (4) – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.
Darjeeling Gold Cup (4) – 1975, 1976 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Nagjee Trophy (1) – 1978.

Total – 28.

  • Mohammedan Sporting – 1981, 1984, 1985

Goals Scored – 4 (CFL – 1, Federation Cup – 2, Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1).

Trophies Won -

Calcutta Football League – 1981.
Federation Cup – 1984.
Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1981.
Stafford Cup – 1981 (Joint).
Nizam Gold Cup – 1984.
Nagjee Trophy – 1984.
Rovers Cup – 1984.
Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1984.
Bordoloi Trophy – 1985

Total – 9

Coaching

Prasun Banerjee has also coached Mohun Bagan for two months in the 1990–91 season.[8]

References
  1. "Former India football captain Prasun Banerjee hospitalised". NDTV. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. . Goal http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi. Retrieved 29 October 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Home". Prasun Banerjee. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. "Trinamool Congress' Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah bypoll, CPM blames BJP, 'terror'". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. "West Bengal: TMC's Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah by-poll by 27,000 votes". IBN Live. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. "General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  7. MyNeta link
  8. "McDowell's Mohun Bagan Ex-Captain, Member of Parliament Prasun Banerjee felicitated by AIFF". Mohun Bagan. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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