Bikash Panji is a retired Indian professional
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who played for
India
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.
Playing career
Panji represented India at the
1984 Asian Cup. He also played club football for
Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...
and
East Bengal
ur,
, common_name = East Bengal
, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
, flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg
, s1 = East ...
. He scored two goals (both against Bangladesh) during the 1986 World Cup Qualification, as India finished second with 7 points. He has scored 66 goals for East Bengal Club, and captained the team in 1988–89. In East Bengal, he had a lethal combination with
Krishanu Dey
Krishanu Dey ( bn, কৃশানু দে; 14 February 1962 – 20 March 2003) was an Indian footballer from Kolkata, India. He was an attacking midfielder and was known as the "Indian Maradona" among his fans due to his footballing skills an ...
in the 1980s.
See also
*
List of India national football team captains
References
External links
StatsProfile on East Bengal site
Indian footballers
India international footballers
1984 AFC Asian Cup players
Footballers from West Bengal
Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games
Living people
People from Howrah district
Association football midfielders
Year of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games competitors for India
East Bengal Club players
Mohun Bagan AC players
Calcutta Football League players
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