Biswajit Saha (born 15 December 1987) is an Indian

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who plays as a

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Career

After becoming Champions, he joined Milan Samity in 2006 and played in Calcutta Football League 1st Division B group. Then he joined

George Telegraph S.C. George Telegraph Sporting Club is an Indian multisports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Calcutta Football League, the top tier state football league in West Bengal. The club plays all their home matches at the Rabindra ...

where he played for a couple of seasons. While in George, he was settled down nicely in the

position by coach Raghu Nandy. In 2007, George Telegraph defeated

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3-1. Saha played a vital role in that match. The next year, they defeated both

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and Mohammedan S.C. in

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to finish in 3rd position. He also represented

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. Where they finished runners up, losing to

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in tie-breaker.

Mohun Bagan

He joined

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 ...

in 2009. Since he had a very good season in George Telegraph, he got an offer from Mohun Bagan,

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and Chirag United, but he chose to join Mohun Bagan, because all his family members were supporters of the club. He first played for Mohun Bagan in the semi final of the

2009 IFA Shield The 2009 IFA Shield was an association football tournament organised by the Indian Football Association. Most of the teams came from the I-League 1 & 2, with AS Douanes (Dakar) invited from Senegal and Tata Football Academy qualifying by winnin ...

against Chirag United. They were down to 10 men within the first 10 minutes and eventually won the match in the tie breaker. He came as a replacement for

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in the extra time.

Salgaocar

He got a good offer from Salgaocar F.C. Also

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being the coach of Salgaocar prompted him to leave

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. 2011 was definitely the best year of his career so far. Salgaocar won the Federation Cup after 14 years. He was the only Bengali player in that team. The last time when Salgaocar won the Federation Cup,

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was the only Bengali player in their team. Incidentally, in the year 1987, Salgaocar defeated

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2-1 to lift the title whereas in 2011 they defeated the same team 3-1 to win the

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Mohun Bagan

In 2012, he re-joined

. He played 20 Matches for Mohun Bagan in the

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Eagles

On 5 December 2013 it was announced that Biswajit has signed up with Eagles F.C. of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

on loan for 2013-14 season along with

Nadong Bhutia Nadong Bhutia (born 25 November 1993) is an Indian former footballer who played as a striker or winger. Career United Sikkim Bhutia made his debut for United Sikkim F.C. on 19 January 2013 during an I-League match against Dempo S.C. at the ...

, Bijendra Rai,

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, Bisheshwor Singh, Ramandeep Singh and

Govin Singh Moirangthem Govin Singh (born 3 January 1988 in Tentha, Manipur) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for Southern Samity. He has been capped twice for India at senior level. He was part of the Churchill Brothers S.C. squad tha ...

. Moreover, IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the proposed IPL-style football tournament Indian Super League, and Eagles F.C. will facilitate a two to six week training stint for the eight players with UK based

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Academy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saha, Biswajit Indian footballers 1984 births Living people I-League players People from Hooghly district Footballers from Kolkata Salgaocar FC players Mohun Bagan AC players Indian Super League players ATK (football club) players Association football fullbacks Calcutta Football League players