Debjit Majumder (born 6 March 1988), is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Chennaiyin Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Football in India, Indian football. The club was founded in Au ...

Early life

Majumder hails from

Hindmotor Hind Motor is a town in Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the western bank of the Hooghly River. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authori ...

, known for

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factory(now closed), in

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

Playing career

Early years

Majumder spent early years at Uttarpara Netaji Brigade team under coach Anup Nag. He started his career at

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is off ...

(CFL) with

Food Corporation of India FC Food Corporation of India Football Club is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club plays in the Calcutta Premier Division. History The club represents the sports section of the Food Corporation of India and ...

(FCI) football team. He went on to play for teams like

United Sikkim United Sikkim Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Gangtok, Sikkim. Founded in 2011, the club usually competed in the Sikkim Premier Division League. United Sikkim is the only club from Sikkim to have played in the I- ...

and

Kalighat MS Kalighat Milan Sangha (also known as Kalighat MS), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Premier Division of Calcutta Football League. Founded in 1944, the club has mostly been ...

East Bengal

Majumder joined

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for 2011–12 season and made 4 appearances.

Bhawanipore

Majumder played for

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team, Bhawanipore F.C. for two seasons and the team came close to promotion during 2014 season.

Mohun Bagan

Majumder was signed as replacement keeper by

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 2014, as

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was loaned to

Chennaiyin FC Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season o ...

. Majumder was awarded man of the match for his performance against

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 ...

on 28 March 2015 in

Kolkata derby The Kolkata Derby (locally known as "Boro Match"; bn, বড় ম্যাচ) is the football match in Kolkata, between East Bengal and ATK Mohun Bagan (Mohun Bagan till 2019–20). In January 2020, the owners of a Kolkata based Indian Su ...

. As a result of his stellar performances during the current season, he was selected the Best Goalkeeper of I-League 2015. In 2015-16 I-League season, Majumder used as the number 1 goalkeeper and also played AFC Champions League Qualifier game against

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. He was also awarded the FPAI Fans Player of the Year award in the 2015-16 season.

Mumbai City (loan)

In July 2015 Majumder was drafted to play for Mumbai City FC in the 2015 Indian Super League.

Atlético de Kolkata (loan)

On 4 July 2016,

Atlético de Kolkata ATK (formerly Atlético de Kolkata) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football and were the league champions during the inaugural 2 ...

confirmed that Debjit has signed on the dotted lines on loan from

for third season of Hero ISL.

ATK

In July 2017, ATK has retained AIFF Goalkeeper of the year Debjit Majumder for 3 years.

East Bengal

In 2020, Debjit Majumder has signed for his former club East Bengal and will play in the 2020-'21 Hero Indian Super League.

Chennaiyin

He was signed by

in 2021-22 ISL.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bhawanipore *

Bordoloi Trophy The Bordoloi Trophy, also known as the Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy, is a premier annual Indian football tournament held in Guwahati and organized by Guwahati Sports Association (GSA). The tournament was first started in 1952 ...

: 2013 Mohun Bagan *

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

: 2014–15, 2019–20 *

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: 2015–16 Atletico de Kolkata *

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Individual *

player of the tournament: 2013 *Best goalkeeper of I-League: 2014–15 *Best goalkeeper of I-League: 2016–17

References

External links

*
Indian Super League profile
Indian men's footballers I-League 2nd Division players I-League players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Mumbai City FC players ATK (football club) players People from Hooghly district Footballers from West Bengal Men's association football goalkeepers 1988 births Living people East Bengal Club players Bhawanipore FC players Indian Super League players {{India-footy-bio-stub