Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is an Indian retired professional footballer, who is the current team manager of the

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outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club.

Playing career

Biswas's father is from Bengal and mother is from

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, Thalasseri,

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district. He graduated from the

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in 1996. He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012. His earnings in 1998–99 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million. In 2011, he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels." In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the

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party, and was defeated by

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's candidate Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly elections, he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 March 2021.

Honours

East Bengal *

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: 2000 Bengal *

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: 1996–97, 1998–99

Achievements

* Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005 to 2007 and rejoined the club in 2012 * Played for East Bengal FC as a forward between 2007 and 2008 * In July 2020, Biswas became the football secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club. In the 129-year history of the club, he is the first footballer who has been appointed a football secretary.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biswas, Dipendu Living people 1981 births People from Basirhat Indian men's footballers Footballers from West Bengal Men's association football forwards Mohun Bagan SG players East Bengal Club players Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal